2024 Papers

Accepted Submissions

Paper TitleAuthors
#AFringeMinority: Framing collective identity within the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests through TikTok’s platform vernacularWilliam E Hollingshead (Western University)
#BodyPositivity on social media: Impact on mental healthRoshni Harish (Worcester Polytechnic Institute); Ana Merlo Gonzalez (Worcester Polytechnic Institute); Adrienne Hall-Phillips (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
#savewomenssports: A network analysis of its origin, influencers, and anti-trans discourse.Travis R Bell (University of South Florida); Fan Yang (University of South Florida)
#SupportLooksLikeThis: Investigating Instagram Conversations as a Support Mechanism For Health Promotion Among Black and Latina StudentsOlivia D Johnson (University of Houston); Desmond Delk (Langston University)
‘Ageing in the Digital Tsunami’: exploring the challenges faced by elderly-micro-influencer in ChinaYingwen Wang (University of The Arts London); Yanghui Cao (University College London)
‘Anti-sexism’: Where does it exist, and how can we computationally define it?Aditi Dutta (University of Exeter ); Susan Banducci (University of Exeter); Chico Camargo (University of Exeter)
‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East & North African regional public spaceBronwen Mehta (University of Warwick)
‘We do not marshal your feed’: How AltTech platforms conceptualise safetyPaloma Viejo Otero (Universtiy of Bremen); Rebecca Scharlach (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
“Every Time You Tried to Make an Objectively Good Decision for Your Privacy, It Tried to Persuade You Out of It”: How Teens Perceive Privacy Dark Patterns on Social MediaDominique Kelly (University of Western Ontario); Jacquelyn Burkell (University of Western Ontario)
“I give my information, they give me free entertainment and learning opportunities”: sense-making of, feelings about, and responses to dataveillance on YouTubeSarah Daoust-Braun (Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) / University of Zurich); Noemi Festic (Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) / University of Zurich); Michael Latzer (Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) / University of Zurich)
“That should not be on there”: A qualitative investigation of expectancy violations of TikTok contentAubree A Herman (Texas Tech University ); Ansley M George (University of Kentucky); Kaylie Butler (Lindsey Wilson College); Sydney Brammer (University of North Florida ); Narissa Punyanunt-Carter (Texas Tech University )
“That’s the brotherhood I want”: Andrew Tate, community, and the multilevel marketing of masculinities in the manosphereAnthony P Kelly (Maynooth University)
“The views expressed here are my own and in no way reflect the views of the University”: An analysis of social media policies in UK Higher Education institutionsKaty Jordan (Lancaster University); Mark Carrigan (University of Manchester)
“You’ve Got Match”: Relationships in a Time of Dating Apps – The Case of TurkeyGözde Cöbek (Kadir Has University)
A study of Danmu culture in the Chinese Domestic Animation Fan Community Jiahui Qi (University of Leicester); Yaning Xiong (Lancaster University)
Adolescents’ Everyday Emotions on Social Media: Why Do They Feel Guilty?Daeun Jung (Florida State University); Vanessa Dennen (Florida State University)
Advertising the Heroes and Villains of Climate Change: Narratives in Sponsored Posts on Facebook and Instagram in the United StatesNed Westwood (University of Exeter); Travis Coan (University of Exeter); Saffron O’Neill (University of Exeter); Iain Weaver (University of Exeter)
Agenda Melding of Social Movement Organizations and Twitter users: Support networks and URL usageToxtle Alejandra (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
AI Bias and Diversity in Algorithm-Mediated MarketplacesLance Yong Jin Park (Howard University)
An Investigation of Participatory Roles in the Social Media Activism Network: A Case Study of the #Marchforourlives Twitter networkMiyoung Chong (University of South Florida)
Analysing how Russian State-Controlled Content Circumvents TikTok’s Labelling PolicyViorica Budu (Cardiff University); Samuel Williams (Cardiff University); Anneli Ahonen (Cardiff Univesity)
Analyzing perceptions of anti-conservative bias in platform content moderationJeeyun Baik (University of San Diego)
Anxiety is not cute. Analysis of Twitter Users’ Discourses on Romanticizing Mental IllnessEbenzer Ato K. Aidoo (University of Iowa); Barikisu Issaka (Michigan State University); Sandra Wood (Arizona State University); Fatima Mohammed (University of North Carolina)
Artifacts, practices and social arrangements in news content curation on TikTok: a study on the EU electionsCarlos Entrena Serrano (Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation (Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)); Trisha Meyer (Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation (Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel))
Assessing College Students’ Perceptions of Digital Dating Abuse and Associated CorrelatesMelinda Weathers (Western Carolina University); Meghan Gangel (Western Carolina University)
Asymmetric polarisation on Facebook: how the far-right promotes destructive polarisation in BrazilFelipe B Soares (University of the Arts London)
Authenticity in Synthetic Media: The Theory of Content Consistency and AI Multi-Modal Fake News DetectionRegina Luttrell (Syracuse University); Jason L Davis (Newhouse School of Public Communications); Carrie Welch (Syracuse University)
Backlash against discourses on rural racismAdrian Yip (University of Leicester); Rachel Keighley (University of Leicester)
Becoming model workers: The positivity paradox, respectability politics, and working-class identity performance on Chinese video-sharing platforms Miao Tian (Loughborough University)
Beyond Infrastructure: The Digital Dimension of a Residential BlockAlice Roberte de Oliveira (University of Brasilia)
Beyond Twitter: Data Ethics in the Decentralized Social Media LandscapeMarco Waehner (Center for Advanced Internet Studies); Johannes Breuer (Center for Advanced Internet Studies); Annika Deubel (Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS)); Katrin Weller (GESIS)
Bots & Humans: The Role of Super Spreaders in the Conspiratorial InfodemicChun Shao (Marquette University); Hazel Kwon (Arizona State University)
Breaking Free from Social Media: Enhancing Well-Being through JoMO, Personality Dynamics and Demographic FactorsTali Gazit (Bar-Ilan Univarsity); Tal Eitan (Bar Ilan University)
Canadians’ Uses and Gratifications of Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Latent Class AnalysisLyndsay Foisey (Western University); Andrew Nevin (University of Massachusetts Boston); Anabel Quan-Haase (Western University)
China Defenders from Abroad: Exploring Pro-China Foreign Political Influencers on TwitterLeiyuan Tian (The London School of Economics and Political Science); Fan Liang (Duke Kunshan University)
Codesigning and implementing a social media risk information campaign with land managers in Australia to reduce social media-driven injuries in the natural environmentSamuel Cornell (UNSW Sydney); Amy Peden (UNSW Sydney)
Cognitive drivers of misinformation belief and sharing on social media: A cross-national comparisonMichael Chan (Chinese University of Hong Kong); Cristian Vaccari (University of Edinburgh); Masahiro Yamamoto (University at Albany)
Connect, Create, Consume: How are young people using social media? A closer look at the culture of social media use.Patrick Usmar (AUT University)
Content Moderation Does not Respond to Autocratization: Quantitative Evidence from Transparency Reports of Twitter, Alphabet and MetaSergei Pashakhin (University of Bamberg)
Contested bots and bot battlesDominique Carlon (Queensland University of Technology)
Cultures of Sex Advice: Examining TikTok Communities Around Sexual Health in the USFacundo N Suenzo (Northwestern University); Annika Pinch (Northwestern University)
Dancing in Uniform: The Role of Thirst Trap Propaganda in Military Image Wars on TikTokMarcus Boesch (HAW Hamburg); Tom Divon (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Decision-making process for News & Non-Personal Content Sharing on Social MediaLola Y.C. Wong (University of Western Ontario); Jacquleyn BURKELL (University of Western Ontario)
Deplatforming Children’s Health Defense: Fighting Health Misinformation or Building a Reactionary Health Populism Movement?Victoria J O’Meara (University of Leicester); Jaigris Hodson (Royal Roads University); Anatoliy Gruzd (Social Media Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University); Esteban Morales (Royal Roads)
Designing a Privacy-Protective Period Tracking Application Post-DobbsDanielle Citron (University of Virginia School of Law); Alexis Shore (Boston University); Jon Penney (Citizen Lab, University of Toronto)
Digital afterlives: An exploratory study into death, grief, and memorialisation on social media platformsNilou Davoudi (University of British Columbia)
DIGITAL DISCONNECTION, DEPENDENCE AND AGENCY IN BRAZILIAN WORK CONTEXTThiago Álvares da Trindade (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria); Thomas Tufte (Loughborough University London); Sandra Rubia da Silva (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)
Disinformation as Bullshit: Concept, Cognition and CodePaul M H Buvarp (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment)
Disinformation during the Corona Pandemic: Conspiracy Narratives and Counter Strategies on InstagramCaja C. Thimm (University of Bonn); Patrick Nehls (University of Bonn); Yannik Peters (University of Bonn)
Do comments affect me? The effects of Instagram comments of thin-ideal images on females’ body image concerns.Qinyu Cheng (The Education University of Hong Kong); Claire Qinyu Cheng (EDUHK)
Does reasoning style interact with message features in the evaluation of persuasive political content on social media? Evidence from a discrete choice experimentValentina Nerino (University of Bern)
Domesticating Facebook 2.0: Changing platform affordances and user behaviour over timeZoetanya Sujon (London College of Communication); Leslie Viney (Regent’s University London); Elif Toker-Turnalar (Regent’s University London)
Elite Polarization Online Mirrors Public Polarization in a Highly Polarized ContextGüneş Ertan (Koç University); S. Erdem Aytaç (Koç University); Doruk Sen (Istanbul Bilgi University)
Empowering the Black in Vlogging?: Transcultural cultivation, sinicised feminism and platformised celebrification. Sharon Zheng (Lancaster University)
Examining the Role of Innovation Attributes in Online Messages from Pro-innovation and Anti-innovation Opinion LeadersYanitza A Cruz Crespo (Pennsylvania State University); Shannon Cruz (Pennsylvania State University)
Exploring censorship experiences of feminist activists on social media in the context of China: Reactance theory applied to a cross-platform comparison of Weibo and Zhihu Jinman Zhang (Western University); Anabel Quan-Haase (Western University)
Exploring Medical YouTubers’ Parasocial Visual Cues in Their COVID-related VideosShujon Naha (Indiana University); Seung Woo Chae (Indiana University); Noriko Hara (Indiana University); David Crandall (Indiana University)
Exploring Non-Use Behavior in AI Customer Service: An Expectation Confirmation Theory Perspective Using a Sequential Mixed-Methods ApproachYAO Junchen (Beijing Normal U); Dongqi Yan (Beijing Noral University); Ren Wujiong (Beijing Normal University)
Exploring Online Experiences of Antigypsyism among Young Roma: A Qualitative Investigation into the Spectrum of Hate SpeechIleana Rotaru (West University of Timisoara); Anca Velicu (Romanian Academy, Institute of Sociology)
Exploring Science Communication on Community-oriented Social MediaSeung Woo Chae (Indiana University); Noriko Hara (Indiana University); Eugene Kim (Indiana University)
Exploring tensions in contemporary feminist practices on InstagramSofia P. Caldeira (CICANT, Lusófona University)
Exploring Twitter Discourse on Safety Technology in U.S. SchoolsCelia Chen (University of Maryland College Park); Lovely-Frances Domingo (University of Maryland College Park)
Facebook, Fake News, and Fanatics: Politics of Truth Making in the Global SouthAbdullah Hasan Safir (University of Cambridge)
Fact or Story: Shaping Adolescents’ Perceptions of Video Gaming through AI and Human Responses in Online Forums Zhiying Yue (Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School); Samuel Schwamm (Boston Children’s Hospital ); Michael Rich (Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School); David Bickham (Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School)
Fashion retail and the social tightrope: A three-year study of social-media sentiment in the UK James Lappeman (University of Cape Town); Nkosivile Madinga (University of Cape Town); Siphiwe Dlamini (University of Cape Town); Paul Egan (University of Cape Town)
Fierce Feminism or Farce? Unpacking Netizens’ Perceptions of the Party-State in the Gender Controversy on Chinese Social MediaXiaoyi Liu (University College Dublin)
From beauty tips to diagnosis of psychological disorders: Content Analysis on mental health discourse in top teenage Spanish Influencers’ Social Media accounts Mònika Jiménez-Morales (University Pompeu Fabra); Mireia Montaña (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya); Clara Virós-Martín (University Pompeu Fabra)
From Like to protest: A closer look into how social media news engagement translates into intention to participate in offline protestsFlorin Cepraga (University of Amsterdam)
From Turkey towards the West: The Marketing of out-Migration through YouTube Ugur Baloglu (Istanbul Gelisim University)
From Worry about Cancer to Trust in Health System: The Moderating Role of Perceived Misleading Information on Social Media Xueyan Cao (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Gamified sharing on Douyin: Badges, algorithmic platforms and the reconstruction of socialityHui LIN (King’s College London); Rafal Zaborowski (King’s College London)
Gender based health disinformation narratives. A social media analysis of the HPV vaccine case in ItalyLorella Viola (Vrije Universiteit)
Geospatial and Geosocial Dimensions of Foodborne Illness as Reflected in Yelp Restaurant ReviewsEden Shaveet (Columbia University); Shayan Chowdhury (Columbia University); Daniel J Hsu (Columbia University); Luis Gravano (Columbia University)
Ghosted: A Social Media Visual Framing of Missing White Woman Syndrome: A Mixed Method Analysis of #LaurenCho, #DesheenaKyle, #MiyaMarcano, and #GabbyPetitoJana M Duckett (Morgan State University); Aisha Powell (Morgan State University); Sheri Booker (Morgan State University); Joonwoo Moon (Morgan State University); Lila Hopkins (Morgan State University)
Gig workers united in anonymity: A content analysis of popular posts in Reddit communitiesPhuong Hoan Le (Erasmus University Rotterdam); Yijing Wang (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Graduate Students Navigating the Intricacies of Using Social Media for Professional and Academic DevelopmentEnilda Romero-Hall (University of Tennessee Knoxville); Emily Allen (University of Tennessee Knoxville); Lina Gomez-Vasquez (University of Tampa)
Hashtag Hijacking as A New Way of Public Opinion Game: Zero-Sum or Variable-Sum?Bei Zhao (Tianjin University); Ren Wujiong (Beijing Normal University); Dongqi Yan (Beijing Noral University); Hongzhong Zhang (Beijing Normal University)
HickTok: Using Social Identity Theory to Understand Southern Liberal TikTok CreatorsJerrica T Rowlett (Bryant University)
How Black Knitters Use Instagram to Changes NarrativesDana Williams-Johnson (Howard University)
How Horizontal Privacy Regulation Influences Online Political Expression in Russiaaysenur dal (Bilkent University)
How men perceive gender-based technology-facilitated violence and abuse: Myths and false beliefsYimin Chen (Royal Roads University); Esteban Morales (Royal Roads); Chandell Gosse (Cape Breton University); Kaitlynn Mendes (University of Western Ontario); George Veletsianos (University of Minnesota)
How product presentation in live streaming enhances consumer purchase intentionShiu-Li Huang (National Taipei University); Hsin-Ju Wang (National Taipei University)
Impact of digital harassment, Brahmanical Patriarchy, and intersectional discrimination on women journalists in IndiaPragyaa Chandel (DCU)
In the Industry: Compliance in Influencer Relationship ManagementJenna Jacobson (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Insta-Memorializing: Instagram posts about memorials as eudaemonic mediaDerek S Foster (Brock University)
Invisible Horrors: The Enduring Impact of Black Death OnlineAmanda M McLeroy (University of Rochester); Tiera Tanksley (UCLA)
Jump to recipe? Context and portability in quali-quantitative approaches to online misinformationRobert Topinka ( Birkbeck, University of London); Scott Rodgers (Birkbeck, University of London)
Knowing your users by heart. A critical analysis of social media platforms’ scientific research on emotionsCamille Alloing (Université du Québec à Montréal); Julien Pierre (Sherbrooke University); Elsa Fortant (Université du Québec à Montréal); Rémi Palissier (Sherbrooke University)
Let the Authority Beat the “Little Third”: Analyzing Three Contradictions in China’s Shifting Gender Politics Through the CP Fan Conflicts of Detective Conan on WeiboMian Wei (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Jiayun Ye (University of Wisconsin Madison); Dongdong Yang (University of Connecticut/Department of Communication)
Life for a man is harder than life for a woman: The role of affect and reactionary publics in the articulation of TikTok misogynyAnita Fuentes (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); Silvia Díaz-Fernández (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Live streaming as a new mode of health communication: The felicitousness of interaction in breast cancer awareness campaigns.Basma Salem (Loughborough university); Paula Saukko (loughborough university); Jessica Robles (Loughborough University)
Mapping networked sponsorship economy: An analysis of Facebook partnership networks related to climate changeChamil Rathanayake (University of Strathclyde); Daniel Suthers (University of Hawai’i)
Mass events and collective sentiment on digital platforms: Football’s impact on online fan discourseMark J Hill (University of Kent); Rafal Zaborowski (King’s College)
Master Social Architects: Black Twitter Users’ Production of Time and Place OnlineCynthia N McLeod (University of California, Santa Barbara); Alisea C McLeod (University of Chicago)
Moral Network Agenda Setting _Network analysis of moral agendas between traditional media and the public on Reddit taking the example of Russia-Ukraine conflictDebao xiang (Beijing Foreign Studies University); Jinglin He (Beijing Foreign Studies University)
Multimodal Analysis of Mental Health Rhetoric on TikTokAmmina Kothari (University of Rhode Island); Rana Hassan (Independent Researcher); Alejandra Josiowicz (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
My first thought was Africa: Gates Foundation as a floating signifier in global COVID-19 philanthropy discussions on TwitterKateryna Kasianenko (Queensland University of Technology); Guangnan Zhu (Queensland University of Technology); Uttama Barua (University of New South Wales); George Gyamfi (Flinders University); Shima Saniei (RMIT University)
My Kid, Your Kinship?: Analyzing Feminist Discourse of ‘Right to Surnname My Child’ Debate on Douban, China’Yanping Guo (South China Normal University); Xuemei Zheng (South China Normal University)
Navigating Parenthood in the Digital Village: Unveiling the Distinctive Traits of Facebook Community LeadersLilach Gal (Bar Ilan University, Holon Institute of Technology); Tali Gazit (Bar-Ilan Univarsity); Jenny Bronstein ( Bar-Ilan Univarsity)
Navigating the Evil Eye: The Privacy Labor of Israeli Female InfluencersAlma Kalisky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Networked Misogyny and Disinformation in Sexual Rumours: Investigating Antifeminist Strategies Against Victims’ Rebuttal on Chinese Social Media Qiqi Huang (University of Macau)
Noises in the Dark: Power, Protest, and Participatory Policymaking in Online PlatformsBrittany Melton (Western University); Alissa Centivany (Western University)
Online Barbie: Analyzing Backlash in Response to a Lifestyle Influencer’s Identity ShiftQianyu Wang (University of Leeds); Chunyi Wu (University of Leeds)
Online Communities about Generative AI: Supporting Knowledge Production Through Algorithmic GossipBrennan Antone (Cornell University)
Online Harms as ‘Part of the Job’: Understanding Public-facing Professionals’ Experiences OnlineMarcel Obst (CENTRIC/Sheffield Hallam University); Petra S Bayerl (CENTRIC); Martin Snowden (CENTRIC)
Online migration and the reconstruction of a sense of community in times of crisis: The case of Israeli Twitter users’ migration to BlueskySofia Haytin (University of Southern California)
Permission, privacy and parenting: Negotiating family online sharingRose Capdevila (The Open University); Lisa Lazard (The Open University); Gemma Ballard (The Open University); Charlotte Dann (University of Northampton); Abigail Locke (Keele University); Sandra Roper (University of Bedfordshire); Cliff Manning (ParentZone)
Personal and Non-Personal Health Information – A Comparative Study of Public Presentations of Six (Mental) Health Conditions on YouTubeAnnika Deubel (Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS)); Katrin Weller (GESIS)
Picturing hereditary cancer: Everyday social media aesthetics of health and illnessStefania Vicari (The University of Sheffield); Hannah Ditchfield (The University of Sheffield); Yu-Ning (Nock) Chuang (The University of Sheffield)
Place and Partisan Connection: A Spatial Approach to Political HomophilyAbby Youran Qin (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Wil Dubree (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Michael Wagner (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Platform-mediated social norm contestation of
climate change publics on Instagram and TwitterNathalie Van Raemdonck (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Ike Picone (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Jo Pierson (Universiteit Hasselt)
Playing for keeps: Exploring Users’ Experiences with Gamification in Dating AppsVeronica Valente (CIES_ISCTE-IUL)
Political Internet Memes: Fast-Food Media or Informative Appetizers?Pietro Saccomanno (Universiy of Milan & Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Propaganda Amplification on Social Networking Sites: How Content Moderation Influenced Russia’s News Ecosystem on Facebook since Russia’s Full-scale Invasion of UkraineJulia Kling (University of Passau); Serge Poliakoff (University of Passau)
Prospective, directional associations between Social Media Intensity, Loneliness, and Anxiety among Peruvian Adolescents during the COVID-19 PandemicElizabeth Sherwin (Stanford University ); Marjolein Barendse (Erasmus MC); Lucía Magis-Weinberg (University of Washington)
Public Service Media’s Ethics Guidelines for the Design of AI-Technology in JournalismColin Porlezza (Università della Svizzera italiana); Aljosha Karim Schapals (Queensland University of Technology)
Putting on the Mask of “Annoying Dog”: NAFO’s Memes Action during the Russia-Ukraine ConflictChen Siyu (Beijing Normal University); Ren Wujiong (Beijing Normal University); Bei Zhao (Tianjin University); Zhang Hongzhong (Beijing Normal University); Dongqi Yan (Beijing Noral University)
R/Antiwork and the Infrapolitics of Workplace ResistanceAri Stillman (University of Edinburgh)
Radical Conversations and Political Identity on Far-Right Telegram Groups: A Case from PeruElohim Monard (UW-Madison); Carlos Dávalos (UW-Madison); Wil M. Dubree (UW-Madison); Diego A. Mazorra Correa (UW-Madison)
Recruiting Interview Participants on Chinese Social Media Platforms: Insights from a Study of HPV Vaccine Content on Sina WeiboJingyi Ji (University of Sheffield)
Risk levels, scientific information, and politics in health communication: A study of health authorities and public engagement on social media across waves of the Covid-19 pandemicNic DePaula (SUNY Polytechnic Institute); Noah Greco (Wayne State University); Loni Hagen (University of South Florida)
Semiotics as a bridge between Natural Language Processing and the study of online polarizationKate S O’Connor Farfan (Queensland University of Technology)
Sharing sensitive data for internet research: A community data trustee for digital far right studies Jan Rau (Leibniz-Institute for Media Research); Nils Jungmann (GESIS); Moritz Fürneisen (Leibniz-Institute for Media Research); Gregor Wiedemann (Hamburg University); Pascal Siegers (GESIS)
Shifting Landscapes of Political Communication: TikTok and the Video-Based PlatformAlia ElKattan (NYU)
Social media ecosystems as workplaces and their emerging governance over the commerce of erotic content Lorena Rubia L.R Pereira Caminhas (University of Amsterdam)
Social Media Fatigue and Intention to Use Weibo Secondary Accounts: An Empirical Study Based on Stressor-strain-outcome FrameworkFangqing Lu (University of Amsterdam)
Social media futures: Analyzing technological imaginaries of emerging social media platforms in the USChelsea Butkowski (American University); Frances Corry (University of Pittsburgh)
Social Media Influencers and Consumer Behavior: A Study of Online Shopping Trends among Saudi WomenHadeel Alhomaid (Lancaster University)
Social Media Influencers Save America? Investigating the Influence of Political Social Media Influencers on Political Engagement Among Millennials and Gen ZBrandi A Watkins (Virginia Tech)
Social Media Policies as Social Control in the NewsroomLonghan Wei (School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Shuning Lu (Department of Communication, North Dakota State University); Hai Liang (School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Stress, appraisal, and coping in Chinese anti-sexual violence feminist activism on social media: A platform comparison of Weibo and ZhihuAnabel Quan-Haase (Western University); Jinman Zhang (Western University)
Talking Environment on TikTok: Messages, Social Actors, and EngagementShreya Dubey (Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam); Marijn Meijers (Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam); Edith Smit (Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam); Eline Smit (Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam)
The changing nature of social media and research impact: A comparative analysis of impact case studies in UK Higher Education, 2014-2021Mark Carrigan (University of Manchester); Katy Jordan (Lancaster University); Ignacio Wyman (University of Manchester)
The community, action, and information functions of social media posts during the 2022 and 2023 Iranian Masha Amini protests: A cross-platform comparison of posts by activist influencers on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram Molly-Gloria Patel (Western University); Jinman Zhang (Western University); Zahra Falahatpisheh (Western University ); Anabel Quan-Haase (Western University)
The definitional creep: payment regulation of platformized sexual content and the moral ordering of online sexualityVal Webber (Dalhousie University); Rébecca Franco (University of Amsterdam)
The Echoes from Social Media Platforms: an Agent-Based Model of Echo Chambers’ EmergenceCristina Chueca Del Cerro (Durham University)
The effects of moral disengagement: A case study of Anti-AAPI Hate in a COVID worldAdrienne Hall-Phillips (Worcester Polytechnic Institute); Olivia D Johnson (University of Houston); Te-Lin D Chung (Iowa state university )
The Ephemeral Face of Politics: Investigating Concentrated Visibility in Instagram Stories from the 2021 German Federal Election CampaignMichael Achmann-Denkler (Universität Regensburg); Christian Wolff (Regensburg University)
The First Rule of Tumblr: Privacy, Play and Performance in Routine UseJessica M Crosby (Newcastle University)
The Greek News Paradox: High Online News Consumption In The Context of a Significant Digital Divide and Credibility CrisisMichael Nevradakis (College Year in Athens)
The Harms of AirDrop Misuse: Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence in the Lives of Young WomenNicolette Little (Sheridan College Institute for Technology); Tom Divon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The Influence of Social Media Exposure on Heterosexuals’ Attitudes and Support for the LGBTQ+ Community Lazar Dragic (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Huang Xiaoyun (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF SENTIMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE NEAPOLITAN GENERATION Z IN TIKTOK: AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS BETWEEN MISOGYNY, IRONY AND CULTURAL REPRODUCTION.Sabrina Bellafronte (Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II); Roberto Graziano (Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II)
The Nature and Effect of TikTok Political ContentsShohana Ms. Akter (Indiana University Bloomington); Pnina Fichman (Indiana University – Bloomington)
The Obidient Movement and the Subculture of Violence in Contemporary African DemocracyNoah Oladele (New York University)
The sociability of online antisocial behaviour: A study of how toxic interactions manifest on a Colombian Telegram groupEsteban Morales (Royal Roads); Jaigris Hodson (Royal Roads University); Anatoliy Gruzd (Social Media Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University); Philip Mai (Social Media Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University)
The Social (Media) Contract Over Time: A Longitudinal Analysis of TOUsKaspar Beelen (University of London); Katie A Ireland (University of Georgia); Tim Samples (University of Georgia)
The Twitter That Was: Reflections on Ten Years of #auspolAxel Bruns (Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology)
TikTok war humor: About the social and psychological functions of humor videos posted online as war unfoldsHananel Rosenberg (Ariel University); Nili Steinfeld (Ariel University); Michal Mahat-Shamir (Ariel University)
Traversing Online Spaces: Communication Challenges and Experiences of Filipino MSM X Alters in Sexual Engagement and Social NetworkingJEFFREY R ANCHETA (Polytechnic University of the Philippines)
TYKES – Towards developing understandings of Young Kid’s digital literacies in the Early years foundation StageHarry T Dyer (UEA); Simon Hammond (UEA); Laura C Jennings-Tallant (UEA)
Unfixing the Shadows: Temporality in Social Media Photography of the War in UkraineJennifer Good (UAL)
Unpacking Resistance in the Age of Platform GovernanceDamien Renard (UCLOUVAIN); Salla-Maaria Laaksonen (University of Helsinki); François Lambotte (UCLouvain); Sophie Del Fa (UCLouvain); Jukka Huhtamäki (University of Helsinki); Erjon Skënderi (University of Helsinki)
Unveiling and social media use and perception among Muslim womenAysha Agbarya (The Open University)
Unveiling Digital Narratives: A Comprehensive Analysis of Trans Women on YouTube in IndiaK Kavitha (IIT Indore); Nirmala menon (IIT Indore)
Unveiling Echo Chambers on YouTube with Inferential Network AnalysisClaudia Zucca (Tilburg Universtity); Roman Nekrasov (Tilburg Universtity); Huub van de Voort (Tilburg Universtity); Andy Huang (Tilburg Universtity); Oumaima Lemhour (Tilburg Universtity); Tom Teurlings (Tilburg Universtity); Steven van den Oord (Tilburg Universtity)
Visual signatures of climate denial discourse: examining multimodal discursive practices of climate denial and other conspiratorial hashtag communities on InstagramCaroline Gardam (QUT)
Visualizing Violence: Analyzing Parler Images with BertopicRod Abhari (Northwestern University); Mowafak Allaham (Northwestern University); Ayse Lokmanoglu (Clemson University); Chloe Mortenson (Northwestern University); Esteban Villa-Turek (Northwestern Unviersity)
Wading Through The “Black Box”: Algorithmic Impacts On Alternative Arab Digital Newsrooms’ Work Azza El-Masri (University of Texas at Austin)
What occurs as #news on TikTok? A Computational ApproachJonathan Hendrickx (University of Vienna); Lion Wedel (Weizenbaum Institut); Anna-Theresa Mayer (Weizenbaum Institut)
What’s behind teens’ clicks? Exploring the role of injunctive norms, safety value, and familiarity in adolescents’ sharing of misleading newsFrancesca DErrico (Univ Bari); Paolo Giovanni Cicirelli (Università degli studi “Aldo Moro”); Carmela Sportelli (Università degli studi “Aldo Moro”); Giuseppe Corbelli (Uninettuno University); Marinella Paciello (Università Telematica Internazionale UNINETTUNO )
Why do political influencers do their work? Examining content creators’ engagement with pro-Marcos narrativesKara Ortiga (Macquarie University)
Women’s Shrinking Political Space on Twitter: An Autoethnography from IndiaDr Sanjukta Basu (Independent Researcher)
Wrap your head around it: Brazilian users’ algorithmic imaginary of Spotify WrappedVanessa Valiati (Feevale University); Ludmila Lupinacci (University of Leeds); Felipe B Soares (University of the Arts London)
YouTube and Bing Chat: a cross-platform analysis of the filter bubble effect during the 2024 American electionsLeonardo Sanna (Fondazione Bruno Kessler – FBK); Salvatore Romano (AI Forensic)