Imma with her im/material boxes
Zizi Li / University of California, Los Angeles
Zizi Li explores what influencer Imma’s virtual images convey about digital and physical realities.
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Imma with her im/material boxes
“I Am So Thankful for My Time at Peloton”: Self-Branding on LinkedIn
Emily McTiernan / University of Texas at Austin
Emily McTiernan discusses how laid-off Peloton workers used LinkedIn to self-brand and gain employment.
Read moreA Love letter to ALT Black Girls
KáLyn Banks Coghill / Virginia Commonwealth University
KáLyn Banks Coghill details and describes the world and work of alt(erntative) Black girls.
Read moreOver*FLow: “It’s not dark humor if it’s not your trauma – you’re just bad people”: The exploitative nature of TikTok meme cultures
Moa Eriksson Krutrök / UmeA University, Sweden
Moa Eriksson Krutrök explores the ways social media like TikTok can offer individuals social support to process grief and trauma. Unfortunately, meme culture can radically recontextualize the personal and exploit already vulnerable people.
Read moreReactionary Influencers and the Construction of White Conservative Victimhood
Erika M. Heredia and Mel Stanfill / University of Central Florida
Erika M. Heredia and Mel Stanfill examine “reactionary influencers,” who combine right-wing politics, reality-TV style provocations, and new social media opportunities for fame and fortune.
Read moreUsing Media to Teach Media: How the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Slayed the Online Scene
Sharon Lauricella / Ontario Tech University
Reflecting on the shift to online teaching, Sharon Lauricella explores how social media became a venue for teaching and to learn about teaching from the online academic community.
Read moreFrom Hate Hoaxes to Circulatory Terrorism: The Case of #NotAgainSU
L. Corinne Jones and Mel Stanfill / University of Central Florida
L. Corinne Jones and Mel Stanfill examine the social media phenomenon of “circulatory terrorism” through the #NotAgainSU hashtag.
Read moreSelf-Promotion in 15 Seconds: Finding Mainstream Success Through Memeable Sound Clips on TikTok
Meghan Grosse / Washington College
Looking at artists like Lil Nas X, Abigail Barlow, and Absofacto, Meghan Grosse explores how viral success on TikTok is affecting the mainstream music industry.
Read moreOver*Flow: Digital Humanity: Social Media Content Moderation and the Global Tech Workforce in the COVID-19 Era
Sarah T. Roberts / University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah T. Roberts considers the implications of the utilization of a global workforce for social media content moderation in the era of COVID-19.
Read moreTwitter and the Politics of Citation
Sarah Florini / Arizona State University
Sarah Florini considers how the intersections of social media, race, intellectual property and fair use require a shift in thinking from issues of legality to issues of power.
Read moreCommunity Guidelines and the Language of Eating Disorders on Social Media
Ysabel Gerrard / The University of Sheffield
Ysabel Gerrard examines social media platforms’ content moderation and community guidelines through online pro-ED communities.
Read more#Save: NBC’s The Voice and Live Social Television
Maggie Steinhauer / University of Texas at Austin
Maggie Steinhauer explores interactive voting methods for reality competition programs and the impact of Twitter #Save features on live television.
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