Shiv Issar, Krea University

Srushti Upadhyay, Purdue University

Dr. AI Will See You Now: How Answer Engines Frame Medical Controversy - Anna Beers, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Francesca Tripodi, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

On-Demand Intimacy: Human-AI Relationships and the Platform Economics of Digital Companions - Skyler Wang, McGill University; Marco Dehnert, University of Arkansas

Outlining a Qualitative Methodological Approach to Studying Medical AI Chatbots - Caroline Petronis, University of California San Diego

Align with State: The Data Intervention Practice in China’s Generative AI Regulation - Yuxuan Gao, Zhejiang University

Bot or Not? Social Identity Biases in the Perceived Humanity of Online Profiles - Benjamin Rochford, Duke University; Cathy Lee, Duke University; Michelle Qiu, Duke University; Alexander Volfovsky, Duke University; D. Sunshine Hillygus, Duke University; Christopher A. Bail, Duke University

Shiv Issar, Krea University

Oluwatimileyin Aborisade, Case Western Reserve University

Digital Book Borrowing in Public Librairies in Québec, Canada - Jason Luckerhoff, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; Marie-Claude Lapointe, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Digital Capital and Happiness: Exploring the Moderating Role of Country Affluence - Atefeh Bagherianziarat, Charles University, Prague

Digital Rehabilitation in Prisons: A Global Case Studies of Digital Leaders - Bianca Christin Reisdorf, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Victoria Knight, DeMontfort University; Steven van de Steene

Dividuals at Work: Data-Driven Subjectification in the Gig Economy, lessons from Mexico City. - Mariana Manriquez, University of Arizona

Surveillance Technology and Racialized Policing: How Data-Driven Policing Reinforces Racial Disparities in the U.S - Oluwatimileyin Aborisade, Case Western Reserve University

Shiv Issar, Krea University

Jihye Kim, UMass Amherst

Family Support for Digital Divide among Older People: Emotional and Physical Support - Xing Jiang, University College Dublin; Mathew Jamieson Creighton, Bogaziçi University

Framing a social conflict: News media on the Peruvian protests of 2023 - M. Alexandra Madge Paredes, The New School

Gender Bias in Online Content Moderation and Its Consequences for Online Discourse - Zhaodi Chen, Indiana University-Bloomington; Byungkyu Lee, New York University

Political Communication in Wartime Ukraine - Grant Blank, University of Oxford

The Convergence of Right-Wing YouTube Audiences in Canada and the U.S. During the Freedom Convoy - Jihye Kim, UMass Amherst

Shiv Issar, Krea University

Dakota Dougherty, North Carolina State University

Control & Contagion: Digital Co-Production of TikTok Tics During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Claire Maria Corsten, Columbia University; Yanze Yu, Columbia University

Risk and the Construction of Intimacy in Close Relationships - Dakota Dougherty, North Carolina State University

Silicon Valley on the South Side?: Impacts of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) - Erik Gustafson, University of Texas at Tyler

Sociologizing the Machines - Ceyda Yolgormez, Concordia University

The Unequal Gaze: Disparities in Individual Exposure to Digital Surveillance - Carson Phillips, Northwestern University

Between Screens and Parenthood: Pre- vs. Post COVID-19 Analysis of Adolescents' Screen Time, Happiness, and Gender. - Seunghwan Yoo, Louisiana State University

Shiv Issar, Krea University

Shriram Venkatraman, University of Southern Denmark

Boundaries Crossing and Reproduction: Mobilities in Chinese Online Console Gaming Communities - George Ran Zhao, Renmin University of China

Come Together: Unpacking the Elective Affinity Between Media Use and Nationalism in China - Qiang TAN, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Jaemin Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Xiaoqian Yue, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Crafting Mobility's Courage: Developmental Trajectories and Cultural Production of Digital Nomads in Contemporary China - Xuelian Li, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Congrui Huang, The University of Hong Kong

Platform Partners and Participatory Mobility Mapping: Mediating Indian Cityscapes - Shriram Venkatraman, University of Southern Denmark; Rajorshi Ray, International Institute of Information Technology; Jillet Sarah Sam

Shiv Issar, Krea University

Jonathan Drake, University of Notre Dame

Anonymous Skeptics: How QAnon Grew Through Distrust - Jonathan Drake, University of Notre Dame

Counter-Informational Politics: How Integration into Alternative Media Ecologies Shapes Contemporary Populist Mobilizations - Anna Lea Berg, Central European University

Internet Usage and Gender Equality Attitudes in Post-Soviet Countries - Tatiana Karabchuk, United Arab Emirates University; Glenn Walter Muschert, Khalifa Univ of Science & Technology

U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Feminism and its Cultural Shifts, 1990-2024 - Yunlin Li, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Shiv Issar, Krea University

Mito Akiyoshi, Senshu University

Constructing Career Aspirations within Mediated Context: How Youths Transitioning to the IT Industry Navigate through Uncertainty - Youjia Zhou, University of Chicago

Social Media and International Migration: The Case of China-U.S. Migration during 2020-2024 - Zai Liang, State University of New York at Albany; Jinzhao Zhang, Claremont Graduate University; Shichao Du, University at Albany, SUNY

The Corruption of the Lifeworld: Habermas in the time of X - Andrew Wilczak, Wilkes University; Emily Roberts, Wilkes University; Alyssa Donnini, Wilkes University

Whether Foreign Influencers Assimilate into Chinese Society or Culturally Accommodate to Social Media? - Dong Cheng, Shanghai University

Shiv Issar, Krea University

Mutale Nkonde, University of Cambridge

Hybrid Politics in the Digital Age: Social Media Practices and Offline-Online Interactions of Local Politicians - Glenn Walter Muschert, Khalifa Univ of Science & Technology; Ahmet Taylan, Mersin University; Duygu Özsoy, Mersin University

Intensify/Enhance: How GenZ Perceives Social Media, Cohesion, and Politics in Tumult - Aaron Andrew-Baron Thompson, Arizona State University-Tempe

No Blacks: How algorithmic “white goodness” pushes Black job seekers out of online recruitment pools - Mutale Nkonde, University of Cambridge

Performances of Leadership by Influencers and Organizations in the Climate Activist Discourse - Kyle Rose, Florida State University

Shiv Issar, Krea University

Fan Yang, Southeast University

Death, Flesh, and Consequences: Ethnographic Tracings of Skincare Culture and Consumptive Performativity Online - Melody Devries, Allegheny College; Sam Heilmann, Allegheny College

Fans, face and voice: Predicting and interpreting livestreamers’ sales performance using machine learning techniques - Fan Yang, Southeast University; Xiong Xiong

Is Social Media Really to Blame? Young Adults, News Media, and Political and Civic Engagement - Grant Bailey; Levi Mitzen, Florida State University; Kyle Rose, Florida State University; Yuki Proulx Maynor, Florida State University; Deana Rohlinger, Florida State University; Ashby Plant

"I Tried Looksmaxxing": Mapping Men's Engagement with Beautification and Boundary Work - Jordan Foster, McMaster University; Jillian Sunderland, University of Toronto; Casey Scheibling, University of Nevada-Reno

Shiv Issar, Krea University