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This session explores a variety of social and political issues, platform formats, and structural forces shaping global online life and racialized, gendered, and classed identity. From the use of generative "AI" tools for both information sharing and political propaganda to social media platforms aiding in creating community across time and space, this panel continues to build on our understandings of how our social worlds are digitally mediated.
Beyond Community: Negotiating Identity within Online True-Crime Forums - Liz Chavez, University of Chicago
Discursive Investments, Symbolic Returns: The Reproduction of Jamaica’s Spatial Imaginaries on Instagram - Kayonne Christy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
From Blue Lives Matter to Black Lives Matter: Hashtag Hijacking During the George Floyd Protests - Alejanda Regla-Vargas, University of Pennsylvania; AJ Alvero, Cornell University; Grace Kao, Yale University
Generative AI, Misinformation & Political Polarization: A Content Analysis of Deepfake Propaganda During 2024 US Presidential Election - Zeynep Arzu Kelani, Kennesaw State University; Darina Elena Lepadatu, Kennesaw State University
“I ask it answers, no stigma”: Generative AI and Sexual Reproductive Health Needs Among Tertiary Students. - Rabiu K. B. Asante, University of Ghana; Sylvia Esther Gyan, University of Ghana