Social
Media and Society
2022 Conference
talks archive
Session
1: Democracy and Institutions
Chair: Matthew Hull, Chair, Center for South Asia Studies, University of Michigan Resisting Erasure: Social
Media & the Campaign against Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan
Nida Yasmeen Kirmani, Associate Professor of Sociology,
Lahore University of Management Sciences (Twitter) Countering
the "Toolkit" Attack on India's Leading Opposition Party
Rajeev Gowda,
Former Member of Parliament, India (Twitter) Democracy
or Demagoguery? An Assessment of Social Media's Role in Shaping Politics and
Society in Sri Lanka
A’ndre
Gonawela, Podcaster (Spotify) #IStandWithKDF:
Social Media & the New Military Normal in Kenya
Samar Al Bulushi, Assistant Professor, University of
California, Irvine (Twitter) – VIA
ZOOM Keynote11.00 AM – 12:00 PM, April 7, 2022 (US Eastern Time),
2435 North Quad How
social media unmade and made me: the changing contours of celebrity identity
and activism in 'New India
Swara
Bhaskar, Actor and Activist (Twitter, Instagram) Discussant: Swapnil Rai,
Assistant Professor of Film, Television and Media, University
of Michigan Session 2: Internet Subcultures1:00
PM - 2.50 PM, April 7, 2022 (US Eastern Time), 2435 North Quad Chair: Ram Mahalingam, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan Sex
Scandals in Digital Kinshasa. Influencers, diasporas, and ritual innovation
in a digitized world ,
Katrien Pype,
Associate Professor, KU Leuven Love
(and Hate) In the Time of Instagram
Priya Ramani,
Journalist, Founder IndiaLove project (Instagram) The
Khabar Lahariya Story: Digital Waves in India's
Hinterland
Meera Devi, Journalist
(YouTube, Twitter) Social
Media hierarchies and their subversion by marginalised
creators on the digital landscape
Priyanka Paul, Artist
(Instagram) Session 3: New Voices OnlineChair:
Mustafa Naseem, Clinical
Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan Social
Media activism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
Bal
Krishna Sharma, Assistant Professor, University
of Idaho Strategies
and practices of Bangladeshi Facebook microcelebrities in sociopolitical
discourses Dipto Das, PhD Student, University of
Colorado (Twitter) How
TikTok took over Pakistani working class
Nighat
Dad, Lawyer
and Activist, Digital Rights Foundation, Facebook Independent Oversight Board
(Twitter) Cultural
Netizenship and the Production of the Social Media
Influencer in Nigeria
James Yeku,
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Session 4:
Fireside Chat
Social Media as ResistanceRumman Chowdhury, Director, META (ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability), Twitter (Twitter) in conversation with Libby Hemphill, Associate Professor of Information, University of Michigan (Twitter) Day 2: April 8,
2022
Session 5: The Business of InfluencingChair:
Bilal Butt, Associate
Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of
Michigan The politics of
corporate Twitter engagement: a comparative analysis of India and the US
Shehla
Rashid, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Twitter) – VIA ZOOM India's Social Media Marketing Revolution
Hardik Rajgor, Writer
(Twitter) Entrepreneurship,
Yoruba Nollywood and Social Media in Africa
Olubunmi
Ojediran (Ruby Sparkling),
Actor, Entreprenuer (Instagram) Session 6: Comedy and PowerChair:
Rebekah Modrak, Professor, Stamps School of Art and
Design University of Michigan At
the risk of sounding funny
Swineryy, Comedian
(Instagram) Using
sarcasm to mobilise dissent in a nation where facts
don’t matter
Aakar Patel,
Author, Chair, Amnesty International India (Twitter) Whose
LAN is it anyway: A Study of Internet sub-cultures in India
Anurag
Minus Verma, Podcaster, Columnist (Instagram, Spotify) Beyond
Entertainment - Role of YouTube Influencers In India
Akash
Banerjee, Satirist (YouTube, Instagram) Session 7: Information FreedomChair:
Howard
Stein, Professor, Professor of Afroamerican
and African Studies, University of Michigan Misinformation
and Hate Speech on WhatsApp in India
Kiran Garimella, Assistant Professor, Rutgers
University (Twitter) -IN PERSON Killing
Digital Freedom with the Hammer: The Folly of Social Media Regulation in Nigeria
Aminu Mahmud, Human
Rights Lawyer, Essayist, Poet (Twitter) Social
Media: Enabling our Dissent & Destroying our Democracy
Josy Joseph, Investigative Journalist and
Author (Twitter) Social
Media Fueling Rights-Based Resistance Movements in Pakistan
Gulalai Ismail,
Activist (Twitter) Session 8: Student SessionPolitical
Influencers on Facebook: The role of Informal Agents in Digital Election
Campaigns
Neelesh
Agrawal, Shivam Gangwani,
Ishika Sharan, Ananay
Agarwal, Ashoka University The
Social Media Skit Industry in Nigeria: Economy, Power, Tensions
Godwin
Iretomiwa Simon, Queensland
University of Technology- VIA ZOOM The
Vernacular Influencer: Case Study of an Indic Challenger to Twitter
Nikhila Natarajan, Rutgers University From
MTV to Modi: The Saffronisation of the Indian
Fitness Influencer
Nandini Rawat, Delhi University How
Influencers Shape Mainstream Media
Aryan
Gupta, Delhi University Defence Veterans as a Political Influence Network in
India
Agrima
Seth, Soham De, Arshia Arya University of Michigan, Ashoka
University, and Microsoft Research India Tasty
Platformization: The Promotional Culture around
Food Delivery
Simiran Lalvani, University
of Oxford- VIA ZOOM Symposium Organizers: Joyojeet Pal,
School of Information, University of Michigan Omolade Adunbi, DAAS,
University of Michigan Administration Janaki
Phillips, Elizabeth
James Student Session: Dipto Das, College of Media, Communication and
Information, University of Colorado, Boulder Anmol
Panda, School of Information, University of Michigan Agrima Seth, School of Information, University of
Michigan For
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