Past Events

Anna-Theresa Mayer, Tomas Dodds, Guillen Torres
November 28, 2025 @ 9:00 am CST - 10:00 am CST
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Title: Networked intermediaries: Exploring the role of OSINT communities in verifying public knowledge on digital platforms Abstract: During Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, new actors beyond journalism, such as open-source intelligence and investigation (OSINT) …

Rafael Grohmann, Justin Yeung
November 10, 2025 @ 9:45 am CST - 10:45 am CST
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Labor-atories of Platform Economies: Critical Platform Studies in/from/with Latin America: The presentation frames how past epistemologies, histories, and political struggles of Latin America can inform critical platform studies. Rather than treating the region as a …

October 20, 2025 @ 3:15 am CDT - 4:15 am CDT
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Title: Transnational Analysis of Platforms: Case Studies of Dating Apps Abstract: In this talk, I explore dating apps as vehicles for transnationalism. By examining platforms such as Tinder and Grindr, I introduce the concept of …

Natali Helberger, Tomás Dodds, Seth Lewis
September 29, 2025 @ 12:00 pm CDT - 1:00 pm CDT
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Welcome to the last session of our AI Hype Working Group! We are thrilled to have Natali Helberger (University of Amsterdam) joining us as a guest speaker. Find more information about this session below: Proposition: …

Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Justin Yeung
September 29, 2025 @ 8:45 am CDT - 9:45 am CDT
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Title: Critical Platforms Studies for understanding digital media and democracy Abstract: Increasing interconnectedness has led to more self-organized public debates, platforms and their algorithms have gained new power over discourse, and generative AI has made content fabrication …