We are very pleased to confirm the full programme (see below) for the fourth Affect and Social Media one day conference at UEL’s USS building in Stratford, east London on Nov 7th.
The 2018 event marks the publication of the first Affect and Social Media book (Rowman & Littlefield International).
Together with 7 panels, featuring cutting edge international research and curated sensorium performances, there is a special keynote by Patricia Ticineto Clough followed by a keynote panel and audience Q&A.
The event will culminate with the A&SM book launch, live music from The Indelicates and refreshments.
A&SM#4 is free, but advance online registration is essential to gain access to UEL’s USS campus building.
To register and see more information on the conference visit: https://viralcontagion.blog/affect-social-media4/
Affect and Social Media#4 Programme
University Square Stratford, east London, UK, 7th Nov 2018, 10am-10pm
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| 10.00-11.10am Entrance to the University Stratford Square Campus Building | Registration
Please note that before entering the campus all attendees must register online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/affect-social-media4-notifications-from-the-technological-nonconscious-tickets-46972453874 |
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| 11.15-11.45
Room USG.17 Main Lecture Theatre |
Welcome to A&SM#4 by Tony D Sampson
plus Sensorium One |
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| Break 15mins | |||
| 12-1pm
Parallel Sessions A Choice of three panels Panel 1: USG.17 Panel 2: USG19 or US2.30 Panel 3: USG20 or US2.31 |
Panel 1 Chaired by Greg Seigworth
Lisa Blackman (Goldsmiths, UK) Haunted Data
Camilla Møhring Reestorff (Aarhus University, Denmark) Affective Governmentalization: Backlashes again the #Metoo-movement in Denmark
Heather Radwan Jaber (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Sexual harassment and social media in Egypt: Reorienting the resonance machine |
Panel 2 Chaired by Darren Ellis
Vered Elishar-Malka & Yaron Ariel (Yezreel Valley College, Israel) Social media, Legacy media, and the public, in the Trump(ing) era
Suzanne van Geuns (University of Toronto, Canada) Rational Virtuosity and Religious Promise: Aspiring toward Jordan Peterson in Reddit Debates
Fadi Safieddine, (Queen Mary University, UK) Factors contributing to the continuing failure in combating the spread of fake news on Social Media |
Panel 3 Chaired by Ian Tucker
Maximilian Stobbe, (Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany) My Reaction Can Be Summed up by the Guy at 2:23!” – YouTube Reaction Videos as Affective Practices
Orsolya Bajusz (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) The affective dynamics of online shaming and liberal moral outrage
Fulla Abdul-Jabbar (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA) Why did you cry when you read that poem |
| Break 5mins | Find next panel | ||
| Parallel Session B
1.05-2.05pm Choice of two panels Panel 4 in USG. 19/20 or USG. 19 Panel 5 in USG.20 or US2.31
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Panel 4 Chaired by Darren Ellis
Angie Voela (University of East London, UK) Fragile masculinities and contemporary psycho-power: The Case of InCel
Ali Lara (University of East London, UK) Affective Modulation in Positive Psychology’s Regime of Happiness
Trenton Lee (University of Westminster, UK) Feeling the Burn: Effect of Digital Capitalism on the Mental Health of Creators
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Panel 5 Chaired by Stephen Maddison
Sarah Cefai (London College of Communication, UK) Stupid in the Moment: Excavating the Patriarchal Nonconscious of Humiliation
Christina Riley (George Mason University, Virginia), The Affective Flux of Feminist Digital Collectives or What Happened to the Women’s March of 2017
Annelot Prins (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) How Much Do You Want To Meet Taylor Swift? The Cruel Optimism of Online
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| 2.05-3.05pm
In USG.19/20 and/or the Foyer |
The Sensorium 2
The Actual Occasion – a silent disco with Mikey B Georgeson
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| Parallel Session C
3.05-4.05pm Choice of two panels Panel 6 in USG. 19/20 or USG. 19 Panel 7 in USG.20 or US2.31
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Panel 6 Chaired by Ali Lara
Antonia Hernández (Concordia University, Canada) The Simple, the Compound, and the Spurious: Assemblages of Bots and Humans on a Sexcam Platform
Elena Pilipets (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria) Sleeping with Netflix: The (Dis)Connected Body of Serial Binge Viewer
Andreas Schellewald (University of Edinburgh, UK) Going down the algorithmic rabbit hole: approaching affective engagement in montage videos on social media platforms
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Panel 7 Chaired by Stephen Maddison
Vered Elishar-Malka, Dana Weimann-Saks & Yaron Ariel (Yezreel Valley College, Israel) The Secret Online World of Women: Intimacy and Exposure among Women’s Closed Facebook Groups
Josie Barnard (Middlesex University, UK) The Multimodal Writer
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| 4.05-4.15pm | 10min break | ||
| Session D
4.15-6.45.pm in Main Lecture Theatre USG.17 |
Keynote Session
Patricia Ticineto Clough: The User Unconscious: Embodiment and Thought Audience Q&A Keynote Panel Opening response by Gregory J. Seigworth (Millersville) Keynote Panel Jessica Ringrose (UCL), Amit Rai (Queen Mary), Rebecca Coleman (Goldsmiths), Darren Ellis and Ian Tucker (East London) Audience Q&A with panel Session D chaired by Tony D Sampson |
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| 7-10pm
USG.19/20 and USS Foyer |
Affect and Social Media book launch & Sensorium Performance 3 including
Live performance by The Indelicates
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