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IAMCR 2023

International Association for Media and Communication Research conference, Lyon, 9-13 July 2023

Snurb — Friday 14 July 2023 00:44

Approaches to Communicating for a Sustainable Future

Politics | Government | IAMCR 2023 |

And we end this very diverse and, given the weather, frankly very draining IAMCR 2023 with a closing keynote by Annika Egan Sjölander. She begins by reminding us of the theme of this conference, ‘Inhabiting the Planet’: how does media and communication scholarship contribute to this aim, especially in what we, and future generations of scholars, do next? How do we work towards the common good?

Annika is a scholar from Sweden, but also works in the Global South; she is based in a marginal region, in the Arctic Circle, and on Sápmi land, in a region which climate change …

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Snurb — Thursday 13 July 2023 23:20

Brokerage Roles in Quote Tweets by US Congress Members

Politics | Government | Polarisation | Social Media | Social Media Network Mapping | Twitter | IAMCR 2023 |

And the final speaker in this IAMCR 2023 session is Liang Lan, whose focus is on the use of moral language in climate change debate on Twitter. Such debates have long been politicised and polarised in countries like the US; the present study is interested in the different roles that participants in these debates in Twitter may assume.

It distinguishes between coordinators (mediating information flows within the in-group), itinerants (an in-group member mediating information flows between two out-group members), representatives (mediating information flows from in- to out-group), and gatekeepers (mediating information flow from out- to in-group). In these scenarios, the …

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Snurb — Thursday 13 July 2023 23:18

Incidental Exposure to Pro-Minority Content on Social Media in Pakistan

Politics | Social Media | Echo Chambers and Filter Bubbles | IAMCR 2023 |

The next speaker in this IAMCR 2023 session is Marko M. Skoric, whose interest is in incidental exposure to political information on social media. The present study is especially interested in exposure to people of different religions, from the perspective of Pakistani users. Such exposure is also critical to the avoidance of ‘echo chambers’, of course – but the context of such exposure also matters, of course: for instance with respect to the (in)civility of the content that is encountered.

In Pakistan, exposure to pro-minority content on social media might be in the context of music, sports, or movies, for …

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Snurb — Thursday 13 July 2023 23:18

Testing News Junkies’ Intrinsic Need for Orientation

Politics | Journalism | Industrial Journalism | IAMCR 2023 |

The next speaker in this IAMCR 2023 session is Justin Martin, whose interest is in news junkies – or people with a ‘need for orientation’ (NFO), which has traditionally been measured in a simplistic, US-centric way as interest in and uncertainty about the choices in US presidential elections. The present study replaces this with a new NFO scale that better explores news junkies’ intrinsic need for orientation (INFO).

The INFO scale asks four questions: whether people check the news first thing in the day; check the news during downtime; feel more connected to other people by keeping up with the …

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Snurb — Thursday 13 July 2023 23:16

Young Voters and Political Participation in Portugal

Politics | Elections | IAMCR 2023 |

The next speaker in this IAMCR 2023 session is Sara Monteiro Machado, whose focus is on social media use and youth political participation in Portugal. She notes that political science has failed to keep up with emerging forms of political participation in the current environment; such forms traditionally include institutionalised participation, protests, and volunteering, but now also consumerist participation, digital political participation, and lifestyle politics.

Youth are especially attracted to these new forms of unconventional political participation, perhaps to the detriment of actual voting in elections. In fact, electoral abstention is especially pronounced amongst young people. There is plenty of …

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Snurb — Thursday 13 July 2023 23:15

Sexist Language in Politics in Mato Grosso

Politics | Elections | IAMCR 2023 |

The final paper session at IAMCR 2023 starts with Julia Gabriella Nogueira Munhoz, whose focus is on the culture of sexism directed at women in politics in Mato Grosso, Brazil, which is also part of a broader pattern in Brazilian politics. Mato Grosso has a conservative profile and the highest femicide rate in Brazil.

Sexism directed at women in politics here was examined by recording the personal narratives of women politicians in a podcast. While Brazil does not have an official far-right party, supporters of the Bolsonarist far-right movement can be found across 17 of the centrist and right-wing parties …

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Snurb — Thursday 13 July 2023 19:19

Feminist Imaginaries on Instagram in Portugal

Politics | Social Media | IAMCR 2023 |

The final paper in this short session at IAMCR 2023 is Sofia P. Caldeira, who is exploring the imaginaries of feminist activism on Instagram. Digital and social media platforms are essential for everyday encounters with feminism, which exists on these platforms side-by-side with interpersonal and entertainment uses. Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms, with a particular emphasis on visual aesthetics and its own cultures of use – what feminist imaginaries does it enable and support?

The present study examined feminist cultures on Instagram in Portuguese between 2021 and 2023, by following a number of feminist hashtags …

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Snurb — Thursday 13 July 2023 19:17

Using and Resisting the Logics of Fitness Apps in China

Internet Technologies | IAMCR 2023 |

The second presenter in this session at IAMCR 2023 is Runxuan Tua, and her focus is on gender and body metaphors in digital fitness platforms in China. Such platforms have become immensely popular in China in recent times, but also contribute to the disciplining of beauty standards and the commodification of fitness. This can be read through a Foucauldian paradigm of discipline.

This process is also gendered, with mass media promoting different body ideals for men and women. Online digital fitness platforms become a means for individuals to engage with and negotiate these body ideals, as well as receive social …

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Snurb — Thursday 13 July 2023 19:16

Exploring a Korean Stock Market App through the Walkthrough Method

Internet Technologies | IAMCR 2023 |

The second session this morning at IAMCR 2023 is on cyberactivism, and starts with Dongwook Song. His interest is in the financialisation of daily life through stock market apps. He notes that Korean young adults were in a stressed social situation before the pandemic, and after COVID-19 there was a boom in investments, cryptocurrency and stock market speculation, and other financial activities in order to get ahead – everyday life has been financialised.

Dongwook investigated these developments by focussing on the Stockplus investment app, operated by the cryptocurrency exchange Upbit which is itself owned by a social messaging platform. He …

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Snurb — Thursday 13 July 2023 18:04

Coverage of Air Pollution in New Delhi in the Indian Press

Politics | Government | Journalism | Industrial Journalism | IAMCR 2023 |

And the final speaker in this IAMCR 2023 session is Madhavi Ravikumar, whose interest is in the way the Indian press frames environmental issues. This is against the backdrop of the severe air pollution crisis in New Delhi, and the present study builds on interviews with Indian journalists.

The mass media have served as a crucial platform for raising and debating environmental since the rise of the environmental movement in the 1960s, and how they present these issues plays a significant role in shaping public opinion. Their selection and framing of issues is especially important in this process.

India is …

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