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CPT - Users in focus: Weighing behaviour and attitudes in media governance and platform policies I know how it works: Exploring the impact of algorithmic media content awareness on the privacy calculus of self-disclosure» Dr. Zhang Hao Goh (Singapore)1, Prof. Gerard Goggin (Australia)2, Dr. Kym Campbell (Singapore)1 (1. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 2.

It could hit roads in Asia and the Middle East later this year.

First half of today was consumed with meeting with colleagues, but I managed to sneak in the afternoon sessions: POP - The child’s play in/of popular media culture “We All Love Cinderella But...”: How Young Nigerian Parents Engage with Portrayals of the Female Gender in Disney-Animated Films» Dr. Chinedu Ononiwu (Nigeria)1, Dr. Chikezie Uzuegbunam (South Africa)2 (1. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, 2. 

CPT - Governing content and user behaviour on platforms: regulation, policy and practices “Weapons of the Weak”: Daily Resistance and Collusion of Platform Content Moderators» Prof. Enqiang Guo (China)1, Dr. Jiebing Liang (China)2 (1. East China University of Political Science and Law, 2. School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Content moderators utilising the form of adaption in the application of moderation…

I was honoured to be invited to participate as a panel discussant at the 50th Anniversary of Communication Policy & Technology preconference. I was invited to talk at the first panel, The Asia-Pacific Perspective toCommunication Policy Research, alongside Prof Yu Hong, Zhejiang University, China; Prof Ang Peng Hwa, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and Prof Yu-li Liu, Shanghai University, China.

Children as young as 15 were repeatedly misidentified as being in their 20s and 30s during government tests of age-checking tools, sowing new doubts about whether the teen social media ban is viable.

OAIC invites industry, civil society, academia and other interested stakeholders to consult on the development of the children’s online privacy code

9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Agate B+C (Regency 3), Parasocial Relationships and/or Fan Engagement, Standard Paper Session, Popular Media & Culture, Chairs: Andrew Ledbetter, Texas Christian U The Character's Curse of When a Character Follows an Actor: Introducing and Understanding the Phenomenon of Character Baggage Caleb G. Hubbard; Lindsey Meeks Character baggage as the association (ongoing relationship) with characters Parasocial relationships: across multiple roles, across multiple mediums…

Scholarship continues into day 2... Took a chance on a random room and it was amazing. I learnt quite a bit about Bangladesh media, its regime, and the role news and media plays in this space. Full notes from sessions below: PARTNER PANEL: South Asia Communication Association (SACA)Chairs(s): Zahedur Arman (Framingham State University) and Shafiqur Rahman (South Carolina U)

After a wonderful plenary last night that provoked us to think about who we are and how we respond, individually and as an association, to the current political environment, Day 1 for me has been a great experience. Much quality scholarship emerging from the Popular Media and Culture, and Children and Media streams. Here's the following notes from the sessions I attended:

An increasing number of users are aware of algorithmically driven content curation. Yet, while numerous studies have examined how people understand algorithmic ...