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Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly. (We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.) https://aoir.org/ https://aoir.social/@aoir

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · Nov 15

We're still mostly over at @[email protected] (did we mention the Association of Internet Researchers has its own Mastodon instance any AoIR member can use?), but we're delighted BlueSky is providing an alternative to that *cough* other platform.

Waves to lots of new friends!

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 1d

#AoIR2025 is next week! Easiest programme to read on a mobile is on the Sched app: aoir2025ruptures.sched.com

Prefer your #AoIR2025 programme in an app? Our Sched is love!

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 13d

Just three weeks until #AoIR2025 Ruptures kicks off in Niterói, Brazil, and we can't wait to see you all!

Just three weeks until #AoIR2025 Ruptures kicks off in Niteroi, Brazil!

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 26d

And a reminder that _Algorithms of Resistance_ is fully #openaccess, so can be read by anyone, right now(!):

direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power

How global workers, influencers, and activists develop tactics of algorithmic resistance by appropriating and repurposing the same algorithms that control

direct.mit.edu

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 26d

This year’s Nancy Baym Book Award committee would also like to give an Honourable Mention to @tbonini.bsky.social and @emilianotrere.com for Algorithms of Resistance: The
Everyday Fight Against Platform Power (@mitpress.bsky.social).

Congratulations also!

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 26d

AoIR is pleased to congratulate the winners of this year’s Nancy Baym Book Award ‪@aramsinn.bsky.social‬ & @jesgilbert.bsky.social for The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance (@mitpress.bsky.social). Congratulations!

aoir.org/2025nb_booka...

AoIR is pleased to congratulate the winner of this year’s Nancy Baym Book Award ...

Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert for The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance

(MIT Press)

Congratulations!

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Adriana Amaral @adriamaral.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you are coming to #Aoir2025 you ll prove coxinha in our lunch (and also the vegan version with carrots)

Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s the Sete de Setembro – Brazil’s Independence Day – so it is only right that Coxinha, the emblematically Brazilian chicken croquette, is #RecipeOfTheDay! These, though, are mini versions, much more manageable for making at home. www.nigella.com/recipes/coxi...

Coxinha

Although a regular coxinha is more the size and shape of a bulbous, dumpy pear, these are mini versions, like fat little figs, and you can get a fabulous 70 of these emblematically Brazilian chicken...

www.nigella.com

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Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social · 28d

I'll be giving a talk titled "You've got a friend, until they block you: The management of personal ties in the digital age" hosted by the Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media, The University of Manchester, on 25/9/25 at 3pm. If you're in the area, please come!

Invitation to a public lecture titled "You've got a friend, until they block you: The management of personal ties in the digital age"

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 28d

The conference program for the #AoIR2025 Ruptures conference is now available, here: www.conftool.org/aoir2025/ses...

Can't wait to see you all in Niterói (or online)!

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 28d

Hi Kenzie, the schedule is available here: www.conftool.org/aoir2025/ses...

AoIR2025 - ConfTool Pro - BrowseSessions

www.conftool.org

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ds @dylanschenker.com · Sep 2

Officially booked my flight to Rio De Janeiro for the Association of Internet Researchers conference. First time traveling to present at a conference. Super excited. #AoIR2025

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · Aug 31

*waves*

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · Aug 30

For folks planning to attend #AOIR2025 in Niteroi/Rio this October, I just saw that American is advertising $550 round-trip tickets on its front page. @aoir.bsky.social

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · Jun 30

Are you attending #AoIR2025 @aoir.bsky.social in Brazil? Are you an early-career scholar? Then maybe you'd like to help me coordinate and organize the face-to-face early-career workshop!

Reach out if you are interested or if you know anybody who might be the right fit.

a woman in a black dress is walking down a street with #schitts creek written in the corner

ALT: a woman in a black dress is walking down a street with #schitts creek written in the corner

media.tenor.com

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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jun 30

Cheery (useful!) Monday morning reading from @aoir.bsky.social

'Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety' on a garden table in the shade

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · Jun 20

AoIR is very happy to once again offer the Kelly Quinn Travel Scholarships for scholars & researchers who would otherwise face financial barriers to attending the #AoIR2025 conference.

Please see here for details & how to apply: aoir.org/2025kellyqui...

Application deadline is July 8th.

Kelly Quinn Travel Scholarships

AoIR is very happy to once again offer the Kelly Quinn Travel Scholarships for scholars and researchers who would otherwise face financial barriers to attending the #AoIR2025 conference.

Please see the link below for full details on the scholarships and how to apply.

*Application deadline is July 8th, 2025.*

aoir.org/2025kellyquinntravelscholarship

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · Jun 16

We're optimistic at least a few people will be able to make it!

Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · Jun 16

Did we mention registration for #AoIR2025 is now open? 😉

aoir.org/aoir2025/

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Brad McNeil @bradmcneil.bsky.social · Jun 5

Many thanks to @aoir.bsky.social & @zemki.bsky.social for the opportunity to share my research on the UN’s Global Digital Compact at the #AoIR2025Symposium. I discussed how its approach to data flows/AI governance reflects data colonialism and sidelines Global South calls for digital sovereignty.

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Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT) @pgmt.bsky.social · Jun 4

Our incredible #AoIR2025Symposium is almost over…

We are grateful for the opportunity to host so many brilliant scholars who share our passion for researching platform governance, content moderation, and generative AI.

Already looking forward to what comes next. Let’s keep the momentum going!

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Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social · Jun 5

I had a fantastic time at the #AoIR2025Symposium! I leave inspired and challenged, happy to see so many friendly faces.

Thankful to @zemki.bsky.social @aoir.bsky.social @ckatzenbach.bsky.social @rscarlets.bsky.social and all the team for organizing such a great space.

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · Jun 4

Proud to be part of the @aoir.bsky.social important conversation at the Flashpoint symposium. Asked to reflect on the concept of “platform governance” in 2025. In a nutshell, platform governance is, in my opinion, a pro-firm framing that has supported lack of regulation for the past 15-20 years.

Christian Katzenbach @ckatzenbach.bsky.social · Feb 13

We are hosting the 2025 @aoir.bsky.social Flashpoint Symposium in Bremen!

🎯 CfP "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance"
📆 3-4 June 2025, Bremen, DE
🗒️ Deadline for Abstracts: 15 February 2025
platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

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Christian Katzenbach @ckatzenbach.bsky.social · Jun 3

First panel at #AoIR2025Symposium, w/ Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, presenting new work w/ @deeliu97.bsky.social, Emilie de Keulenaar on the politics of "big tech". Prelim results for EU policy/political discourse: How is the term BIG TECH used, and by whom? (Focus on EU and US in the policy domain)

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Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT) @pgmt.bsky.social · Jun 2

🥳 We're kicking off the #AoIR2025Symposium tonight in Bremen!

Thank you to everyone joining us for the next two days to critically explore the evolving landscape of platform and AI governance.

We look forward to lively discussions!

👉 platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · Jun 3

All set for the #AoIR2025Symposium

room with 6 rows of chairs and a screen at the front

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Christian Katzenbach @ckatzenbach.bsky.social · May 14

I am getting excited! 3 weeks to go until our AoIR Symposium 2025 in Bremen will kick-off! The line-up of plenary speakers is wonderful, and the program so promising. If you are able to join in early June, don't miss to register for the few remaining seats. platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

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