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Our second speaker is @linenybro.bsky.social talking about forensic play, building on her book Mediatized Fan Play (which is an excellent book and I highly recommend it).

Our third speaker is Qian Huang 黄倩 (and Erika N. Wang) talking about fandom nationalism specifically in relation to Zhang Zhehan. Their book (of the same name as the presentation) is published by Bloomsbury.

We're barrelling through this panel! Fourth presentation is sam vilkins and Sebastian Svegaard who are bringing what the crowds want: Taylor Swift.

Our final speaker is Adriana Amaral also @[email protected] who's talking about conspiracy theories related to clones, specifically those about President Lula which began circulating during the 2022 Brazilian presidential election.

Amazing people, amazing panel on "fanspiracies". Fan studies people are such a brilliant community. Thank you! #Aoir2024 #Fanstudies Dr Simone D. ILL EFFECTS Dr Bethan Jones (she/her) Qian Huang 黄倩 sam vilkins Sebastian Svegaard Erika N. Wang @linenybro.bsky.social

1) start writing article 2) love article 3) hate article 4) hate self 5) get distracted by new article

🚀 Exciting progress in WP6 of the Smidge Project on creating alternative counter-content & educational tools that build awareness & encourage reflection on extremist narratives. Today’s progress meeting was filled with engaging discussions and valuable insights from the team!

At this point it’s abundantly clear that it was never really "But, her emails” it was "But, they’re females.”

Yes.

Or perhaps we can find a Leni Riefenstahl of our era to document it

I gotta admit, it's frustrating to have been publishing about far-right influencers since 2018, to have almost everyone in a position of media power ignore that and instead focus on a nebulous "algorithm," and to have people discover the power of podcasters two weeks ago

For very obvious reasons I’ll be moving most of my activities to Bsky. Come find me at @linenybro.bsky.social

🎙️How do social media platforms shape public opinion and our view of elections? In our latest #SmidgeCast, Prof. Kalypso Iordanou from UCLan Cyprus shares her findings on the limits of everyday reasoning, and why boosting critical thinking is key to resisting #misinformation.

I'll be bringing lots of interesting cases from Laura Loomer's "cat-astrophe" theory to Taylor Swift is a pentagon psyop, so come join us online or in person

Justice for Lane.

Join our Smidge Project webinar this Wednesday with Ayhan Kaya Bledar Feta & Rikke Alberg Peters. Register now at: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c96d54f3…

Prof. Kalypso Iordanou presented #SmidgeProject findings last week at Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting & SJDM Conference! Key takeaway: Argumentative reasoning skills are crucial for discerning fake news & combating #Misinformation among the middle-aged. Learn more:

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Our Horizon Europe 🇪🇺 sister project Smidge Project is tackling online extremism among middle-aged audiences with a new platform to identify and analyseharmful content in videos. This innovative platform supports researchers and policymakers in addressing extremist narratives across

📌 New OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Report Alert on Tackling Disinformation and Strengthening Information Integrity: buff.ly/4j1Vi1i The report offers insights on: - Ensuring diverse, fact-checked info - Resisting polarisation & misinformation - Strengthening collaboration across sectors