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The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) is the leading global professional organization in the field of media and communication research. The event invites scholars worldwide to explore the intersections of media, communication, and environmental justice through diverse, interdisciplinary lenses.
Organizers: Clovis Bergère, Harsha Man Maharjan, Marwan M. Kraidy, Marina R. Krikorian, and Sagnik Dutta
Keynote Discussion
Marwan M. Kraidy
Between Dependency and Sovereignty: Technology Development, International Tech Companies, and Digital Identifications in South Asia
Harsha Man Maharjan
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Canning Rise, #03-03, Singapore Management University
Organizers: Chafic Najem (Convenor) and Marwan M. Kraidy (Discussant, Panel Chair)
Buying Time: Temporal Digitalities and Off-Label Practices in Lebanon
Chafic Najem
Digital Waiting as a Temporal Condition: Lagging, Anticipating, and Occupying Time
Heather Jaber
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: SHHK - HSS Seminar Room 9
Sustainable Simplicity and Questionable Consumerism in Contemporary Screen Culture
Digital Culture as Pedagogical: Cultivating Ethical Consumption on YouTube
Heather Jaber
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: The Hive LHS-LT
Organizer: Harsha Man Maharjan (Panel Chair)
Secretive Digital State: Hidden Policy Documents and the Issues of Transparency and Accountability of the National Identification System in Nepal
Harsha Man Maharjan
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: The Hive LHS-TR+36
Theology and Religion and Communication Working Group Business Meeting
Faith-Based Activism Against Biometric Identification: Resistance to Aadhaar Enrolment in Mizoram
Harsha Man Maharjan
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: The Hive LHS-TR+37
Journalism Practice and Research Across Diverse Countries II
Journalism in Crisis? The Case of Zambia as an Outlier
Annastazia Ng'ambi
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: The Hive LHS-TR+52
Gender Representation, Genre and Popular Culture
Making Time, Spending Time: Interfacing Gender, Class, and the Moral Economy of Time on TikTok in Pakistan
Mahnoor Ahmer Ansari
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: GAIA ABS-SR5
Radio and Podcast
Breaking the Sonic Ceiling? Black Women in South Africa’s Podcasting Industry
Scheherazade Safla-Gaffoor
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: The Hive LHS-TR+25
Moderator: Heather Jaber
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: The Hive LHS-TR+52
Gender Struggle and Creative Practice
Decentering Dance as Social Theory: Polysemic Bodies, Protests, and the Securitization of Youth in Guinea
Clovis Bergère
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: SHHK - HSS Seminar Room 6
Organizer: Clovis Bergère (Panel Chair)
Digital Carceral Mobilities: Mobility and Smuggled Mobile Technologies in Prisons
Chafic Najem
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: SHHK - HSS Seminar Room 6