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FYI From: Joyojeet Pal <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2024 9:22 PM To: Potnis, Devendra Dilip <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Social Media and Society event in Michigan You don't often get email from [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Hello Devendra, Sending this your way in case students or colleagues are interested. JOyojeet ************* The Social Media & Society in India symposium takes place Apr 8-9, 2024 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is free to attend online or in person and brings together a great line-up of speakers. Registration is free for both online and in-person. Registered attendees can view all the talks and also sign up for office hours with the speakers. This year’s line-up includes a variety of topics including political and electoral social media use, platform governance, brand management, finance, healthcare, and hate speech. Details and registration info for in person and online viewing here: https://influencers.conference.si.umich.edu<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/influencers.conference.si.umich.edu/__;!!IaT_gp1N!1bWObwwdBAuayZXOeiJ7C8CH_DefD5MYB_hQ20KErZ_Y4AXOyi6UhIb0yv5hgvKHfyUn58OfyaTISuIXf9SQiQ$> Full Program April 8, 2024, 9.00 AM, US Eastern Time Matthew Hull<https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/matthewhull/>: Introductory Remarks April 8, 2024, 9.10 AM, US Eastern Time Session 1: Free Expression Discussant: Bilal Butt<https://seas.umich.edu/research/faculty/bilal-butt> Hussain Haidry<https://www.instagram.com/hussainhaidry>: From Babar Ki Aulaad to K2A: The vocabulary of anti-Muslim hate speeches and everyday slurs Disha Wadekar<https://twitter.com/WadekarDisha>: The Expressive Function of Social Media - Navigating Free Speech Concerns in the Digital Domain Parth MN<https://twitter.com/parthpunter>: Social Media and Surveillance of Muslims in Rural India, and the changing landscape of Indian villages Shilpa Kannan<https://twitter.com/shilpakannan>: Escalations and platform policies on political content April 8, 2024, 12.30 PM, US Eastern Time Session 2: New Markets Discussant: Pranav Malhotra<https://lsa.umich.edu/comm/people/regular-faculty/pranav-malhotra.html> Sanjay Sharma<https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaymsharma>: Building a YouTube News Channel From the Ground Up Anushka Rathod<https://www.instagram.com/anushkarathod98>: Financial Influencing on Instagram: The scope and risks of short-form finance content online Gunjan Arya<https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunjan-arya>: Branding and marketing YouTube Shorts in India Balram Vishwakarma<https://www.instagram.com/balramvishwakarma>: Decoding Mumbai's Hidden Stories: Bringing Urban working class stories online April 8, 2024, 3.30 PM, US Eastern Time Session 3: Politics Discussant: Omolade Adunbi<https://lsa.umich.edu/daas/people/core-faculty/oadunbi.html> Mohd. Talha Rashid<https://twitter.com/_TalhaRashid>: Building Political Narratives on Social Media: Differences between Local, State and National Campaigns Amitabh Dubey<https://twitter.com/dubeyamitabh>: Large-scale political campaigns on Social Media Dhanya Rajendran<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanya_Rajendran>: Digital Journalism and Social Media Spaces in South India Shahana Shaikh<https://www.shahanasheikh.com/>: Social Media and In-Person Mass Campaigns: Evidence from State Elections in North India April 9, 2024, 8.00 AM US Eastern Time Session 4a: Platforms & creator identities Discussant: Sarah Khan<https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/comm/people/graduate-students/sarah-khan.html> Tanvi Kanchan<https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/tanvi-kanchan>: “Instagram is like a karela”: Censorship and surveillance in Indian queer digital cultures Rudransh Mukherjee<https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudransh-mukherjee-425899226>, Shaily Desai<https://www.linkedin.com/in/shailydesai/>: Anatomy of a "Chapri": Exploring the Decontextualization of Casteist Slurs on Social Media Simiran Lalvani<https://simiranlalvani.com/>: Food delivery platforms as content creators on social media Amber: A Threat to Identity: The Pipeline from a Content Creator to Activist in Post-CAA NRC India April 9, 2024, 9.00 AM US Eastern Time Session 4b: Platforms & access Discussant: Soham De<https://sohamde.in/> Farhana Shahid<https://farhana-shahid.github.io/>, Dhruv Agarwal<https://agdhruv.github.io/>, Aditya Vashistha<https://www.adityavashistha.com/>: One Style Does Not Regulate All': Moderation Practices in Public and Private WhatsApp Groups Tanvi Roy<https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanvi-roy/>, Meghna Gupta<https://gupta-meghna64.github.io/>: Weaponizing Cringe for Virality: Paving the Way for Democratization on Social Media Sakshi Bhalla: Navigating Narratives: Selective Exposure to Indian Journalists Ankolika De<https://ist.psu.edu/directory/apd5873>: WhatsApp for Business: A Decolonial Perspective April 9, 2024, 10.00 AM US Eastern Time Workshop Mechanics of Misinformation: Kiran Garimella<https://gvrkiran.github.io/>, Sunandan Chakraborty<https://luddy.iupui.edu/contact/profile/sunandan-chakraborty>, Jimmy Narang<https://jimmy-narang.github.io/> April 9, 2024, 1.00 PM US Eastern Time Session 5: New Voices Discussant: Ding Wang<https://research.google/people/ding-wang/> Hana Mohsin Khan<https://twitter.com/girlpilot_>: Soaring beyond stereotypes: the articulation of women’s professional lives on Indian social media Venkatesh Potluri<https://venkateshpotluri.me/>: Social Media Use by Blind and Visually Impaired People in India Ambarish Satwik<https://twitter.com/ambarishsatwik>: The X thread as a genre: the social media offerings of a vascular surgeon Rajshri Deshpande<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajshri_Deshpande>: Use of Social Media for Activism and Social Justice and its impact April 9, 2024, 3.45 PM US Eastern Time Session 6: People & Culture Discussant: Matthew Hull<https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/matthewhull/> Shephali Bhatt<https://twitter.com/ShephaliBhatt>: From SMS to Stickers: the disappearance of words from communication Rafiul Rehman<https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafiulalomrahman/>: The Queer Muslim Project: Addressing Stereotypes on Social Media Kunal Purohit<https://twitter.com/kunalpurohit>: H-Pop Stars and The Ecology Of Hate Pop Culture on YouTube