Affect and Social Media#4 Full Programme, Stratford, east London on Nov 7th 2018

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We are pleased to confirm the full programme (see below) for the fourth Affect and Social Media one day conference at UEL's USS building in Stratford, east London on Nov 7th.


The 2018 event marks the publication of the first Affect and Social Media<https://www.rowmaninternational.com/book/affect_and_social_media/3-156-e43f234f-a8c8-418f-be9a-52e1d465e53b> book (Rowman & Littlefield International).



Together with 7 panels, featuring cutting edge international research and curated sensorium performances, there is a special keynote by Patricia Ticineto Clough followed by a keynote panel and audience Q&A.


The event will culminate with the A&SM book launch, live music from The Indelicates and refreshments.



A&SM#4 is free, but advance online registration is essential to gain access to UEL's USS campus building.



To register and see more information on the conference visit: https://viralcontagion.blog/affect-social-media4/



Affect and Social Media#4 Programme


University Square Stratford, east London, UK

7th Nov 2018, 10am-10pm


Time. Location

All Rooms TBC


Actual Occasion


10.00-11.10am Entrance to the University Stratford Square Campus Building


Registration

Please note that before entering the campus all attendees must register online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/affect-social-media4-notifications-from-the-technological-nonconscious-tickets-46972453874


11.15-11.45

Room USG.17 Main Lecture Theatre


Welcome to A&SM#4 by Tony D Sampson

plus Sensorium One


Break 15mins





12-1pm

Parallel Sessions A

Choice of three panels

Panel 1: USG.17

Panel 2: USG19 or US2.30

Panel 3: USG20 or US2.31


Panel 1 Chaired by Greg Seigworth



Lisa Blackman (Goldsmiths, UK) Haunted Data



Camilla Møhring Reestorff (Aarhus University, Denmark) Affective Governmentalization: Backlashes again the #Metoo-movement in Denmark



Heather Radwan Jaber (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Sexual harassment and social media in Egypt: Reorienting the resonance machine


Panel 2 Chaired by Darren Ellis



Vered Elishar-Malka & Yaron Ariel (Yezreel Valley College, Israel) Social media, Legacy media, and the public, in the Trump(ing) era



Suzanne van Geuns (University of Toronto, Canada) Rational Virtuosity and Religious Promise: Aspiring toward Jordan Peterson in Reddit Debates



Fadi Safieddine, (Queen Mary University, UK)

Factors contributing to the continuing failure in combating the spread of fake news on Social Media



Panel 3 Chaired by Ian Tucker



Maximilian Stobbe, (Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany) My Reaction Can Be Summed up by the Guy at 2:23!” – YouTube Reaction Videos as Affective Practices



Orsolya Bajusz (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) The affective dynamics of online shaming and liberal moral outrage



Fulla Abdul-Jabbar (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA) Why did you cry when you read that poem


Break 5mins


Find next panel


Parallel Session B

1.05-2.05pm

Choice of two panels

Panel 4 in USG. 19/20 or USG. 19

Panel 5 in USG.20 or US2.31




Panel 4 Chaired by Darren Ellis



Angie Voela (University of East London, UK) Fragile masculinities and contemporary psycho-power: The Case of InCel



Ali Lara (University of East London, UK) Affective Modulation in Positive Psychology’s Regime of Happiness



Trenton Lee (University of Westminster, UK) Feeling the Burn: Effect of Digital Capitalism on the Mental Health of Creators




Panel 5 Chaired by Stephen Maddison



Sarah Cefai (London College of Communication, UK) Stupid in the Moment: Excavating the Patriarchal Nonconscious of Humiliation



Christina Riley (George Mason University, Virginia), The Affective Flux of Feminist Digital Collectives or What Happened to the Women's March of 2017



Annelot Prins (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) How Much Do You Want To Meet Taylor Swift? The Cruel Optimism of Online
Fan Labour









2.05-3.05pm

In USG.19/20 and/or the Foyer


The Sensorium 2


The Actual Occasion - a silent disco with Mikey B Georgeson




Parallel Session C

3.05-4.05pm

Choice of two panels

Panel 6 in USG. 19/20 or USG. 19

Panel 7 in USG.20 or US2.31




Panel 6 Chaired by Ali Lara



Antonia Hernández (Concordia University, Canada) The Simple, the Compound, and the Spurious: Assemblages of Bots and Humans on a Sexcam Platform



Elena Pilipets (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria) Sleeping with Netflix: The (Dis)Connected Body of Serial Binge Viewer



Andreas Schellewald (University of Edinburgh, UK) Going down the algorithmic rabbit hole: approaching affective engagement in montage videos on social media platforms




Panel 7 Chaired by Stephen Maddison



Vered Elishar-Malka, Dana Weimann-Saks & Yaron Ariel (Yezreel Valley College, Israel) The Secret Online World of Women: Intimacy and Exposure among Women's Closed Facebook Groups



Josie Barnard (Middlesex University, UK) The Multimodal Writer









4.05-4.15pm


10min break


Session D

4.15-6.45.pm in Main Lecture Theatre USG.17


Keynote Session


Patricia Ticineto Clough: The User Unconscious: Embodiment and Thought


Audience Q&A


Opening response by Gregory J. Seigworth (Millersville)


Keynote Panel


Jessica Ringrose (UCL), Amit Rai (Queen Mary), Rebecca Coleman (Goldsmiths), Darren Ellis and Ian Tucker (East London)


Audience Q&A with panel


Chaired by Tony D Sampson





7-10pm

USG.19/20 and USS Foyer




Affect and Social Media Book Launch & Sensorium Performance 3 including

Live performance by The Indelicates








Best wishes,

Tony



Dr Tony D Sampson PhD, MA, BSc, FHEA
Reader in Digital Media Cultures and Communications
College of Arts, Technology and Innovation
UEL
My research blog:http://www.viralcontagion.wordpress.com
Twitter: @TonyDSpamson<https://twitter.com/TonyDSpamson>
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