[Air-L] 2022 Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture in ICA Conference

[Sarina Chen]

Greetings!

The 2022 Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture, to be presented in the
Hybrid 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication
Association (ICA), May 26-30, in Paris, France, features a conversation
with Dr. Crystal Abidin.  Dr. Abidin is an anthropologist and ethnographer
of Internet culture, focusing her research on influencer cultures, Internet
celebrity, online visibility and social media pop culture in the Asia
Pacific region.

The conversation with Dr. Abidin covers a wide range of topics including
Dr. Abidin’s career trajectory, past research, and new projects under way.
Dr. Abidin also offers some career advice to junior scholars embarking on a
career studying new media.

The lecture is a pre-recorded conversation, available online to ICA
conference attendees.

Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture Series, established by Carl Couch
Center for Social and Internet Research (CCCSIR, www.cccsir.com) in 2003,
brings leading Internet researchers to annual ICA conferences to promote
the development and interest of Internet research.  With the
interdisciplinary nature of Internet research, the lecture series brings
researchers from various disciplines as well as industry leaders to
establish dialogues with communication researchers about topics and issues
of Internet research.  The theme of Steve Jones Lecture Series is " The
Internet as Culture.”

For more information about this lecture and lecture series please contact
Shing-Ling Sarina Chen at sarina.chen at uni.edu.