[Air-L] Social Media and Society in India

[Joyojeet Pal]

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 here:
https://influencers.conference.si.umich.edu



·       *From Babar Ki Aulaad to K2A: The vocabulary of anti-Muslim hate
speeches and everyday slurs*, *Hussain Haidry*, Poet

·       *The Use of Social Media for Activism and Social Justice and its
impact*, *Rajshri Deshpande*, Actor

·       *Escalations and platform policies on political content*, *Shilpa
Kannan*, Tech Executive
*Digital Journalism and Social Media Spaces in South India*, *Dhanya
Rajendran*, Editor

·       *H-Pop Stars and The Ecology Of Hate Pop Culture on YouTube*, *Kunal
Purohit*, Author

·       *Branding and marketing YouTube Shorts in India*, *Gunjan Arya*,
Brand Executive

·       *The contrasts in the censorship of abusive language on streaming
and social media platforms in India*, *Shephali Bhatt*, Reporter

·       *The Expressive Function of Social Media - Navigating Free Speech
Concerns in the Digital Domain*, *Disha Wadekar*, Lawyer

·       *Social Media and Surveillance of Muslims in Rural India, and the
changing landscape of Indian villages*, *Parth MN*, Journalist

·       *Large-scale political campaigns on Social Media*, *Amitabh Dubey*,
Policy Analyst

·       *The articulation of women’s professional lives on Indian Social
Media: A view from the skies*, *Hana Mohsin Khan*, Aviator

·       *Social Media and Blind and Low Vision People in India*, *Venkatesh
Potluri*, Accessibility Researcher

·       *Building a Hindi-language YouTube News Channel from the Ground Up*,
*Sanjay Sharma*, Anchor

·       *Building Political Narratives on Social Media: Differences between
Local, State and National Campaigns*, *Talha Rashid*, Political Strategist

·       *The X thread as a genre: the social media offerings of a vascular
surgeon*, *Ambarish Satwik*, Surgeon

·       *Monetization as a Short Form Content Creator: Personal Finance
Influencing on Instagram*, *Anushka Rathod*, Finance Influencer

·       *Social Media and In-Person Mass Campaigns: Evidence from State
Elections in North India*, *Shahana Sheikh*, Researcher

·       *Decoding Mumbai's Hidden Stories: Bringing Urban working class
stories online*, *Balram Vishwakarma*, Storyteller

·       *The Queer Muslim Project: Manifesting Queer Joy on Social
Media*, *Rafiul
Rahman*, Activist



The conference is the largest of its kind, and there is also a great
student submission section, papers are archived in conference proceedings.
Call for submissions and a link to last year’s proceedings
<https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/177147> incl talks on
finance, family vlogs, travel, politics, and brand management on social
media. To submit original work, please look at the Call for Papers
<https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/smsi-cfp.html>.



Thanks,



Joyojeet Pal