2023 Nancy Baym Book Award Nominations

We are pleased to call for nominations for the Nancy Baym Annual Book Award. This award recognizes the best scholarship of the Association of Internet Researchers, and highlights the breadth of work relating to the social and cultural dimensions of networked media. To...

Updated Conference Information for AoIR2021

AoIR 2021 is going virtual! And everyone’s invited! Due to ongoing public health concerns and travel restrictions, AoIR has been able to renegotiate our hotel contract in Philadelphia, PA (U.S.A.). This means that AoIR 2021 WILL BE A FULLY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE that will...

AoIR2020 Life (Online) Participation Opportunities

The AoIR Executive Board and #AoIR2020 Host Committee is pleased to share with you details about the upcoming #AoIR2020 conference. As you may know, AoIR has decided that the conference that was scheduled to take place in Dublin will now be hosted as a virtual event...

AoIR Collated Resources for Online Teaching

Other Collated Lists   Sarah (Lozier-)Laiola (@DrSarathena192) Stockpiling COVID-19 Teaching Resources (google docs): https://twitter.com/DrSarathena192/status/1237012112423206914?s=20 [collation] Distance and Online Teaching Andreas Ramos (@andreas_ramos). Tips...

Coronavirus Update

AoIR2020 will be a virtual event in October 2020. Please see here for additional details. The Association of Internet Researchers announces with regret that the AoIR2020 Flashpoint Symposium scheduled for April 17 in Porto Alegre Brazil will be a virtual event on 3-4...

AoIR Flashpoint Symposium Keynote Speakers

We are pleased to present the Keynote Speakers for AoIR's Flashpoint Symposium. Dr. Crystal Abidin Dr Crystal Abidin is a digital anthropologist and ethnographer of vernacular internet cultures. She researches young people’s relationships with internet celebrity,...