We are pleased to call for nominations for the Nancy Baym Annual Book Award. Named after former Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) president Nancy Baym, this award recognizes the best scholarship of AoIR and highlights the breadth of work relating to the...
A Statement from the Members of the AoIR Executive Committee
In light of the United States’ January 27, 2017 executive order restricting entry to its borders, based upon intersectional stereotypes of Islamic religious faith as embodied within Middle Eastern, African, and South Asian identity, we hereby restate our commitment to...
2017 Nancy Baym Book Award & Dissertation Award
The Association of Internet Researchers has made slight changes to the submission criteria for both the Nancy Baym Book Award and the Dissertation Award. Specific details on how to submit is forthcoming. Nancy Baym Book Award The Nancy Baym Annual Book Award seeks to...
Jonathan Gray’s #AoIR2016 Presentation: Reshaping Data Worlds for AoIR 2016
Reshaping Data Worlds for AoIR 2016 By jwyg | Originally Published: October 5, 2016 The following is a short video on Reshaping Data Worlds prepared for the 17th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers – AoIR 2016 on “Internet Rules!” – which takes...
#AoIR2017 Keynote Speakers ~ We have 2 this year!!
We are doubly thrilled to announce the two keynote speakers at #AoIR2017 in Tartu Estonia. Keynote #1: Andrew Chadwick Andrew Chadwick (PhD, London School of Economics) is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Politics and International Relations at...
Submissions for #AoIR2017 Open
We are pleased to open submissions for proposals for #AoIR2017: Networked Publics to be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18 - 21 October, 2017. To re-familiarize yourself with the call for proposals and types of submissions solicited, please see here. When submitting, please...
#AoIR2016 – Your First AoIR Conference?
#AoIR2016 had 535 full conference attendees from 30 countries. This included 331 first time attendees! Each year AoIR welcomes many new researchers. Take a peek at the CFP for #AoIR2017. Will we meet you this October?
Facebook’s accidental ‘death’ of users reminds us to plan for digital death
Facebook's accidental 'death' of users reminds us to plan for digital death (republished with permission from The Conversation.) Tama Leaver, Curtin University The accidental “death” of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and millions of other Facebook users is a timely...
AoIR’s YouTube Channel and Travel Scholarships
We are happy to announce the newest AoIR social media platform - YouTube! Subscribe to our YouTube channel get first access to our videos. As we approach the holiday season, a time of great generosity, we want to show you a video interview with one of...
Three ways Facebook could reduce fake news without resorting to censorship
Three ways Facebook could reduce fake news without resorting to censorship (republished with permission from The Conversation.) Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse University The public gets a lot of its news and information from Facebook. Some of it is fake. That...
