Each year a small portion of AoIR conference fees go toward several travel scholarships for junior scholars to attend the conference. We want to recognize our scholarship recipients and share with you a little bit about them and their research interests. Who are you? ...
Travel Scholarship Recipient #AoIR2022 – Esteban Morales
Each year a small portion of AoIR conference fees go toward several travel scholarships for junior scholars to attend the conference. We want to recognize our scholarship recipients and share with you a little bit about them and their research interests. Who are you?...
Travel Scholarship Recipient #AoIR2022 – Alisa Hardy
Each year a small portion of AoIR conference fees go toward several travel scholarships for junior scholars to attend the conference. We want to recognize our scholarship recipients and share with you a little bit about them and their research interests. What is your...
Best Student Paper Award for #AoIR2022
The 2022 AoIR Student Paper Award has been awarded to Vincent Obia for his paper, “Matrix of Dependence, Postcolonialism, and Social Media Regulation in an African Context.” The paper was highlighted for its focus on the very important topic of digital media...
2022 Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award for 2022 goes to Dr. Sebastián Lehuedè "Governing Data in Modernity/Coloniality: Astronomy Data in the Atacama Desert and the Struggle for Collective Autonomy." Congratulations, Dr. Lehuedè! Dr. Lehuedè’s dissertation is a fascinating study...
AoIR2022 Travel Scholarship Application Information
In order to increase the diversity of participation in the annual AoIR conferences, the Association of Internet Researchers makes available several conference fee waivers and travel stipends per year. Applications are invited from authors whose proposals have already...
Student Paper Award for #AoIR2021
The Student Paper Award for the #AoIR2021 Virtual Conference goes to Nomy Bitman for her paper, “Rethinking Visibility, Personalization and Representation: Disability Activism in Social Media.” The paper was reviewed amongst the 75 accepted student papers and is...
2021 Nancy Baym Book Award Winner
It is our great pleasure to announce that the Nancy Baym Book Award committee has chosen Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures (2020 NYU Press) by André Brock, Jr., as this year’s winner. Distributed Blackness is a joyful exploration of Black...
Call for Organizers of the Critical Race and Internet Studies (CRIS) day of the 2021 AoIR conference
Deadline: 31 January 2021 This call seeks proposals for an individual or group who has a history of affiliation with the Association of Internet Researchers to organize a full day in-person event devoted to Critical Race and Internet Studies to take place on Day 1,...
Report on the #AoIR2020 conference
Read about the awards given at the AoIR2020_AGM_Presentation This is what many virtual conferences look like. And these images are two of many from the #AoIR2020 conference. So what was different about AoIR2020? Here’s how...
