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...
2021 Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award for 2021 goes to Dr. Niki Cheong for "Cybertrooping and the Online Manipulation of Political Communication in Malaysia: The Barisan Nasional Years." Congratulations, Dr. Cheong! Dr. Cheong's dissertation on cybertrooping in Malaysia is a...
AoIR 2021-23 Executive Committee Election Results
We are happy to announce the results of the AoIR Executive Committee election. But first, some thank yous and some information about the election. AoIR would like to thank our election monitors, Jonathon Hutchinson and Steve Jones, who, in accordance with the terms of...
2021 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...
2021 AoIR Dissertation Award Nominations
The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2021 AoIR Dissertation Award. To be eligible for the AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2020 calendar year. Nominations (self...
2021-23 AoIR Executive Committee Nominations
On 11 March 2021, AoIR will open your nominations for the new Executive Committee, to take office in October of this year and serve until October 2023. Below, you will find: a) a timeframe for the election, b) a description of the AoIR governance system and of the...
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...
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...
A statement from the AoIR Executive Committee and 20/21 Conference Chairs
The AoIR Executive has become aware that a particular paper proposal that was accepted to this year’s conference has caused harm, and we acknowledge that our processes have failed to prevent this harm. AoIR embraces Diversity and Inclusion and we expect all members...
