Friday, June 21, 2024

HYBRID: Representing and Performing the Female Body in the Media
Chairs(s): Yupei Zhao (Zhejiang U)
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM; Central C (GCCEC Ground)

Magazine Representation of African Hair: A Liberatory Postmodern Perspective Janell M. Le Roux

Instagram Ideals: College Women’s Body Image and Social Comparison Paige Hill; Mustafa Oz

Anatomy of the Queen: Digital Fitness, Changing Bodies, and the Making of Motherhood Samira Rajabi

Under the U.S Celebrity News Coverage Eyes: Anitta’s Latinidad as a Sexy Pan-Latinx Product Thayane D. Henriques

Empowering and Concealing: Menstruation and Humour in the Japanese Film Little Miss Period Angela Louise C. Rosario

HYBRID: Digital Nationalism in China: Communication and Contestations
Chairs(s): Andy Lihua Chen (Hong Kong Baptist U) and Sabina Mihelj (Loughborough U)
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM; Room 6 (GCCEC Upper)

Asetheticizing Nationalism as Counter-Hegemony in Movie Consumption: Constructing Chinese-ness in Digital Space
Andy Lihua Chen; Jesse O. Hearns-Branaman

Constructing Nationalism in and Out China: A Cross-Platform Network Agenda-Setting Study on Weibo and Twitter
Jiayi Zhu; Zituo Wang

How Prearranged Rhetoric Packages Stirs Chinese Online Nationalism: A QCA-Based Analysis
Anling Xiang; Wei Tao

Censorship is Generative: Exploring How Censorship Shapes the Everyday Cultural Practices in Chinese Fanfiction Communities
Zuquan Xiong; Vincent Huang; Luying Hua

Digital Spirituality in China: A Case Study of the 'Cece' App
Haoyang Zhai

Streaming Platforms, Audiences and Society
Chairs(s): Anirban Baishya (U of Wisconsin - Madison)

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM; Coolangatta 4 (Star L3)

Deconstructing Streaming Global Audiences: Netflix’s Global Top 10 as a Geo-Political, Economic, Sociolinguistic Construct
Nahuel Ribke; Michael Wayne

The Organization of the Now: How Millennials Incorporate the Practice of Binge-Watching into Their Everyday Lives
Ignacia M. Eschelbach

Subscription-Based Video on Demand (SVOD) Use Among People of Color: How Fear of Missing Out and Streaming Intensity Influence Streaming Consumption
Naa Amponsah Dodoo; Sharifa Simon-Roberts

Streaming in the Time of the Plague: Covid-19, Prosthetic Sociality and Comfort TV
Anirban K. Baishya; Darshana Mini; Catalina L. Toma

Model Minorities, Monstered: Queer Asian American Critique of Anger in Netflix’s Series BEEF
Lyounghee Kim; Shinsuke Eguchi

Popular Media and Culture Poster Session
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM; HALL 1+2 (GCCEC Ground)

Materializing Storyworld, Battles of Transmedia Storytelling: A Study of Transfandom of the King’s Avatar on Chinese Social Media Platform Zhuoxiao Xie; Yiyi Yin; Mengya Ni

"Welfare Games" in Chinese Internet Giants: Flexible Control and Agency Xinyu Liu

Unraveling the Impact of Countries of Origin's Images on Thai Consumers' Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Y Series Teerada Chongkolrattanaporn; Theeradeth Promma

TikTok Made Me Gay: Queer Coding, Algorithmic Identities, and Pluralizing Categories Online Ashley G. Hay

Problematizing Gender and Family Roles in Popular Media
Chairs(s): Laura Grindstaff (U of California, Davis)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM; Southport 1 (Star L3)

Work-Life Balance, Marriage Crisis, and Mother Guilt: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of The Chinese Reality Show Sisters Who Make Waves
Janno Yanjun He; Liming Liu; Qingyuan Zhao

Overseas Chinese Parent Wanghong on Douyin: Discursive Constructions of Diasporic Parenthood
Xinyu Zhao

Transnational Journeys and Discursive Struggles: A Study of "Mutai Danshen" and Changing Marital Concepts in Contemporary Chinese Online Audiovisual Contents
LINA HYUN

Why Do Chinese Females Curate Their Bodies in Travel Photography? Social Media Performances of Femininity and Self-Authenticity
Yihan Li

Dancing in Bathing Center: The Communicative Figuration of Dama Community in China’s Rustbelt City
Haoyu Huang

HYBRID: Critical Perspectives on Health and Popular Media
Chairs(s): Mariah Wellman (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM; Central C (GCCEC Ground)

Representations of Cyborgs and Disability in the Worlds of Cyberpunk 2077 and Citizen Sleeper Wenqi W. Tan

Doctors on the Defense: Physicians Debunk Health Misinformation on TikTok Mariah L. Wellman

Alternative Health Groups on Social Media, Misinformation, and the (De)stabilization of Ontological Security Melissa Zimdars; Megan E. Cullinan; Kilhoe Na

Watching Gameplay for Mental Respite: A Qualitative Study on the Impact of Game Streaming on Stress Relief Qing Xu

Exploring Depression in the Media: Assessing its Relationship With Identity Tracy Worrell

Classification of the Influencer: A Critical Discussion of How to Define “Influence”
Chairs(s): Mariah Wellman (University of Illinois at Chicago)
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM; Room 1 (GCCEC Upper)

Expanding the Definition of Influencers: Moving Beyond Commercial Promotion Mariah L. Wellman

Role of Monetisation in the Classification of Influencers Taylor Annabell

Histories and Futures of Influencer Parameters in the Asia Pacific Region Crystal Abidin

Transnational Content Creators: Influencing With Differences on Transnational Digital Platforms Jeehyun Jenny Lee

Finfluencing by Accident?: Exploring the Emergence of Female Influencers in the Instagram Personal Finance Community Yuening Li; Lisa Garwood-Cross

Conceptualising Online Activists-Influencers: Navigating Blurred Roles and Neoliberal Platforms Hanna D. Szabó

Beauty Capital and ‘Ideal’ Influencers Zari A. Taylor

Defining Political Social Media Influencers Elizabeth Dubois

How the Growth of Influencer-Follower Relationships Boosts Influence Khalid Alharbi

Popular Media and Culture Business Meeting
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM; Central C (GCCEC Ground)

JOINT RECEPTION: Public Diplomacy, Popular Media & Culture, and Sport Communication

6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Room 7 (GCCEC Upper)

Saturday, June 22, 2024

Marketing, Inclusion, and the Mainstreaming of “Cool”
Chairs(s): Susan Luckman (University of South Australia) and Devon Powers (University of Michigan)
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM; Southport 3 (Star L3)

The Artisanal Imaginaries of Contemporary Production Susan Luckman; Michelle Phillipov

Modding the Mainstream Mark N. Gibson

Managing Black Models in Advertising’s Mainstream: Market Research on Race, Proximity, and Touch in Advertising Design, 1963-1991 Dan Guadagnolo

Trendsetting: The Long History of Early Adoption Devon Powers

Superparadoxicalfragilistic Media: The Alternative Players in Singapore Jinna Tay; Alexander Lambert

Cultural Production and Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Matchpoint for Creativity?
Chairs(s): Jonathon Hutchinson (University of Sydney)
Discussant(s): Chunmeizi Su (U of Sydney)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM; Southport 1 (Star L3)

The Match Point for Creative Work: Generative AI in China’s Live E-Commerce Industry Jonathon Hutchinson; Chunmeizi Su

Contesting the Future of Work in Hollywood: Tracing the AI Imaginaries in the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes Stephen Yang

Creativity Machine: Proud and Prejudice About Artificial Creativity in Music Alessandra Micalizzi

Zero Marginal Creativity and the AI Multiverse Kris Erickson

Stories of the Future: Youth Shaping the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Democracy Jérôme Duberry

Platform Logics, Social Behaviors and Popular Media
Chairs(s): Arthur Soto-Vásquez (Texas A&M International U)
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM; Southport 1 (Star L3)

The Making and Influence of the Negative Discourse on TikTok: Examining How U.S. News Outlets Create Moral Panic and Induce Discussions of TikTok in Reddit and X Boris L. Pun; Anthony Fung; Jeremy Ko

TikTok “Hustle Culture”: Investigating Its Impact on Academic Productivity of Students in Singapore Shuhang Chen; Ching Peng Chin; Jia Ying Lim; Janelle Wong

“TikTok is One Long conversation With the Universe:” Manifestation Content on TikTok and How Platform Affordances Shape Emerging Spirituality Sara Reinis

Reaction Media as a Cross-Platform Practice: A Case Study of Friction and Flow in Uncle Roger’s Reaction Media on YouTube, TikTok, Douyin and Bilibili Ziying Meng; Lauren Bliss

Personal Finance YouTube Influencers Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez

Monitoring Targeted Ads for Harmful Products: Methods and Findings
Discussant(s): Lauren Hayden
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM; Southport 1 (Star L3)

“The Scandal That Shocked the Whole World!”: Scam Ads and “Conspirituality” on Facebook Mark Andrejevic; Chris O'Neill

Predatory Financial Inclusion and Exclusion: Investigating Algorithmic Advertising and Its Adverse Human Rights Impacts Kelly Lewis; Vikram Sondergaard

From Targeted Ads to Tuned Sequences: Conceptualising Digital Advertising in the Algorithmic Flow of Social Media Nicholas Carah; Lauren Hayden

The Problem With Gambling Ads César Albarrán-Torres; Robbie Fordyce

Nudge or Sludge: Green Consumerism in the Australian Ad Observatory Christine Parker; Loup Cellard; Julian Bagnara; Maria Brown

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Observing the Cultural Practices of TikTokers in Views of Platform Algorithm and Global Human Rights
Chairs(s): Boris Pun (The Chinese U of Hong Kong) and Anthony Fung (The Chinese U of Hong Kong)
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM; Room 8 (GCCEC Upper)

Algorithms, Cultural Practice and Gendered Role in TikTok: A Comparative Study Between TikTok Videos in China and Japan
Boris L. Pun; Anthony Fung

Claiming Identity and Nationalism on TikTok: A Case Study of Rohingya Digital Diaspora
Suruchi Mazumdar; Haiqing Yu

‘Be Real?’: Tensions of Creativity and Metrics Faced by Chinese Amateur Rappers on Douyin
Xiao Han; Lei Zhang

From Uploaders, Curators to Erotic Entrepreneurs: TikTokers’ Reverse Engineering of an Algorithm Gaze
Troy Z. Chen

HYBRID: To be continued…? Television Studies in the Age of Platformization
Chairs(s): Cornel Sandvoss (U of Bristol)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM; Arena 1A (GCCEC Ground)

Understanding New Forms of Video in Culture: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Amanda D. Lotz; Gabriela Lunardi

The Politics of the Streaming Audience’s Sitting Room Jonathan Gray

‘I’m Not Much of a TV Person’: Understanding Less Engaged Television Viewers Catherine Johnson

Classed Dynamics of Television-Watching in the US Annaliese Grant

The Uses of Digital Television: Textual Choice in the Platform Age Cornel Sandvoss

HYBRID: Politics, Popular Culture and Platforms
Chairs(s): Stephen Harrington (Queensland U of Technology)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM; Arena 1B (GCCEC Ground)

Why Do Audiences Watch Political Influencers? Examining Viewers’ Engagement With Pro-Marcos Channels Kara Ortiga

The Rhetoric of Anti-Intellectualism: Facebook Pages in Duterte's Propaganda Machine Orville Tatcho

Conspiracy, Memetic Irony, and the Cultural Style of Aggrieved Entitlement Viveca Greene

‘For 400 Years?’: A Critical Race Discourse Analysis of the ‘New Slave’, Anti-Black Postracialism, and Kanye West Danielle Hodge

‘The Harder I Work, the Luckier I Get’: How Rural Streamers Perceive and Cope With the Algorithmic Gaze on Taobao Live Han Fu; Anthony Fung

Popular Media and Culture Research Escalator
Chairs(s): Cesar Jimenez-Martinez (The London School of Economics & Political Science)
Discussant(s): Ranjana Das (U of Surrey), Qian Huang (U of Groningen), Earvin Charles Cabalquinto (Monash U), Anthony Fung (The Chinese U of Hong Kong), Yupei Zhao (Zhejiang U), Stephen Harrington (Queensland U of Technology), John Hartley (University of Sydney) and Cesar Jimenez-Martinez (The London School of Economics & Political Science)
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM; HALL 4 (GCCEC Ground)

The Evolving Notion of Authenticity in the Age of AI
Qi Zhu; Dehuan Liu

The Price of Beauty: Body Liberation, Resistance, and Compromise in Mediatized Body Management Practices With the Retouching Technology
Ziwei Feng

Becoming Accomplices: Investigating the Motivation Behind Chinese Fans’ Online Reporting Behavior and Internalization of Censorship in Authoritarian Regime
Tianyi Yang; Ge Zhu

Barbie and "Female Victims" in China: Emerging Contradictions and Gender Anxiety in the Post-Pandemic Era
Yilin Fan; Pei Shao

Going Cinema Without Your Body: Invisible Fandom Practices and Audience/Fan Identities of ‘Sending Soul’ in South Korea
Doh-Yeon Kim

Platform Borders and Cultural Production : A Study of Content Transformation Across Platforms in the Chinese Media Landscape
xiaofan yang; Ling Lei

Clues and Culture: A Content Analysis of Filipino Culture Portrayed in the Blue’s Clues & You Television Show
Samantha Lorenzo

Defend Women's Boys' Love: Real-Person Slash Fandom as a Digital Feminist Counterpublic
Dongni Huang

Films, Justice and Politics: Shaping and Changing the World Through Cinema
Chairs(s): Mary Anne Taylor (Emerson College)
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM; Room 8 (GCCEC Upper)

“Not Just Made for My Pure Entertainment”: Social Justice Movies as Tools for Fueling Consciousness, Conversations, Change
Sharifa Simon-Roberts; Owen Eagan

“To God Be the Glory”: Hallelujah Movies and the Constructions of Popular Pentecostal Morality in Nigerian Cinema
Chijioke Azuawusiefe

The Meaning of Life Has Been Changed: Tracing the Transition of Individual-Family Relations in the Films in the Maoist Era
Bibo Lin

The Poetics and Politics of Populist Cinema: Film, Networked Affect and the Rhetoric of the Hindu-Right
Anirban K. Baishya

olColonialism and Resistance in ‘Woman King’: A Multimodal Media Analysis Using Stuart Hall’s Encoding and Decoding Model
Amanda E. Gyesi

HYBRID: Rethinking Parasocial Interactions
Chairs(s): Erika Ningxin Wang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM; Room 5 (GCCEC Upper)

Kinception: Tracing the History and Impact of "Kin" in Fandom Spaces
Trisha M. Nguyen; Mohammed Khadadeh; Shreyansh Panda; Julianna Dietrich; Em Dang; Calvin Liu; David C. Jeong

Uncertainty in Parasocial Relationships and Parasocial Breakups With Fictional Media Characters: The Influence of New Usage Habits on Parasocial Encounters
Michelle Möri

Exploring Parasocial Interaction Relationships With Chinese Virtual Idols: A Case Study on Jiarán (Doris)
Yinjuan Yang; Yuxing Su

“I Used to Be a Fan”: Listener Perspectives on Parasocial Breakup With Podcast Shows and Hosts
M. Olguta Vilceanu; Kristine Johnson

Relationships May Never Die: Parasocial Breakup as a Meaning-Making Process
Zuquan Xiong; Vincent Huang

Monday, June 24, 2024

HYBRID: Mind Matters: The Intersection of Mental Health, Well-Being, and Popular Media
Moderator(s): Mariah Wellman (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Chairs(s): Krysten Stein (U of Illinois at Chicago)
Discussant(s): Jessica Sage Rauchberg (McMaster U)
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM; Arena 1A (GCCEC Ground)

#TherapyTikTok: Digital Pseudo-Therapy as Popular Culture
Krysten Stein

Being Well on Television: Discourses of Mental Health on Netflix’s Love Is Blind
Olivia Stowell

Understanding Popular Narratives Surrounding the Rise of “Therapy Speak”
Clare Southerton

From the ‘Thin Ideal’ to ‘Slim-Thick’: Teens’ Views on Digital Photo Editing
Ysabel Gerrard

“People Often Think That…”: Intersectional “Therapy-Speak” Discourses on and Beyond Instagram
Kim Fernandes

Censorship, Online Resistance and Creativity in the Chinese Context
Chairs(s): John Hartley (University of Sydney)
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM; Room 9 (GCCEC Upper)

Censorship and Creative Communities: Fragility and Change of Fanfiction Writing in China Ran Wang

Generating Ding Zhen Memes as Resistance: Digital Populism in China Mengxuan Zhang

Madman’s Monologue in Chinese Internet: Self-Ethnographic Writing in Resistance Against Social Inequality Zhaoyang Wang; Xinrong Bu

The Capital Accumulation Path of Grassroots Opinion Leaders in Weibo Fan Circles Before and After the “Qinglang” Campaign Qianyu Zhang

‘I Become an Enemy of the Nation’ vs ‘No Idols Before the State’: Fans Alternative Strategies Against Censorship of China Erika Ningxin Wang

HYBRID: Emotions, Memory and Intimacy in Popular Media and Culture
Chairs(s): Liz Hallgren (The University of Pennsylvania)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM; Arena 1B (GCCEC Ground)

Narratives of Weeping: A Study of Youth Emotions in TikTok 'Going Ashore' Short Videos
Wenyu Chen; Yixin Zhao

Seen to Be Grieved: Queen Elizabeth II’s Death and the Nostalgia-Driven Media Event Versus the Critical Memory-Mobilized Viral Event
Liz Hallgren

Parsing the Interactive Construction of Crisis Memory on Social Media: From a Memory-Agenda Perspective
Xing Zhang

Unveiling Enthusiasm: Exploring the Impact of Study Vlogs on Students' Learning Motivation
Jingwei Liu; Yuyao Lu

Mediatized Sexual Practices: An Examination of Reshaped Intimacy in S-ASMR Videos
Taoyue Wang; Shitong Sun

Promotion, Consumption and Popular Media
Chairs(s): Lazar Dragic (The Chinese U of Hong Kong)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM; Room 3 (GCCEC Upper)

Longitudinal Study on People’s Watching of YouTube Consumer-Generated Advertising(CGA) Videos During and Post the COVID-19 Pandemic: Some Things the Same Some Things Different
Kexin Yu

Effects of Perceived Fit and Authenticity in Transgender Influencer Endorsement: An Analysis of the Bud Light and Dylan Mulvaney’s Partnership
Hayoung S. Lim; Erica Ciszek

The Influence of Douyin’s Video Virality, Source Credibility and Information Quality on Destination Image Formation
Lazar Dragic; Ke Xue

‘Aussie Line’ on TikTok: Asian-Australian (National-Cultural) Identity as Branding by K-Pop Agencies and TikTok Fandoms
janey umback; Crystal Abidin

Relational Tensions Among Topic, Host, and Audience Perceptions in Podcasting
Kristine Johnson; M. Olguta Vilceanu; Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez

HYBRID: Negotiating Identities in the Age of Digital Media
Chairs(s): Charisse Corsbie-Massay (Syracuse U)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM; Arena 1B (GCCEC Ground)

“An Australian Beauty-Lover Based in Singapore”: Negotiating Asian Australian Identity in the Beauty Vlogosphere
Tisha Dejmanee

Need for Belonging: Exploring Subcultural Identity in Chinese Lolita Online Communities
Jiayixiu Zhao; Yimei Zhu

Context Incongruity: How Hybrid-Self of Virtual Streamer Generates Resonance Engagement of Audience
Qingyang Tang; Liming Liu; ziwei liu

Becoming Model Workers: Positive Energy, Moral Worth, and Working-Class Respectability in Chinese Migrant Workers’ Identity Performance on Video-Sharing Social Media
Miao Tian

Do Algorithms Know Me Better Than I Know Myself?
Gyeongmi LEE; Soomin Seo

Production, Precarity and Exploitation in Creative Work
Chairs(s): Kyra Hunting (U of Kentucky)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM; Room 3 (GCCEC Upper)

Producing Exploitation: Idol Talent Shows in China
Andy Lihua Chen; Dan Wang

From Self-Entrepreneurship to Industrialized Business Models: Unraveling The Digital Entrepreneurship of China’s Top-Tier Beauty Bloggers
Qingyue Sun; Huiqian Lai; Runze Ding

Hustling and Finessing: Exploring the State of Freelancing in the Hong Kong Creative Scene
Jeremy T. Tintiangko

Cultural Production for Home-Based Arts Engagement: Understanding the Power and Resistance of Creative Practitioners in a (Post) Pandemic Era
Christine Choy

Growing Up in A Winx: Reworking a Children’s Text for a Teen Audience
Kyra Hunting

Contesting Gender and Heteronormativity in Popular Media and Culture
Chairs(s): Pratiksha Menon (U of Michigan)
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM; Room 2 (GCCEC Upper)

‘Mexico’s Most Powerful Women’ Neoliberal Feminism and Social Media Culture
Alejandra L Gutierrez Hernandez

“This Stupid F**king Cult”: Transphobia and Cisgenderism in Lesbian Online Spaces
Eve Ng

A Representative for All Girls? The Soft Masculinity of Male e-Commerce Streamers in the Case of Li Jiaqi
Fan Xiao; Tien Ee Dominic Yeo

The Sigma Male: Contemporary Hindutva Masculinity and Comedic Schadenfreude
Pratiksha T. Menon

Reimagining Heterosexuality and Femininity: Girl Top/Boy Bottom (GB) Fantasies by Otome Game Players in China
Celine Liao; Tess Chen

Re-Examining TV Representations: New Opportunities and Challenges
Chairs(s): Camilo Diaz Pino (West Chester U)
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM; Room 3 (GCCEC Upper)

Transnational Homoroman-tivist: Charting Queer Transnational Televisual Asiascapes in Handsome Stewardess (2019) and Getaway (2022) Kai Khiun Liew

“Energy Taking on a Story”: Rhetoric and the Ghosts of Institutionalization Ashleigh McDonald

Youth Rights for Representation: The Israeli and U.S. Euphorias TV Series Yuval Gozansky; Gabriela Jonas Aharoni

Single-Person Household Lifestyle in Korean Observational Reality TV Series and Entrepreneurial Self Construction: Case Study on I Live Alone and My Little Old Boy Soo oak Yoo

Death in Motion: Apocalyptic Visions in the Wake of TV’s Animation Renaissance of the 1990s-2000s Camilo C. Diaz Pino

New Perspectives on Fandom Studies Beyond the West
Chairs(s): Samantha Close (DePaul U)
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM; Room 3 (GCCEC Upper)

Profiling the South African Fan
Catherine Duncan

Down the Rabbit Hole? Fandomized Place-Making and Multi-Platform Symbiosis of Chinese Fan Communities (2009-2023)
Zhuoxiao Xie; Yiyi Yin

What Drives Fans to Pay for Virtual YouTubers: The Impact of Technology Factors and Consumer's Traits on Purchasing Behavior
Mulin JIANG; Tianyi Yang; zhicun luo

Success or Failure? The Power Game of "Non-Mainstream Aesthetic" Among Chinese Fans on Social Media
YINGZIXUAN ZHANG; KAIXUAN NIU; ZHIAN ZHAO

For Your Ears Only: Sharing, Creating and Discovering Music in the Digital Age
Chairs(s): Kai Khiun Liew (Hong Kong Metropolitan University)
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM; Room 9 (GCCEC Upper)

“Music Is Just Right There on TikTok!”: Discovering, Exploring, and Incorporating Songs Across Platforms
Ignacio Siles; Luciana Valerio-Alfaro; Arturo Arriagada

Do Yo' Homework, It Hit Different: Exploring YouTube Vlogs as Digital Clout Building Intermediaries for Artists in Chicago’s Drill Rap Scene
Jabari M. Evans

1984: Unearthing Hip Hop’s Historical Formation in Singapore
Kai Khiun Liew

The Emerging Taste Cocoons? The Case of AI-Generated Vocalists on a Chinese Video Platform
Yingying Lu; Baohua Zhou

Boys With Love: A Content Analysis of Parasocial Interactions in the Comments of BTS’ YouTube Videos
Emily Flinchum; Enakshi Roy; RAUF Arif