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wishcrys

Internet culture

Social Justice Through Social Media Pop Cultures

New from the TikTok Cultures Research Network – an Open […]

Appointed to Editorial Board of Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

I am happy to share that in October 2021, I […]

Internet culture

Press commentary on TikTok hauls

New press commentary in Sydney Morning Herald on TikTok hauls, corporate tokenism, and decoding what ‘authenticity’ signals for micro-influencers. With research commentary from yours truly, based on my forthcoming book […]

Internet culture

Music Challenge Memes on TikTok: Understanding In-Group Storytelling Videos

In this new article in International Journal of Communication, Aranxta […]

Internet culture

Press commentary on pandemic TikTok

New press commentary in The Age, on pandemic posting patterns among young people on TikTok, and the intercontinental waves and shifts in communicative norms. Read: “Posting positive: The viral craze […]

Influencers

Press commentary on child influencers

I had the honour of providing extensive background research and commentary for this long-read for Independent, based on my pioneering work on child influencers that I started in 2011. The […]

Influencers

Playing YouTube: How the Nancy YouTuber doll and app position children as aspiring YouTube influencers

New journal article from Alexandra Ruiz-Gomez, Tama Leaver, and I, […]

Influencers

Making Sense of Our Digital Lives

My latest publication was more fun than usual to put together, as I collaborated with artists & illustrators to create a visual and more accessible way to understand social media […]

Internet culture

Inaugural TikTok Syllabus (2021)

The TikTok Cultures Research Network is excited to launch our inaugural TikTok Syllabus, which in 2021 focuses on Teaching Socio-cultural Issues on TikTok. Open Access and available for download on […]

Influencers

wishcrys at #AoIR2021

This week, I am virtually attending the annual Association of Internet Researchers Conference (#AoIR2021). I’ve been an active member of AoIR since 2014, and decided that since this year’s event […]

Influencers

From ‘Networked Publics’ to ‘Refracted Publics’

I am pleased to announce that I have a new […]

Gender

T Magazine Feature on TikTok e-boys

23 February 2021 update: The article is now online here. * I recently contributed to a feature piece in the New York Times Style T Magazine for a piece on […]

Internet culture

‘wishcrys podcasts’ on Spotify

Some of the podcasts I have guested on are now on Spotify. You can find them in a playlist titled ‘wishcrys podcasts‘. Features chats on influencer cultures, blogshops, online shame, […]

Influencers

TEDx talk on Internet Culture and Social Media

In November last year, I was invited to give a […]

Influencers

Mapping Internet Celebrity on TikTok

It’s my first day back in the office after five weeks of annual leave and wfh, and I am really happy to share my first article of the year, mapping […]

Academica Dramatica

lessons from/for my work life.

lessons from my work life last year: i have become a much happier and contented person after choosing to compartmentalise my social media and internet life into work and non-work; […]

Internet culture

Beyond the viral video: What happens after viral fame

I am really glad to be able to contribute expert […]

Influencers

Lifeworlds: An interview with Crystal Abidin

Last month, I had the honour of being interviewed by Asli Telli Aydemir, whom I first met at the Locating Media research group at University of Siegen, for the latest […]

Internet culture

Audio Templates as Identity and Intimacy on TikTok

It is the last day of Digital Intimacies 6 (#DigInt20), and […]

Internet culture

TikTok and Digital Intimacies in the Time of COVID-19: A backstory

Today, I presented some of my ongoing research on COVID-19 […]

Internet culture

‘Cultures of TikTok in the Asia Pacific’ Symposium

I am excited to announce that registration for ‘Cultures of […]

Internet culture

Meme factories and content pivoting during COVID-19

A few weeks ago, my latest article on meme factory […]

Influencers

How social media Influencers are shaping Singapore’s GE2020

GE2006 was the “internet elections” for the emergence of political […]

Internet culture

Academic studies on social media use during Singapore’s General Elections

Here is a compilation of select academic studies on the […]

Influencers

Singaporean influencers and COVID-19 on Instagram Stories.

Last week I had the privilege of being invited to […]

Influencers

A Review of Formal and Informal Regulations in the Nordic Influencer Industry.

Hi. I am happy to share that our article reviewing […]

Academica Dramatica

Canon, Status, and Gatekeeping in Academia

Please take this not as a smarty pants academic essay or provocative opinion editorial but as one academic with many feelings writing a diary entry. I am aware that there […]

Academica Dramatica

read / seen / mark as unread

to all the messages i haven’t replied; 1. hello. thank you for your email. i have received it, and the follow-up you sent later on the same day, and the […]

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