Internet culture

Social Justice Through Social Media Pop Cultures

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

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

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 […]

Internet culture

Beyond the viral video: What happens after viral fame

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

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 […]

Internet culture

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

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

Influencers

Private Messages from the Field.

Three years in the making, our Open Access Special Issue on digital ethnographic methodological failures, disciplinary posturing, and ethical dilemmas is finally out! Thank you to Journal of Digital Social […]

Influencers

Fieldwork in Seoul & Tokyo (Dec 2019)

In December 2019, I transited from pre-fieldwork prep (previously in Canberra, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney) and started fieldwork properly for my five-year research study on ‘Social Media Influencers and […]

Academica Dramatica

Harper’s Bazaar Australia’s 20 for 2020

I am on Harper’s Bazaar Australia’s 20 for 2020, and […]

Internet culture

Live radio: TikTok and social activism

I have been working on a series of projects looking at how young people are using TikTok for social activism and advocacy, including a pilot project funded by Tencent comparing […]

Influencers

A Reading List on Parody & Satire, Social Media, and Political Commentary

Last week in Singapore, a government-initiated campaign featured a Chinese […]

Influencers

E-Pay brownface ad, and Preetipls & Subhasmusic’s rap video

In this post, I archive screen grabs of the source […]

Influencers

Minority influencers, Satire, and Subversive frivolity

On 26 July 2019, a state-owned broadcaster in Singapore published […]

Internet culture

Live radio: World Emoji Day & Hidden Instagram Likes

Last week, I got to chat on live radio with […]

Influencers

AoIR Flashpoint Symposia 2019 Keynote

Hello from Bologna airport after a whirlwind 36hrs in Urbino for the inaugural AoIR Flashpoint Symposia. I had the honour of delivering the opening keynote, which you may access via […]

Influencers

Influencers vs. Creators, Journalists vs. Academics, USA vs. The World

Over the weekend, academic and journalist Twitter registered a war […]

Influencers

Recent press coverage on my research.

In the last couple of months, various strands of my research work have been consulted for or cited in the press. Here is a selection. * On kid influencers: “How […]

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