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Upcoming talks and works-in-progress listed below.
* denotes invited talks
# denotes presentation by co-author
[conference paper] #Sihvonen, Tanja, and Crystal Abidin. 2019. “PewDiePie as a Gaming Icon and the Transmedial Lure of Weaponized Microcelebrity.” Celebrities of Gaming, Jyväskylä. 21-22 November 2019. <Link>
[conference paper] Abidin, Crystal. 2019. “K-pop on Instagram between South Korea and North America.” Korean Studies Association of Australasia (KSAA) 2019 Biennial Conference, Perth. 4-6 December 2019. <Link | Link>
[invited panelist] *Abidin, Crystal. 2020. “New Forms and Movements.” Singapore Perspectives 2020, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. 20 January 2020. <Link | Link>
[invited lecture] *Abidin, Crystal. 2020. “Cultures in the Influencer industry via soft and hard data experiences.” Data Ethnography, Locating Media Lecture Series, Universität Siegen, Siegen. 28 January 2020. <Link | Link>
[curated conference stream] Pang, Natalie, Crystal Abidin, and Amelia Johns. 2020. “Weaponizing Digital Media.” CeDEM Asia 2020, Kuala Lumpur. 15-16 May 2020. <CfP>
[journal article] Genealogies of online transgression: Public shaming cultures on the Singaporean internet
[journal article] Grief hypejacking: Influencers, #ThoughtsAndPrayers, and the Commodification of Grief on Instagram
[journal article] A Review of Formal and Informal Regulations in the Nordic Influencer Industry –with Kjeld Hansen, Mathilde Hogsnes, Gemma Newlands, Mette Lykke Nielsen, Louise Yung Nielsen, Tanja Sihvonen
[journal article] From YouTube to TV, and Back Again: Viral Video Child Stars and Media Flows in the Era of Social Media –with Tama Leaver
[journal article] History of the digital camera in Singapore 1994-2006 –with Connor Graham
[book chapter] NSFW Chinese content on tumblr and folkloric imaginaries around algorithmic circumventions
My Instagram Husband: Influencers, Gendered fame, and Networked tensions amidst commodified romance
Glamour and Grotesque: Influencers and the anatomy of plastic surgery advertorials
The Great Good Childhood Birthday: Commemoration, commercialism, and moral parenting in Influencer advertorials
From womb to cradle: Branded pregnancies, neonatal care, and the pre-personhood of micro-microcelebrities
This page was last updated on 04 December 2019.
Hi Crystal!
I became aware of your ethnographic work on Instagram via Academia. I’m planning to use Instagram for my dissertation project. I have couple of questions regarding visual data collection and ethics. Would you mind connecting via email for further discussion?
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Hi there,
Sure, I’d love to chat! (Also, literally writing another paper on Instagram this morning!) My contact details are here :)
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