IERLab

The Influencer Ethnography Research Lab. Investigating influencers & socio-cultural issues in the Asia Pacific & around the world. Housed at Curtin University.

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Dear IERLab Community,

This account will become dormant at the end of 2024. To stay up to date with all things IERLab, please follow us on our other socials.

https://t.co/p2L5WKkRFC

Thanks for supporting us on this platform & we hope to see you elsewhere 🌈🌟

#IERLab

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Reminder: we'll stop posting on this platform end-2024. Keep up to date with the IERLab on our other socials 👇

[IERLab @IERLab]

Dear IERLab Community,

This account will become dormant at the end of 2024. To stay up to date with all things IERLab, please follow us on our other socials.

https://t.co/p2L5WKkRFC

Thanks for supporting us on this platform & we hope to see you elsewhere 🌈🌟

#IERLab

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The IERLab extends a very warm welcome to @haozheng_zheng, who is joining us as a Research Fellow ✨

Hao’s work focuses on gender and sexuality, transnational mobility, and digital cultures.

Learn more about Hao here:
https://t.co/eEK84jIw8v

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AoIR recap: IERLab Research Student Rachel Berryman @channelera has written an insightful blog about her experience at #AoIR2024, including a recap of the IERLab-supported panel ‘Virtual Celebrities Industries in East Asia.’

Read here:
https://t.co/8TSHhTSnId

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A big congratulations to our Research Student @channelera for her Milestone 3 presentation this week 👏🎉✨

Rachel's PhD project explores the practices, evolution, impact, and industry surrounding virtual influencers.

Learn more about Rachel:
https://t.co/eEK84jJ3Y3

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A big congratulations to our Research Student Faye Mercier for her Milestone 1 presentation this week 👏🎉✨

Faye’s PhD project focuses on the role of K-Influencers in the global K-Economy.

Learn more about Faye here:
https://t.co/eEK84jIw8v

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👋 We've added a new place you can find us online!

Find our socials links + learn more about the IERLab (including our Publications, Members & the IERLab Podcast) by visiting https://t.co/p2L5WKlpva ✨

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New publication out now from @jinlee_media:
‘“Cute saves the world!”: animal Internet Celebrities’ cute activism in the #AdoptDontShop animal rescue campaign on social media’ in Social Movement Studies.

Read this article here [open access]:
https://t.co/e4hqiLhDwr

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This week our Founding Director @wishcrys and Research Student @channelera will be presenting at the #AoIR2024 conference in Sheffield!

For more information about their sessions, including panel descriptions and/or abstracts, visit:
https://t.co/De6iCi78Rp

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Please note this paid internship is only open to Curtin undergraduate (2nd year and above) and postgraduate students from all academic areas.

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This summer IERLab is looking to support an intern at the Curtin HIVE Summer Internship Program with the IERLab-HIVE project ‘Influencer Face’.

The application deadline is 20 Oct 24.

For more information and how to apply: https://t.co/jZHrKtwYGh

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New publication out now from @jinlee_media & @wishcrys: “Fantasised and fantastical Nordic imaginaries: Contextualising Nordic life vlogs by East Asian YouTube vloggers” in Nordic Journal of Media Studies.

Read the article here [open access]:

https://t.co/duYdkpmG6i

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KEYNOTE: ‘Doing Cultural Research in Asia: Intercultural Influencers in East Asia’

Join @wishcrys for this keynote introducing a new theory of ‘Intercultural Influencers’ on 6 Sept 24, 9:00am - 10:30am AEST.

More info & online tickets available here: https://t.co/BhALxYbQwh

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A big congratulations to IERLab Research Fellow @jinlee_media who has been awarded the 2024 Humanities Building Research Capability Award – Early Career Researcher at the @CurtinUni Humanities Research Awards! 👏✨

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Read & Greet is a new IERLab initiative organised & run by our Research Students. For the inaugural R&G session, we welcomed IERLab Visiting Fellow @Meg_Zeng to discuss one of her publications, reflecting on the processes and experiences of a researcher.

https://t.co/4hUk5Hdx7v

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IERLab Research Student @janeysumback will be presenting the online seminar "Korean(Air)waves: Disseminating K-pop Research via Podcasts" on Tues 6 August!

Hosted by the @KoreanStudiesAA Emerging Researcher Group. More information & registration here:
https://t.co/uLa27rC7Uc

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Last week Nao Kamei joined us for a Tea Session. Nao is a master tsukushi-mai dancer who is also active in preserving the tradition through performing the art form (IG: nao_japanese.culture) 🪭

Read more about Nao Kamei & IERLab Tea Sessions here:
https://t.co/jTb88vkE05

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We welcomed Visiting Fellow @Meg_Zeng to the IERLab earlier this month. As part of her visit, she generously presented the masterclass "Computational Approach to Researching Visual Social Media", sharing her insights as a world-leading media scholar.

https://t.co/eEK84jIw8v

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This month we welcomed Visiting Fellow A/Prof WU Fang to the IERLab. During a Tea Session we learnt more about A/Prof Wu’s work on Chinese digital cultures, including diaspora wanghong.

Find out more about A/Prof WU Fang and IERLab Tea Sessions here:
https://t.co/jTb88vkE05

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For the final episode of the IERLab Podcast Season 2, Dr Chen Guo joined our host Walter Lee to chat about influencers in rural China.

You can listen to S2E6 + catch up on all episodes of our podcast here:
https://t.co/8W8kTwDOK0

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