Loving the resistance to extractive research, and a deep commitment to relational research in the 'Research as Relationship: Rethinking Communication Methods' session. Some wonderful discussion in the shared Q&A after 4 super engaging papers. #aanzca25 #aanzca2025

Love the deep warmth and humour of today's Welcome to Country at #aanzca2025 - thanks Uncle Linden! Connection to 60000 years of communication in this place, and the influence of the land on language and culture.

If anyone is in need of something to do this morning, you're welcome to register to watch my keynote for the #MIGW Digital Gaming Intimacies Summit: www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-ga...
I kick off at 10am Melbourne time.

✨I’m recruiting for a research project on game monetisation!✨
I’m keen to chat to game devs about how monetisation shapes the dev process. Interviews will be 60mins via Zoom. To learn more, head to bit.ly/40mOB3f

if you'd like to participate, shoot me a DM or email taylor.hardwick@sydney.edu.au 😊

Just published on Persona Studies:

Older TikTokers in Digital Capitalism: Construction of Persona and Agency by Edit Paulo

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If you have ever used my work in your research and/or teaching and want to say nice things about it, I am currently working on a promotion app and would love some quotable evidence of research impact beyond citation counts! Reply, DM, email all great. Thanks!

We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group.

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Fully funded PhD at Glasgow University as part of the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme

Fanfiction and Online Fan Communities: Collecting Practice and Inclusion in a National Collection

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Join us for Dr Jessica Ford's research seminar: "Low-key Girls to spectacular Handmaids: Feminist aesthetics on US TV".

📅28 May 2025, 16:00

➡️For more information, please contact: jomecresearch@cardiff.ac.uk

The US is not a safe place to conduct sporting events, host academic conferences or conduct business. Those who decide such things have an obligation to act in the safety of their members.

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Kim Barbour (@kjbarbour.bsky.social) and I are proud to announce that our Special Edition of Persona Studies, entitled "Fan Personas", is now out! There are 6 excellent articles, plus our editorial, all looking at the intersection of Persona Studies and Fan Studies. ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps...