IERLab @IERLab
The Influencer Ethnography Research Lab. Investigating influencers & socio-cultural issues in the Asia Pacific & around the world. Housed at Curtin University. IERLab.com Perth, Western Australia Joined September 2022-
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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 👇
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. ierlab.com Thanks for supporting us on this platform & we hope to see you elsewhere 🌈🌟 #IERLab
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: ierlab.com/about/ #IERLab
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: ierlab.com/2024/11/22/rec… #IERLab
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: ierlab.com/about/ #IERLab
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: ierlab.com/about/ #IERLab
👋 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 ierlab.com ✨ #IERLab
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]: doi.org/10.1080/147428… #IERLab
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: ierlab.com/aoir2024/ #IERLab
Please note this paid internship is only open to Curtin undergraduate (2nd year and above) and postgraduate students from all academic areas.
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: hive.curtin.edu.au/internships/
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]: doi.org/10.2478/njms-2…
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: eventbrite.com.au/e/doing-cultur…
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! 👏✨ #IERLab
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. ierlab.com/read-greet/
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: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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: ierlab.com/tea-sessions/
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. ierlab.com/about/
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: ierlab.com/tea-sessions/
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: open.spotify.com/show/1KIPzD57n… #IERLab
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