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Saturday, March 19, 2022

#Coronaconspiracy [Publication]

If you're interested in the relationship between the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, conspiracy theories, social media (affordances), and algorithms, then this newly published article from Merlyna Lim is for you. Lim, M. (2022). #Coronaconspiracy: Algorithms, Users, and Conspiracy Theories in Social Media. M/C Journal, 25(1).... More

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Mobilizing Emotion, Not Knowledge

  May 2019 IN THE SPOTLIGHT MERLYNA LIM Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society Mobilizing Emotion, Not Knowledge As Canada prepares for a federal election, Canada Research Chair Professor Merlyna Lim is analyzing how social media users—human and otherwise—are mobilizing emotions rather... More

Saturday, May 19, 2018

Living in vs living with media – Networks of online harassment

  I’m part of a generation that has done much of our growing up with and in media. Living in media in this context means that our lives are heavily mediated by new media; we can make most of our appointments online, order groceries at the touch of the button that will be delivered... More

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