ASA 2017 Montreal
Overview:
August 11th
Media Sociology Preconference at Concordia University
August 12 CITAMS Day at ASA
Council Meeting: 7am-8:15am, Palais des congrès de Montréal, Level 5, 517B, Breakfast served.
CITAMS Refereed Roundtables: 8:30-9:30am: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 517B
CITAMS Business Meeting: 9:30-10:10am: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 517B
Awards, Light Breakfast
CITAMS Session. Race, Social Movements and Digital Media Technologies: 10:30am-12:10pm: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 513C
CITAMS Session. Culture, Inequality and Social Inclusion in the Digital Era: 2:30-4:10pm: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 513B
Regular Session: Internet and Society: Identity, Connectivity, and Integration: 2:30-4:10pm: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 510C
CITAMS Reception 6:00-8:00pm, Vargas Steakhouse & Sushi, 690 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal, QC H3B 1X8, Canada (NOTE: this is NOT the location listed in the program. Disregard that & come join us here! FURTHER: Be not afraid of the name of this establishment, as there will be plenty of vegan & vegetarian options. Cash bar.)
August 13th
Thematic Session: How Technology is Changing Social Relationships: 8:30-10:10am: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 511C
Regular Session. Gender, Ethnicity, and Racialization in the Media: 8:30-10:10am:Palais des congrès de Montréal, 512E
Special Session. Culture(s) of Privacy and Surveillance in World of Technological and Legal Change: 12:30-2:10pm: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 515B,
Soon-to-be-Author-Meets-Non-Critics. “Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life.” Mary Chayko, Rutgers University: 9:00-11:00pm: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 514A
August 14th
Policy and Research Workshop. Engage! How to Win Over the Media, Promote Your Research and Become a Front Page Personality: 8:30-10:10am: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 510D
Section on Sociology of Culture. Gender, Culture, Media: 8:30-10:10am: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 513C
Regular Session. Internet and Society: Identity, Connectivity, and Integration: 2:30-4:10pm: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 510C
Section on Sociology of Culture. The Mediation of Cultural Conflict: 2:30-4:10pm: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 514B
Regular Session. Internet and Society: The Rogue Ones: 4:30-6:10pm: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 510C
August 15th
Regular Session. Social and Digital Media: 8:30-10:10am: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 516A
Thematic Session. How Media Shape Group Boundaries: 12:30-2:10pm:Palais des congrès de Montréal, 511D
Detailed Day-by-Day Information: ASA 2017
August 12 CITAMS Day
Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Refereed Roundtable Sessions Palais des congrès de Montréal, 517B, 8:30-9:30am
Session Organizer: Mary Chayko, Rutgers University
Table 01. The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: Political Communication, Discourse, and Debate
Politics beyond Ocean: The Ideological Turn in China’s Knowledge Sharing Media. Linzhuo Li, University of Chicago
The public sphere vs. Breitbart: Mediated political gaffe construction from Trent Lott to Donald Trump. Ian Sheinheit, University at Albany SUNY
Table 02. Community and Identity in Social Networks
Presider: Anabel Quan-Haase, University of Western Ontario
Can Users of Social Media Produce Enduring Social Ties? David G. Ortiz, New Mexico State University
Managing the Culture Shock: Black Identity in a Pwi and the Role of Online Interactions. David A. Martin, University of Oregon
Emerging and Diverging SNS Use: The Importance of Social Network Sites for Older Emerging Adults. Brian J. Miller, Wheaton College; Peter John Mundey, Calvin College
Can I See More of You? Afropolitan Self-stylization on Grindr Profiles in Soweto. Nicholas Andrew Boston, City University of New York-Lehman College
Table 03. Contemporary Issues in Journalism and Media Sociology: From Addiction to Advertising
Presider: Stephen R. Barnard, St. Lawrence University
A Comparative Study on the Media Coverage of Internet Addiction in South Korea and the United States. Arum Park, Princeton University
Content Nausea: The Blurry Boundaries Between Native Advertisements and News Stories. Maxwell Lindquist, Independent Scholar
Newsroom Workers’ Job Satisfaction Contingent on Position and Adaptation to Digital Disruption. Brock Ternes, State University of New York-Cortland; Laveda J. Peterlin, University of Kansas; Scott Reinardy, University of Kansas
Table 04. Bridging Divides: Technological Access, Skills and Equality
Digital Inequalities and Cyber-Security Behaviors: Digital Skills as the Main Determinant of Antivirus Use. Matias Dodel, Universidad Catolica del Uruguay; Gustavo S. Mesch, University of Haifa
Online Opportunities and Risks for Children and Adolescents: An Integrated Model for the Case of Brazil. Tania Cabello-Hutt, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Patricio Cabello, School of Journalism, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Magdalena Claro, Center for the Study of Educational Policy and Practice (CEPPE), Faculty of Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Using ICTs for Gender Inclusion and Sustainable Development in sub-Saharan Africa. Christobel Asiedu, Louisiana Tech University
Who is the “Information have-nots” in Smart Society? An Exploratory Study of Categorizing the Elderly. Joohyun Oh, Yonsei University
Table 05. Games and their Consequences
Presider: Deborah Jean Burris-Kitchen, Tennessee State University
No More Games: An Intersectional Approach to Geek Masculinity and Marginalization in Video Games. Anna Cameron, University of Virginia
Mapping Inspiration in Online Communities of Play. Pierson Avery Browne, University of Waterloo
Who Plays Fantasy Sports and Why? Understanding the Community Dynamics of Season-long Fantasy Sports Participation. Samantha Nicole Jaroszewski, Princeton University
Roger Ebert Versus Video Games: The Important Role Social Narratives Play in Artistic Legitimation. Brian McKernan, The Sage Colleges
Table 06. Music, Bitcoin, and the Digitization of Information
Presider: Apryl A. Williams, Texas A&M University
Music Everywhere: Setting a Digital Music Trap. David Michael Arditi, University of Texas at Arlington
Building the Blockchain World: The Rise of a Technological Commonwealth from the Agonies of Capitalism. Sarah Grace Manski, UC Santa Barbara
What is Bitcoin? Adoption, Co-option, and the Robust Object of Digital Currency. Lynette Shaw, University of Michigan
Table 07. Social Networks and Social Movements
The Global Jihadist Movement and its Communicative Action Repertoire. Maxime Berube, Université de Montréal; Anthony Amicelle, Université de Montréal; Benoit Dupont, Université de Montréal
Repression and Political Participation of Iranian Pro-democracy Supporters around the 2013 Presidential Elections. Ali Honari, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Jeroen Voerknecht, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Jasper Muis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Table 08. Shaping a More Just Society: The Role of Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology
Presider: Johnny E. Williams, Trinity College
Building Social Legoland through Collaborative Crowdsourcing: Effect of Marginality on Collaboration and Task Outcomes. Rong Wang, Northwestern University
Decolonial Options for Cultural Techniques and Inequalities in Digital Cultural Health Literacy. Alexander I. Stingl, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Technological Tethering, Cohort Effects, and the Work-Family Interface. Andrew David Nevin, University of Toronto
Table 08. Shaping a More Just Society: The Role of Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology
Presider: Johnny E. Williams, Trinity College
Building Social Legoland through Collaborative Crowdsourcing: Effect of Marginality on Collaboration and Task Outcomes. Rong Wang, Northwestern University
Decolonial Options for Cultural Techniques and Inequalities in Digital Cultural Health Literacy. Alexander I. Stingl, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Technological Tethering, Cohort Effects, and the Work-Family Interface. Andrew David Nevin, University of Toronto
Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Business Meeting: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 517B, 9:30-10:10am
Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology. Race, Social Movements and Digital Media Technologies Palais des congrès de Montréal, 513C, 10:30am-12:10pm
Session Organizer: Jessie Daniels, Hunter College and The Graduate Center-CUNY
The Effect of #BlackLivesMatter: The Significance of Communities and Collective Identity. Simon Weffer-Elizondo, Northern Illinois University; Stephanie Delise Jones, University of California, Irvine
Hate Speech Online and the Fight for Legal Protection: The Case of Japan. Vivian Shaw, University of Texas at Austin
The Master’s Tools Reimagined: Police Militarization and Strategies of Black Digital Resistance. Caliesha Lavonne Comley, Boston College
Black Women and the Subversive Occupation of Digital Space. Leslie Jones, University of Pennsylvania
Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology. Culture, Inequality and Social Inclusion in the Digital Era Palais des congrès de Montréal, 513B, 2:30-4:10pm
Session Organizer: Jessie Daniels, Hunter College and The Graduate Center-CUNY
Free Speech, Representation and Inclusion on Social Media Platforms. Zeynep Tufekci, University of North Carolina
Skills Gaps, Surveillance, and Hope in Training at a High-Tech Charter School. Daniel Greene, Microsoft Research New England
The Digital Hustle: Precarious Labor of High and Low Status Workers in the “Gig” Economy. Julia B. Ticona, University of Virginia
Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Biotechnology and the Future of Wearable Tech. Elizabeth A. Wissinger, City University of New York/BMCC
The Pipeline of Online Participation Inequalities: The Case of Wikipedia Editing. Aaron Shaw, Northwestern University; Eszter Hargittai, University of Zurich
Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Reception: 6:30pm
August 13th
- Thematic Session. How Technology is Changing Social Relationships Palais des congrès de Montréal, 511C, 8:30-10:10am
Session Organizer: Kevin Lewis, University of California, San Diego
Presider: Kevin Lewis, University of California, San Diego
Birds of a Feather Flock Together Online: Differences in Social Media Adoption. Eszter Hargittai, University of Zurich
Cellphones in Public: Social Interaction in a Smartphone Era. Lee Humphreys, Cornell University
Digitally Enabled Social Movement Participation. Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona; Katrina E. Kimport, University of California, San Francisco
The Shifting Boundaries of Urban Community. Jeffrey Lane, Rutgers University
The impact of contemporary technologies on interpersonal relationships has riveted public attention. Anxieties abound concerning smartphone-obsessed parents who neglect their children, teenagers socializing in virtual spaces, and the ever-growing importance of social media in all spheres of life, from online romance to online activism. What do we know empirically about new technology and social interactions so far, and what else lies ahead?
- Regular Session. Gender, Ethnicity, and Racialization in the Media Palais des congrès de Montréal, 512E, 8:30-10:10am
Session Organizer: Anabel Quan-Haase, University of Western Ontario
Lesbianing Together: Images of Incarcerated Women in Orange is the New Black. Anna Curtis, SUNY Cortland; Meghan Kocijanksi, SUNY Cortland
Using Culture to Change Culture: Exploring Online Violence Against Women Prevention Work as Bystander Intervention. Jordan Fairbairn, Western University
The Maternal Gaze: The Pleasures of Connectivity IRL and URL. Kara M. Van Cleaf, Monmouth University
Racialization of the Muslim Body and Space in Hollywood. Maheen Haider, Boston College
Mass Shootings, Medicine, and the Media: The Role of Whiteness in Violent Crime Coverage. Laura Frizzell, The Ohio State University; Sade Lindsay, The Ohio State University
Discussant: Maryann Erigha, University of Georgia
- Special Session. Culture(s) of Privacy and Surveillance in World of Technological and Legal Change Palais des congrès de Montréal, 515B, 12:30-2:10pm
Session Organizer: Denise L. Anthony, Dartmouth College
Presider: Denise L. Anthony, Dartmouth College
It’s Dangerous: The Online World of Drug Dealers, Rappers, and the Street Code. Marta-Marika Urbanik, University of Alberta; Kevin D. Haggerty, University of Alberta
A Socio-history of Privacy and the Self. Celeste Campos-Castillo, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Surveillance Culture and Surveillance Capitalism. David Lyon
Privacy and Protest. Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona
Soon-to-be-Author-Meets-Non-Critics. “Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life.” Mary Chayko, Rutgers University Palais des congrès de Montréal, 514A, 9:00-11:00pm
August 14th
- Policy and Research Workshop. Engage! How to Win Over the Media, Promote Your Research and Become a Front Page Personality Palais des congrès de Montréal, 510D, 8:30-10:10am
Session Organizer: Carmen Russell, American Sociological Association
Leader: Carmen Russell, American Sociological Association
Panelists: Elizabeth Ghedi-Ehrlich, Scholars Strategy Network Emily Costello, The Conversation U.S.
Everyday, journalists are looking for expert sources on topics their audiences care about, topics sociologists are natural experts in. They want to talk to you… but are you ready to talk to them? The ASA is looking to bridge that gap and hosting a workshop/panel designed to help members improve their public engagement practices. For that purpose, we are working with The Conversation and Scholars Strategy Network and have invited them to come to Montreal to discuss how they can help sociologists promote their research to the widest possible audience. The Conversation (theconversation.com) is an independent source for informed commentary and analysis, all written by the academic and research community and edited by journalists for the general public as a way of promoting a better understanding of current affairs and complex issues among the public at large. The Scholars Strategy Network (scholarsstrategynetwork.org) seeks to improve public policy and strengthen democracy by organizing scholars working in America’s colleges and universities, connecting their research to policymakers, citizens associations, and the media. The workshop panel will provide details on how to: • Pitch and write commentary, op-eds, essays and analysis for general interest media • Promote oneself as an expert source on particular topics of interest to media and public • Engage in an interview whether for print, TV, radio, and live broadcast • Build a portfolio of “news hits” in the course of creating a public persona as a subject matter expert
- Section on Sociology of Culture. Gender, Culture, Media Palais des congrès de Montréal, 513C, 8:30-10:10am
Session Organizer: Andrea Press, University of Virginia
Presider: Andrea Press, University of Virginia
Incorporating the Erotic: Redrawing the Boundaries of Sexuality and New Media in Romance Genre Fiction. Anna Michelson, Northwestern University
Non-notable? Deletion as Devaluation on Wikipedia. Francesca Tripodi, University of Virginia
Reading as a Man, Reading as a Woman: Gendered Uses of Science-fiction and Fantasy. Elodie Hommel, ENS de Lyon / Centre Max Weber
Both Underrepresented and Misrepresented: Feminist Media Activism in the National Organization for Women. Christine Slaughter, Yale University
“Mother Courage”: Sociology of a Semantic Slippage. Lorenzo Sabetta, Sapienza – University of Rome
- Regular Session. Internet and Society: Identity, Connectivity, and Integration Palais des congrès de Montréal, 510C, 2:30-4:10pm
Session Organizer: Wenhong Chen, University of Texas at Austin
Identity Work and Emotion Management: Invisible Forms of Digital Inequality. Laura Robinson, Santa Clara University
Connected Seniors: How Connected Seniors: How Older Adults Exchange Social Support On and Offline. Barry Wellman, University of Toronto; Anabel Quan-Haase, University of Western Ontario; Guang Ying Mo, University of Toronto; Helen Hua Wang, University of Buffalo; Alice (Renwen) Zhang, Northwestern University
Connecting and Disconnecting: Social Media Adoption and School Social Integration. Hana Shepherd, Rutgers University; Jeffrey Lane, Rutgers University
The Physical-Digital Divide: Exploring the Social Gap between Digital Natives and Physical Natives. Christopher Ball, Michigan State University; Jessica Francis, Michigan State University; Kuo-Ting Huang, Michigan State University; Travis Kadylak, Michigan State University; Shelia R. Cotten, Michigan State University; RV Rikard, Michigan State University
- Section on Sociology of Culture. The Mediation of Cultural Conflict Palais des congrès de Montréal, 514B, 2:30-4:10pm
Session Organizer: Matthias Revers, University of Frankfurt
From the “Sioux Massacres” to the “Dakota Genocide”: Transitional (In)Justice and Collective Memory in Minnesota (1862-2012). Alejandro Baer, University of Minnesota; Joseph Eggers, University of Minnesota; Nicholas James Siguru Wahutu, University of Minnesota; Brieanna Marie Watters, University of Minnesota
Comprehending the Contentious Public Sphere in the Authoritarian Context. Haoyue Li, SUNY, Albany
What is Right and Wrong about Russia and the United States: Mapping a Moral Field. John Sonnett, University of Mississippi
How Media Ownership Matters: Political Instrumentalism by Ownership Type in Sweden, France, and the United States. Timothy Neff, New York University; Mattias Hesserus, Uppsala University
Discussant: Lisa McCormick, University of Edinburgh
- Regular Session. Internet and Society: The Rogue Ones Palais des congrès de Montréal, 510C, 4:30-6:10pm
Session Organizer: Wenhong Chen, University of Texas at Austin
Presider: Wenhong Chen, University of Texas at Austin
Revolution in the making? Social Media Effects across the Globe. Shelley J. Boulianne, MacEwan University
Digital Minutemen: Paul Revere Had a Horse and Conservatives Have the Internet. Jen Schradie, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
Self-Control and Exposure to Online Fraud Targeting: The Role of Information Disclosure. Gustavo S. Mesch, University of Haifa
Personal Profile Settings as Cultural Frames: Facebook vs. Vkontakte. Shanyang Zhao, Temple University; Aleksandr Shchekoturov, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod; Svetlana Shchekoturova, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University
Discussant: Laura Robinson, Santa Clara University
August 15th
- Regular Session. Social and Digital Media Palais des congrès de Montréal, 516A, 8:30-10:10am
Session Organizer: Anabel Quan-Haase, University of Western Ontario
Becoming Data: Web Analytics, Journalism, and the Emotional Dimensions of Rationalizing Technologies. Caitlin Petre, Yale University
Does Compassion Go Viral? Social Media, Caring, and the Fort McMurray Wildfire. Shelley J. Boulianne, MacEwan University; Joanne Minaker, MacEwan University
Does Longer Social Network Site Use Cause more Psychological Distress? Yangtao Huang, The University of Queensland; Mark Western, The University of Queensland
The Mortality of Citizen Journalism Sites: An Event History Analysis. Ryan P. Larson, University of Minnesota; Andrew M. Lindner, Skidmore College
Resonance and Relevance: A Revival of Media Sociology. Wenhong Chen, University of Texas at Austin
- Thematic Session. How Media Shape Group Boundaries
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 511D, 12:30-2:10pm
Session Organizer: Abigail C. Saguy, UCLA
Presider: Andrea Press, University of Virginia
Segmentation, Exclusion, and Opportunity in the Digital Media Landscape: ‘Quality News for Quality Audiences’, or Something More? Rodney Benson, New York University
Creating Monsters: How Media Discourse Shapes Understandings of Sexual Predators and their Victims. Rebecca Ann DiBennardo, University of California, Los Angeles
Policing the Boundaries of Representation: (Re)creating Visual Narratives About Activists in Broadcast News, 1970 – 2012. Deana Rohlinger, Florida State University
How the New Media Divide Feminists, Gay Rights Activists, and Transgender Rights Activists. Abigail C. Saguy, UCLA; Juliet Williams, University of California-Los Angeles
Discussant: David Grazian, University of Pennsylvania
This panel session speaks to how public discourse shapes material and cultural inequalities by specifically examining how the news media shape group boundaries. News media representations of social groups shape people’s understandings of themselves and of others. By drawing on a range of specific case studies, this panel will contribute to our understanding of how the news media draw symbolic boundaries around groups in ways that produce, maintain, and sometimes challenge social inequality.
