My latest article on #CryingVideos of #Instagram #TikTok is published!

Read #OpenAccess: http://bit.ly/3OTyfJq

I discuss how and why users cry to 'affectuate' bonds in an attempt to build their personal brands.

The #CryingVideos have a mass appeal because of their impropriety. Their impudence challenges authoritative norms of screen performances, the dictations of what should be seen and shown and what shouldn’t.

Feedback and commments welcome!

My first-ever full paper submission to #ICA23 for Political Communication Divisions (@PolComm) has been accepted! I will be presenting on new platforms and affordances that gamify hate and violence against minorities. So chuffed and I can't keep calm. Attending Annual @ICAHDQ Conference has been a dream. Here I come, Toronto! 🍻

#communication #socialmedia #hatespeech #gamification

What a great end-of-year present! I have won a very competitive (individual) grant from Koneen Säätiö (Kone Foundation) for my 4-year research project that employs #SensoryEthnography and #NarrativeAnalysis to explore mediatised memories of violence. Hurray! Kone Foundation is my Santa this year! 🎉

@politicalscience @mediastudies #TampereUniversity @academicchatter @academiccommunity

Very pleased to announce that I will conduct the next #Asian AmericanJournalistsAssociation's workshops on 'Fact-checking and Source Verification' & 'Digital Tools for Journalists' in collaboration with #Bangladesh's leading media, #thedailystar on 27-28th Nov and 4-5th December, 2022!

#MediaLiteracy #Misinformation #Disinformation #Factcheck #Journalism #Resources #SouthAsia

So glad to have participated in the Academic #MindTrek Conference ‘CO-designing the Affective City’ by #TampereUniversity & #ParisLodronUniversitätSalzburg with @sghosh & learn how we can create speculative, affective urban spaces. We used old #Delhi (#chandnichowk) + #Kolkata (#CollegeStreet) as case studies.

💪🏼❤️🦾

#gamification #urbandesign #MindTrek22 #TAUCHI #hci #commondon #MediaStudies #AffectStudies #MindtrekConference22 #HumanComputerInteraction

To study or to play, is a tough choice! 📚🥎🤷🏻‍♀️🐶

@germanshepherd @phdlife #dog @dogs

Picked for the #Mindtrek22 workshop ~ Speculative Explorations of Affective Place-based Experiences ~ where I will get to learn from stellar scholars of #HumanComputerInteraction and #Gamification.

For a little part of my own research, I have been trying to understand affect & violence of infrastructure, from POV #sociology & #MediaStudies.

Just one of the countless reasons why I love #TampereUniversity #Finland. We break out of disciplinary boxes & have fun! Yay!

#Commondon #mindtrek

Learning how to create groups here on #mastodon so here goes the most essential one for all #GermanShepherd #dog #petparents -

@germanshepherd

We care share #GSD antics, #dogpics and #Training #tips here.

Please #introduce your #doggo #puppy here. #pet #introductions are the best!

Here’s my Sultan (king of my heart) spoilt to the core, in his “I-am-sexy-and-I-know-it-look” ✨🐕

Continuing my campaign to populate #Mastadon with doggo 🐶 pics, here are some of the groups I found -
@dogs
@dogs
@Dogs
@phone
@SpaceForDogs

And the hashtags - #dogs #dogsofmastodon #mastodogs #mastdogs

And to top it all, sassy photo of my #puppy Sultan who’s now 7 and still momma’s dearest baby!

Not sure if we have a #hashtag for #DogLovers yet so, here we go - #MastDogs
(Mast in Hindi means fun)

#introduction of my #GSD #doggo Sultan (means King). He’s 7 and still a #puppy. Loves stealing momma’s clothes and slippers, barks at butter/flies, and his eyes can melt stones. He’s my hero - manages my #anxiety and #depression. Loves chomping chimpkins.

Please share your #introduce your #pets / #dogs / #cats and spread some #love ❤️
#mastindia

(PS: Old photo of 1st rain experience)