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 👇
Reminder: we'll stop posting on this platform end-2024. Keep up to date with the IERLab on our other socials 👇
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
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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