It's been really great to be in the virtual audience for #ica20 because I wouldn't have been able to attend otherwise. I want to start a thread on some of the talks that have stood out to me as I bounce around across divisions and sections
"Mainstream Marginalization: Secret Political Organizing in Digital Space" by @emilyvanduyn is some really great in depth work on why people join secret political groups online and how they leverage them
Political Communication > The Mobilizing Function of Social Media #ica20
Political Communication > The Mobilizing Function of Social Media #ica20
"Whose Voices Are Heard?: Counterpublics and the Intersectional Issues of #MeToo
" by @VezzieT takes a close intersectional look at what voices and themes were represented/excluded early in #MeToo
Activism, Comm and Social Justice > Digital Media and Women's Activism #ica20


Activism, Comm and Social Justice > Digital Media and Women's Activism #ica20
"Detecting and Analyzing News Events" by @damian0604 is some great, very much needed work on methods to study media phenomena at the level of news events, rather than specific articles or broad topics
Computational Methods > Computational Approaches to News and Misinfo #ica20
Computational Methods > Computational Approaches to News and Misinfo #ica20
"Understanding Dynamics of Information Sharing on WhatsApp and Facebook in Brazil" by @patyrossini is a really interesting comparative study of intentional and accidental sharing of misinfo and peer corrections
Political Communication > Sharing Political (Mis-)Information #ica20
Political Communication > Sharing Political (Mis-)Information #ica20