The Influencer Ethnography Research Lab. Investigating influencers & socio-cultural issues in the Asia Pacific & around the world. Housed at Curtin University.
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ALT A graphic with a headshot photo of Dr Hao Zheng. The image text says: "Meet the IERLab Team: Dr Hao Zheng, IERLab Research Fellow."
ALT A graphic that says: "The Influencer Ethnography Research Lab (IERLab) examines the socio-cultural impact of Influencers within the Asia Pacific and around the world." IERLab.com There are social media icons with the handle underneath: @IERLab_IG = Instagram @IERLab = Facebook, Mastodon, Weibo, YouTube, Spotify #IERLab
ALT A collage of photos from AoIR2024 conference in Sheffield, UK. Along with images of Sheffield, there are photos of Rachel Berryman presenting at the panel 'Virtual Celebrities Industries in East Asia.'
ALT IERLab Research Student Rachel Berryman presenting for the Milestone 3 presentation. The slide shows 'Virtual Infuencers 101: Where did they come from?'
ALT IERLab Research Student Rachel Berryman presenting for the Milestone 3 presentation. The slide shows 'Virtual Infuencers 101: Where did they come from?'
ALT A group photo of all IERLab Research Students following Rachel Berryman's Milestone 3 presentation. L-R: Naomi Robinson, Janey Umback, Rachel Berryman, Faye Mercier.
ALT A cover image for Rachel Berryman's Milestone Three presentation. There is an image of a virtual influencers, and the text says: "Analysing Virtual Influencers: Celebrity, Authenticity & Identity on Social Media. Milestone Three, Nov 2024. Rachel Berryman, PhD Candidate, Media, Creative Arts & Social Inquiry, Curtin University, Supervised by Prof Tama Leaver and Prof Crystal Abidin. @researchbrb (Instagram) rachelberrman.com
ALT IERLab Research Student Faye Mercier at her Milestone 1 presentation
ALT IERLab Research Student Faye Mercier at her Milestone 1 presentation
ALT IERLab Research Student Faye Mercier at her Milestone 1 presentation
ALT IERLab team posing for a group photo after IERLab Research Student Faye Mercier's Milestone 1 presentation. Clockwise from front left: Dr Jin Lee, Naomi Robinson, Faye Mercier, Rachel Berryman, Prof Crystal Abidin
ALT A graphic that says: "The Influencer Ethnography Research Lab (IERLab) examines the socio-cultural impact of Influencers within the Asia Pacific and around the world." IERLab.com There are social media icons with the handle underneath: @IERLab_IG = Instagram @IERLab = Facebook, Twitter/X, Weibo, YouTube, Spotify #IERLab
ALT A quote image, which says: "Animal social media accounts and channels purposefully engage with cuteness and laboriously leverage their internet fame for animal activism within the image-centered, attention-seeking social media environment." - Jin Lee Lee, Jin. (2024). "Cute saves the world!": animal Internet Celebrities' cute activism in the #adoptdon'tshop animal rescue campaign on social media. Social Movement Studies, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2024.2421973 There is a cute illustration of a dog and cat curled up together smiling.
ALT A poster with a listing of all sessions at the 2024 AoIR conference featuring IERLab members. "IERLab researchers will be presenting at the 2024 Association of Internet Researchers Conference in Sheffield, UK (30 October - 2 November 2024)." Due to ALT-TEXT character limits, for accessible text of session details (and more information regarding panel descriptions and/or abstracts), visit: https://ierlab.com/aoir2024/ The poster includes a QR code which links to the above URL.
ALT A graphic for the Influencer Ethnography Research Lab which says: 2024 IERLab-HIVE Summer Internship This summer IERLab is looking to support an intern at the Curtin HIVE Summer Internship Program. The IERLab-HIVE project 'Influencer Face' aims to address the stereotypes and issues of diversity in the Influencer Industry. Please note this is a paid internship only open to Curtin undergraduate (2nd year and above) and postgraduate students from all academic areas. The application deadline for this internship is 20 Oct 24. For more information and how to apply: https://hive.curtin.edu.au/internships/
ALT A quote image, which says: "In sharing their everyday life in Nordic countries, some try to depict "the realities" of living as an East Asian expat and provide a balanced viewpoint about the pros and cons of Nordic life." - Jin Lee & Crystal Abidin Lee, Jin & Crystal Abidin. (2024). Fantasised and fantastical Nordic imaginaries: Contextualising Nordic life vlogs by East Asian YouTube vloggers. Nordic Journal of Media Studies. 6 (1). https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2024-0004 There is an illustration of a Nordic landscape with a mountainrange, pine trees and house.