I’m super pleased to be starting this term in a new position at Utrecht University’s Media and Culture Department, where I’ve been based as a postdoc for the past several years. As of September, I’ll […]
Author: Donya Alinejad
Open Access Publication of Article on Migrancy, digital media, and emotion
A while back, I posted our Call for Papers for a special issue we guest edited for the International Journal of Cultural Studies. The issue was on migration, digital media, and the role of emotion, […]
Open access publication of new research on social media and covid-19 policy communication
Very pleased to have this article out together with Prof. Jose van Dijck on how social media dynamics took shape in the exchange between various kinds of experts and publics in the Dutch context in […]
Open Access Publication of Romania Research
Today, my article based on the fieldwork I conducted in Romania in 2018 came out. It’s published open access in Media, Culture & Society, so anyone can check it out. It’s called Techno-emotional mediations of […]
Snapchat’s Digital intimacy report in the Daily Mail
Along with a number of experts consulted from around the world, I contributed to a report commissioned by the social media platform, Snapchat. The focus was on how friendship and emotional intimacy are mediated through […]
Teaching at the University of Amsterdam
Next month, I start the Fall semester with a new position as a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam’s Media Studies Department. I’m very pleased to be joining this department for the first time! I’ll […]
Joining PERITIA Team
For the coming two years I’m going to be part of the international PERITIA team investigating trust in expertise. The branch of the project I’m going to be working on together with Prof. José van […]
New Article in Global Perspectives
Elisabetta Costa (Assistant Prof. at University of Groningen) and I wrote this article together, which just came out. It’s in the journal, Global Perspectives, a University of California Press publication. Here’s the abstract: This article […]
Visiting Fellowship at LSE Media and Communications DEpartment
I’m happy to be a visiting fellow at the Media and Communications Department at the London School of Economics this summer. While the fellowship will mostly be carried out remotely because of measures addressing the […]
Contributing to the Oxford encyclopedia of race, ethnicity, and communication
I’m very happy to have been asked to contribute to the Oxford Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Communication. I’m looking forward to writing my entry with the working title, “Race and Affect.” The contribution will […]
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