Convergence, Ahead of Print. This article seeks to understand how app delivery workers construct their collective identity through the digital platforms of YouTube and TikTok. Said identity construction occurs in the context of the social controversy s…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. The following roundtable is a recorded and edited discussion between four fan studies researchers that took place in March 2022. Having all worked with QAnon and the insurrection in the context of fan studies, our discussio…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. An area of immersive storytelling in rapid evolution is that of extended reality. This emergent mode of experience employs spatial mapping, and both plane and object detection to superimpose computer-generated images in the…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. An area of immersive storytelling in rapid evolution is that of extended reality. This emergent mode of experience employs spatial mapping, and both plane and object detection to superimpose computer-generated images in the…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Research on games from a queer perspective presents a multidisciplinary field open to discussion with various dimensions. According to some studies, although virtual worlds are designed as heteronormative, they are inherent…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Instagram has become a place of work for many content creators, including influencers; however, the inherent power imbalance between creator and platform dictating influencers’ success, requires creators to negotiate user e…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Based on the notion of critical technical practice and its resonances with recent debates in digital film and media scholarship, in this article I outline a type of computational practice that aims to couple the relational-…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. The popularization and normalization of conspiracy theories over the last decade are accompanied by concerns over conspiracy theories as irrational beliefs, on the one hand; and their advocates as radical and extremist beli…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. In the 2020 US presidential election, Misha Collins, star of the show Supernatural, endorsed Joe Biden for president and worked to support Biden’s campaign through interviews with campaign surrogates on Instagram Live and b…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Contemporary corporate discourse asserts that viewers have a high degree of control over what they watch on video-on-demand (VOD) platforms, echoing early academic assumptions about online users’ autonomy. Such beliefs are …