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LGBTQ+ experience online

The research of LGBTQ+ experiences online examines the diverse ways in which individuals within the LGBTQ+ community navigate and interact with digital spaces, addressing issues of representation, identity expression, community-building and the challenges and opportunities presented by online platforms.

Sena Kojah. PhD Student. Dialing it Back: Shadowbanning, Invisible Digital Labor, and how Marginalized Content Creators Attempt to Mitigate the Impacts of Opaque Platform Governance. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction.

First Paper Friday: Sena Kojah

01/24/2025

Kojah’s paper explores the disproportionate impact of shadowbanning on social media platforms on content creators with marginalized identities. 

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Kathryn Brewster

Research Fellow, School of Information and Lecturer I in Digital Studies Institute, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Oliver Haimson

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information and Assistant Professor of Digital Studies Institute, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

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