Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 22nd Nov 2024, 10:30:03am AEDT

 
 
Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 02/Oct/2024
1:30pm
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2:00pm
Registration: Day 1
Location: R.D. Watt Building
2:00pm
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2:30pm
Welcome Day 1: Introduction to Policy & Internet Conference 2024
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Jonathon Hutchinson
Chair: Joanne Gray
2:30pm
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3:00pm
Doctoral Session 1: Student Panel
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Kylie Pappalardo
Presentations from higher degree researchers (Postgraduates and PhD candidates).
 
2:30pm - 2:42pm

Gaming Podcasts and the Rise of the Independent Entreprecariat

Ryan Stanton



2:42pm - 2:54pm

Film Censorship in China: from "What You Can't Make" to "What You Can Make"

Ge Mu



2:54pm - 3:06pm

Regulating the Past: The implications of State Policy on the Global Production and Distribution of Chinese Costume Dramas

Jiahui Xing

3:15pm
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4:00pm
Doctoral Session 2: Student Panel
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Chris Chesher
 

Understanding China’s regulation draft targeting spending-driving designs in online games

Tianyi Zhangshao, Ben Egliston, Marcus Carter



Navigating the Digital Threats of AI: A Mixed-Methods Study on AI-Generated Misinformation and Deepfake Regulations

Bingyu Chen, Yaotian Zhang

4:00pm
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4:45pm
Doctoral Session 3: Student Panel
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Justine Humphry
 

The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (2024): An Introduction

Angela Palmer



Can local Internet policies advance echo chamber effects and filter bubbles? Evidence from the Iranian recent policies over social media applications.

Imad al-Din Payande, Maryam Rahimi



Pivoting Around Capital in Silicon Valley: Alternative Approaches to Tech Policy

Michelle Venetucci



The Emergence of Social Media Regulation as a Public Policy Problem in the United States

Alex Rochefort

5:00pm
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6:00pm
Keynote: Professor Julia Powles
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Joanne Gray
Julia Powles is the Director of the UWA Tech & Policy Lab and Associate Professor of Law and Technology at UWA Law School. Her research focuses on privacy, intellectual property, internet governance, and the law and politics of data, automation, and artificial intelligence.
6:00pm
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7:30pm
Social 1: Cocktail Reception
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Date: Thursday, 03/Oct/2024
9:00am
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9:30am
Day 2: Registration and Coffee
Location: R.D. Watt Building
9:30am
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11:00am
Day 2 Session 1: Paper Presentations
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Milly Stilinovic
 

AI, verifiability and the epistemic commons

Heather Ford, Michael Davis



Artificial Intelligence and the Creative Industries

Terry Flew, Jonathon Hutchinson, Wenjia Tang



Harnessing and directing the power of data

Thomas William Barrett



One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Understanding Social Media Platform Regulation in India

Tania Chatterjee, Agam Gupta, Pradip Thomas



The intersection of internet infrastructure and privacy

Ryan Payne



(Little) Appetite for Disruption: The view of news media subsidies towards the turn to online news

Timothy Koskie

11:00am
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11:15am
Day 2 Morning Tea: Break
Location: R.D. Watt Building
11:15am
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1:00pm
Day 2 Session 2: Everyday Internet & Policy
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Cheryl Langdon-Orr
 

Online pornography and internet policy and regulation: The importance of understanding the digital sexual literacies of Australians

Catherine Annette Page Jeffery



Online Gambling Videos: Regulation and Policy Implications and Challenges

Mark Johnson



Understanding Australian Experiences of Algorithmic Culture on TikTok

Patrik Wikstrom, Jean Burgess, Ariadna Matamoros-Fernandez, Joanne Elizabeth Gray, Jonathon Hutchinson, Tian Wen, Jiaru Tang



What is ‘Good’ Monetisation for Children? Centering Children’s Experiences

Marcus Carter, Taylor Hardwick, Stephanie Harkin



Cultural commentary as a proxy for professional news content: The rise of ambient journalism on social media platforms.

Agata Joanna Stepnik

1:00pm
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1:45pm
Social 2: Day 2 Lunch
Location: R.D. Watt Building
1:45pm
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3:15pm
Day 2 Session 3: Charles Perkins Centre Truth Decay Node Presents: The psychology of online arguments and narratives
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Bill Wyman
This session presents the latest interdisciplinary research on online influence including a series of talks that will examine how online arguments, images and narratives shape beliefs, and guidelines for countering the spread of dangerous belief systems. The session includes talks from:

Micah Goldwater (University of Sydney, School of Psychology) on ‘Psychology: How do political memes persuade?’

J. Hunter Priniski (University of California Los Angeles) on ‘Online network topology shapes personal narratives and hashtag generation’

Tom van Laer and Sheena Shidu (University of Sydney, Business School) on ‘The Unmoderated Zeitgeist - Learnings from Self-Published e-Books’

Zach Horne (University of Edinburgh) on ‘Crowdsourcing persuasive arguments’

Marco Castelli and Paulina Kowalicka (University of Milan) on ‘Guidelines to Reduce the Spread of Online Extremism and Disinformation Among Middle-Aged Individuals: Insights from Project SMIDGE’.
3:15pm
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3:30pm
Day 2 Afternoon Tea: Break
Location: R.D. Watt Building
3:30pm
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5:15pm
Day 2 Session 4: Paper Presentations
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Nadia Tjahja
 

Who’s In Charge: The Integration of State Roles into Internet Content Governance on China’s Platforms

Yang Huang, Rongxin He



Contesting copyright: Abuse, compliance, and controversy on YouTube

Blake Hallinan, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, CJ Reynolds, Xinyue Shen



Ethical dimensions surrounding the right to be excluded from the information society and an analogue life

Georgios Terzis



From global to local: building Internet Policy(ies) in a National Digital Agenda

Carolina Aguerre, Matias Dodel, Adrian Rosso

6:00pm
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8:00pm
Social 3: Conference Dinner
Location: Courthouse Hotel Australia Street, Newtown
Dinner and drinks at Courthouse Hotel Australia Street Newtown (self-funded).
Date: Friday, 04/Oct/2024
9:00am
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9:30am
Day 3: Registration and Coffee
Location: R.D. Watt Building
9:30am
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10:00am
Day 3 Books: Launches
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Jonathon Hutchinson
A collection of recent books from the Discipline of Media and Communication:

Fantasies of Virtual Reality: Untangling Fiction, Fact, and Threat
by Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston

Governing Social Virtual Reality: Preparing for the Content, Conduct and Design Challenges of Immersive Social Media
By Joanne E. Gray, Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston

Twitch
By Mark Johnson

Transformational Health Communication
By Olaf Werder
10:00am
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11:30am
Day 3 Fireside Chat: Internet & Policy Futures
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Kimberlee Weatherall
Andrew Francis, Director, Digital Platforms Branch at the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
(ACCC) and Sophie Murray-Farrell, Acting Director at the NSW Premier’s Department join Professor Weatherall to discuss the future of policy and the Internet.
11:30am
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12:00pm
Demonstration: International Digital Policy Observatory
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Terry Flew
Chair: Rob Nicholls
 

AI Regulation: A Practical workshop using the IDPO database

Terry Flew, Robert Nicholls, Justin Miller

12:00pm
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12:30pm
Conference: Conclusion
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Jonathon Hutchinson
Dr Jonathon Hutchinson to close the conference and connect the past two days to the Policy & Internet Journal.
12:30pm
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5:00pm
Social Activities: Sydney Opera House and Taronga Zoo
Location: Circular Quay
Social activities including bus to Circular Quay, Walk to Opera House for photos and Ferry to Taronga Zoo.

 
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