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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 02/Oct/2024 | |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm |
Registration: Day 1 Location: R.D. Watt Building |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm |
Welcome Day 1: Introduction to Policy & Internet Conference 2024 Location: R.D. Watt Building Chair: Jonathon Hutchinson Chair: Joanne Gray |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Doctoral Session 1: Student Panel Location: R.D. Watt Building Chair: Kylie Pappalardo Presentations from higher degree researchers (Postgraduates and PhD candidates).
Gaming Podcasts and the Rise of the Independent Entreprecariat 2:42pm - 2:54pm Film Censorship in China: from "What You Can't Make" to "What You Can Make" 2:54pm - 3:06pm Regulating the Past: The implications of State Policy on the Global Production and Distribution of Chinese Costume Dramas |
| 3:15pm - 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 Navigating the Digital Threats of AI: A Mixed-Methods Study on AI-Generated Misinformation and Deepfake Regulations |
| 4:00pm - 4:45pm |
Doctoral Session 3: Student Panel Location: R.D. Watt Building Chair: Justine Humphry The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (2024): An Introduction Can local Internet policies advance echo chamber effects and filter bubbles? Evidence from the Iranian recent policies over social media applications. Pivoting Around Capital in Silicon Valley: Alternative Approaches to Tech Policy The Emergence of Social Media Regulation as a Public Policy Problem in the United States |
| 5:00pm - 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 - 7:30pm |
Social 1: Cocktail Reception Location: R.D. Watt Building |
| Date: Thursday, 03/Oct/2024 | |
| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Day 2: Registration and Coffee Location: R.D. Watt Building |
| 9:30am - 11:00am |
Day 2 Session 1: Paper Presentations Location: R.D. Watt Building Chair: Milly Stilinovic AI, verifiability and the epistemic commons Artificial Intelligence and the Creative Industries Harnessing and directing the power of data One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Understanding Social Media Platform Regulation in India The intersection of internet infrastructure and privacy (Little) Appetite for Disruption: The view of news media subsidies towards the turn to online news |
| 11:00am - 11:15am |
Day 2 Morning Tea: Break Location: R.D. Watt Building |
| 11:15am - 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 Online Gambling Videos: Regulation and Policy Implications and Challenges Understanding Australian Experiences of Algorithmic Culture on TikTok What is ‘Good’ Monetisation for Children? Centering Children’s Experiences Cultural commentary as a proxy for professional news content: The rise of ambient journalism on social media platforms. |
| 1:00pm - 1:45pm |
Social 2: Day 2 Lunch Location: R.D. Watt Building |
| 1:45pm - 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:
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 - 3:30pm |
Day 2 Afternoon Tea: Break Location: R.D. Watt Building |
| 3:30pm - 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 Contesting copyright: Abuse, compliance, and controversy on YouTube Ethical dimensions surrounding the right to be excluded from the information society and an analogue life From global to local: building Internet Policy(ies) in a National Digital Agenda |
| 6:00pm - 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 - 9:30am |
Day 3: Registration and Coffee Location: R.D. Watt Building |
| 9:30am - 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 - 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 - 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 |
| 12:00pm - 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 - 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. |