“Cyborgs are intelligent user interfaces that humans ‘put on‘ like a virtual Ironman suit to combine computational power with human reasoning.“
Aaron Halfaker & John Riedl

Talks

  • Invited Talk: “Botting for Fame. Human-Media-Entanglements Acting on Instagram“ at “Growing Virtuality” conference from 16. – 17.11.2023 by Early Career Forum of SFB 1567 “Virtuelle Lebenswelten“ Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany

  • “CALL THE (BOT-)POLICE – INSTAGRAM USERS’ ATTEMPT TO DETECT AND FIGHT AGAINST BOTTING AND FAKE-ACCOUNTS “ at the 24th annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) on „Revolution“ from 18. – 21.10.2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

  • “Winning the Imitation Game – von Chatbots, ihrer Intelligenz und der Wirkung des ELIZA-Effekts“ at the annual conference of Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaften (GfM) on “Abhängigkeiten“ from 27. – 30.09.2023 in Bonn, Germany.

  • “Rules of Play: 1001 Followers in 20 Days“ at Nordic DiGRA conference 2023 on “Interdisciplinary Embraces“ from 26. – 28.04.2023 in Uppsala, Sweden.

  • “BOTTING FOR FAME: DIGITAL MODES OF EXISTENCE IN THE BOT MILIEU OF INSTAGRAM“ at Digital Media Research Center Summer School on “Computational Methods & Digital Research Skills“ at Queensland University of Technology from 07. – 10.02.2023 in Brisbane, Australia.

  • “BOTTING FOR FAME: DIGITAL MODES OF EXISTENCE IN THE BOT MILIEU OF INSTAGRAM“ at the Doctoral Colloquium of the 23rd annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) on “Decolonizing the Internet“ from 02. – 05.11.2022 in Dublin, Ireland.