October 30-31, 2025

Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden 

Deadline: May 1, 2025

Social media platforms have dramatically changed the ways that people of all ages encounter and engage with news and information, as well as manage vital aspects of everyday life. The algorithmically governed media landscape of today, likewise, not only situates media users in a ‘world of information plenty’ but shapes our daily practices and impacts on how we think, learn, and socialise. This entanglement of media technologies and everyday life is challenging for a variety of reasons, not least as the structure of platforms is ephemeral and fluctuating. This conference brings together scholars to discuss media users’ tactics to navigate news and information, time and space, relations, and identities in an increasingly ephemeral algorithmic landscape.

https://www.sh.se/english/sodertorn-university/calendar/events/2025-10-30-ecrea-audience-and-reception-studies-2025