Jeehyun Jenny Lee

@yenalee.bsky.social came to my Digital Influencer class today and gave a fascinating talk on political content creators’ complex experiences/negotiations in what she conceptualizes as our post-networked era. Thank you for coming today and I am really excited to see this book project develop! 💯🎉🙏🏻

07.11.2025 03:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

CDCS Colloquium: Yena Lee Creator Logic-in-Practice: Political Content Creators and the Negotiation of Influence in the Post-Networked Era

Excited to kick off my postdoc @cdcspenn.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu with a colloquium on Monday, September 29th ✨

I’ll be sharing from my dissertation-to-book project titled, "Creator Logic-in-Practice: Political Content Creators and the Negotiation of Influence in the Post-Networked Era."

23.09.2025 23:45 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Fashion’s Data Doubles In their research on how AI is reshaping modeling work, Alexandra Mateescu, Zoë West, and Sanjay Pinto find a situation ripe for labor exploitation.

Sharing a snapshot of a project I’ve been working on w/collaborators Zoe West & Sanjay Pinto at Cornell ILR School, looking at genAI in the fashion modeling industry. AI-generated models have been turning up a lot - H&M, a Guess ad, Luigi(!) in Shein’s catalog… datasociety.net/points/fashi...

11.09.2025 17:51 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

Congratulations Chuncheng!! 🎉🎉

11.09.2025 04:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It's syllabus season & I'm shamelessly plugging some of my work for your consideration.
If you teach:
Communication
Media studies
Digital sociology
Media anthropology
Youth digital cultures
so courses at the intersection of media, technology & society, include in readings...
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02.08.2025 09:53 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

If you are interested, please let me know! I have access to online copies of the article I can share ☺️

18.07.2025 18:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New study in ICS! Through interviews with transnational Korean women content creators who produce content about their Korean identity and culture, my study takes an intersectional and transnational lens to understand their complex experiences with algorithmic visibility towards global audiences 🌏

18.07.2025 18:44 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Standing In as a Famed, Diverse Virtual Influencer: Proxy Labor and Identity Construction in Computer-Generated Influencer Production | The Velvet Light Trap This article examines issues of labor and representation in computer-generated influencer production. I explore the implications of this production for behind-the-scene workers and identity constructi...

⚠️New Publication Alert⚠️ My article "Standing in as a Famed, Diverse Virtual Influencer : Proxy Labor and Identity Construction in Computer-Generated Influencer Production" is out, as part of the Velvet Light Trap Fall 2024 Special Issue on Creative Labor and Precacity. doi.org/10.7560/VLT9...

27.11.2024 18:34 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1

Social media influencer is a growing career choice. Colleges have noticed Have influencers on social media created a new career field worthy of formal education?  A growing number of universities are looking at classes and majors aimed at giving influencers the skil…

I spoke with The Hill about why influencer courses are necessary in college curricula to meet the demands of a changing digital media and entertainment workforce. Very excited to teach my class on this at the University of Alabama again next semester!

thehill.com/homenews/edu...

10.12.2024 23:18 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Cover slide for Jess's presentation on algorithmic ableism and TikTok

polishing up slides for #NCA2024. come watch me talk about algorithmic ableism, content moderation, and visibility on Friday 11/22 at 8 AM!

19.11.2024 02:23 — 👍 29    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1