Nathalie Schäfer

Nathalie Schäfer

@nathalierimb.bsky.social

Media scholar researching fame-enhancing bots on Instagram. PhD candidate @bauhaus-university Weimar | horse trainer. www.nathalieschaefer.de

136 Followers 195 Following 58 Posts Joined Dec 2024
1 month ago
Video thumbnail

It’s out! 🎉 My new paper is published in special issue in Lateral (CSA), edited by Reed van Schenck & Elaine Venter.

Read here about platform governance, digital vigilantism and bots on Insta:
csalateral.org/section/digi...

#PlatformGovernance #DigitalCulture #InternetStudies #SocialMediaResearch

0 0 0 0
2 months ago
Post image

I’m happy to be chairing the first panel, at the workshop
“The Augmented Body: Affectivity, Perception, and Life in the Digital Age.”

If you’re interested in digital cultures, media philosophy, and embodiment, you’re very welcome to join!

18 dec | 10 am
Lounge, University Library Weimar

2 1 0 0
3 months ago
Post image Post image Post image Post image

End of Oct in Niterói for a special conference — AoIR first time ever in Latin America! 🌎✨
Inspiring days with great conversations, fresh perspectives & amazing people.
Our Incoming Executive Committee has officially kicked off! Excited for what’s ahead. Stay tuned—big things coming! ✨

1 0 0 0
3 months ago
New professionally taken portrait photo of myself.

New portrait.

Still deep in the world of visibility practices and metrification, bots, and human-machine relations on Instagram — and excited for what’s next.

Photo by bildstreifen.com

2 0 0 0
7 months ago
Photo shows me in seminar room participating in discussions Photo shows six persons including me standing in front of the South Hall building where summer school took place Title page of my power point presentation containing my name, the titel and an AI generated image of bots, humans, and cyborgs. Group photo with all participants of the summer school on the stairs of South Hall with the tower in the background

Just returned from the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programme at UC Berkeley — two intellectually intense and energising weeks with PhD researchers and leading scholars from around the world.
Thanks to @oii.ox.ac.uk & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social for creating such a generous environment!

2 1 0 0
7 months ago

Early bird registration closes on 1 August! Safe your spot especially if you’re presenting or participating in the doctoral colloquium!

0 0 0 0
7 months ago

Such a great kick of and welcoming reception yesterday here by @oii.ox.ac.uk & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social School of Information. It‘s great to be part of this year‘s Oxford - Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programm alongside so many dedicated doctoral candidates!

2 0 0 0
8 months ago
Preview
OII | LLMs in medicine require new forms of risk management, according to Oxford researchers Whether it is merely long-term hype or near-term reality, Large Language Models (LLMs) in medicine are well-positioned to engage with a wide range of medical tasks and be used for medical research pur...

NEW: LLMs in medicine require new forms of risk management, according to @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers Dr Daria Onitiu, @swachter.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social. Read the blog post: 1/3 bit.ly/4lpzZrp

7 4 1 1
8 months ago

Our first panel 'Non-Human and Transgressive Bodies' explores different ideas of what our bodies can be, both online and offline, with topics ranging from online communication and veganism to recontexualising religious texts #TIS25

2 2 0 0
8 months ago
Post image

We are officially live! Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities conference has now kicked off with our opening remarks by conference co-chairs Dr Poppy Wilde and Dr Matt Grimes! #TIS25
@poppywilde.bsky.social

Keep an eye on here to hear about the panels of our conference for the next two days!

3 3 0 0
10 months ago

I am officially part of @aoir.bsky.social exec!! Thank you to all who voted and @tomdivon.bsky.social for the encouragement ✨

10 1 0 0
10 months ago

Every current paid AoIR member should have received instructions by email about how to vote in elections for the next AoIR Executive Committee.

AoIR is made of people.
AoIR members get to choose them.
Please vote.

(Polls will remain open until 12:00 noon, U.S. Eastern Time, May 1 2025.)

7 4 0 1
10 months ago
Post image

I‘m trying to update the age in the personal settings of a company‘s #instagram account. I received the notification that my age could not be verified and I should try it again in 3 months. Do you have similar experience and/or ideas what to do?

#instagram #age #verification

0 0 0 0
11 months ago
Post image

Good news: I get the chance to present my research at this year’s BCMCR conference on „Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities“ in June!

2 0 0 0
1 year ago

Congratulations! That sounds super interesting. Can’t wait to read it 🙌

0 0 0 0
1 year ago
Ruptures logo

Submissions are now open for #AoIR2025, taking place at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Fluminense Federal University) in Niterói, Brazil, from October 15th to 18th 2025.

Submissions are due by 1st March 2025.

aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi...

12 10 0 0
1 year ago

Aren’t we (who research the internet) all internet historians?

1 0 0 0
1 year ago

It’s also such a cool design!

1 0 0 0
1 year ago
Post image Post image

Finally out!! This special issue features my article “1001 followers in 20 days. Framing the use of fame-enhancing bots on Instagram” investigating the practice of botting through the lens of transgressive play. @polityinstabook Open access: https://t.co/yDmLj6lnBT

5 0 0 0
2 years ago

Finally this thought-provoking, great article is published. Highly recommend it! 🤩 https://twitter.com/andairamf/status/1762296556592709686

1 0 0 0
2 years ago
Preview
Szenen kritischer Relationalität

Our open access book „Szenen kritischer Relationalität“ edited by @charlottebolwin, Jasmin Degeling, Gabriel Geffert, @thetousle, @gerrahn, @KatSchwerzmann and myself is out now @meson_press !!

https://meson.press/books/szenen-kritischer-relationalitaet/

2 0 0 0
2 years ago

Cordial invitation to participate in the concluding conference "Reckoning With Everything - Mit Allem Rechnen" of the NOMIS research project "THE NEW REAL" in March 2024 in Weimar!

https://t.co/hIlpL3J3u7

1 0 0 0
2 years ago

Look forward to presenting this Friday at the ECF conference „Growing Virtuality“ of the #SFB1567 at @ruhrunibochum. I will talk about the anthropomediality of the practice of using fame-enhancing bots on Instagram. 🤖 https://twitter.com/SFB1567/status/1721493117147197485

1 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Back from NY and Philly where I presented my research on the bot police at AoIR 2023 ! It was a great conference and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone next year in Sheffield! #AoIR2023

1 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

Thank you @politybooks ! Looking forward to reading this 🤩 #AoIR2023

1 0 0 0
2 years ago

Join me for this panel tomorrow! #AoIR2023 https://twitter.com/rscarlets/status/1715416306084704400

1 0 0 0
2 years ago

Sharing a blog post by @snurb_dot_info about our great bot panel at #AoIR2023 https://twitter.com/snurb_dot_info_/status/1715105978432004188

1 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image Post image

Hello Philly! What a nice reception at the stadium with lovely Mexican fans and a good soccer game #AoIR2023

1 0 0 0
2 years ago

After a first get together in New York with some of my favourite colleagues from the #DMRC, we’re heading to Philly tomorrow. So happy and excited that #AoIR2023 is finally there! 🤩

1 0 0 0
2 years ago

Hello #aoir #aoir2023, I know we will be posting on mastodon but is anyone else coming to see Mexico vs. Germany in Philly on 17 Oct ? Let me know if you want to join and go there together!

1 0 0 0