Center on Digital Culture and Society 2026 Symposium

Date: 09.04.2026 22:00 - 10.04.2026 23:00
Conference / symposium
Keywords: Affect and emotion; Social movements and activism; Misinformation and digital tribalism; Fascism and militarism; Power and mediated spaces
Format: onsite
Language(s): English
Location: Philadelphia, United States of America
Event Fee: Free

Organizer(s):
Center on Digital Culture and Society & The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

This symposium brings together scholars across career stages and methodological traditions to foster interdisciplinary dialogue on how affects and emotions are produced, mediated, and circulated. It pays particular attention to affect as both a generative force—driving social movements, everyday activism, and social justice work—and as a mechanism that can be mobilized to amplify misinformation, disinformation, and digital tribalism in the context of fascism and militarism. The contributions collectively challenge researchers to examine affect as a constitutive element of how power is exercised, contested, and mobilized in mediated spaces.

https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/center-digital-culture-and-society-2026-symposium

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