The Social Media & Society in India symposium takes place Apr 8-9, 2024 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is free to attend online or in person and brings together a great line-up of speakers. Registration is free for both online and in-person. Registered attendees can view all the talks and also sign up for office hours with the speakers. This year’s line up includes a variety of topics including political and electoral social media use, platform governance, brand management, finance, healthcare, and hate speech. Details and registration info here: https://influencers.conference.si.umich.edu · *From Babar Ki Aulaad to K2A: The vocabulary of anti-Muslim hate speeches and everyday slurs*, *Hussain Haidry*, Poet · *The Use of Social Media for Activism and Social Justice and its impact*, *Rajshri Deshpande*, Actor · *Escalations and platform policies on political content*, *Shilpa Kannan*, Tech Executive *Digital Journalism and Social Media Spaces in South India*, *Dhanya Rajendran*, Editor · *H-Pop Stars and The Ecology Of Hate Pop Culture on YouTube*, *Kunal Purohit*, Author · *Branding and marketing YouTube Shorts in India*, *Gunjan Arya*, Brand Executive · *The contrasts in the censorship of abusive language on streaming and social media platforms in India*, *Shephali Bhatt*, Reporter · *The Expressive Function of Social Media - Navigating Free Speech Concerns in the Digital Domain*, *Disha Wadekar*, Lawyer · *Social Media and Surveillance of Muslims in Rural India, and the changing landscape of Indian villages*, *Parth MN*, Journalist · *Large-scale political campaigns on Social Media*, *Amitabh Dubey*, Policy Analyst · *The articulation of women’s professional lives on Indian Social Media: A view from the skies*, *Hana Mohsin Khan*, Aviator · *Social Media and Blind and Low Vision People in India*, *Venkatesh Potluri*, Accessibility Researcher · *Building a Hindi-language YouTube News Channel from the Ground Up*, *Sanjay Sharma*, Anchor · *Building Political Narratives on Social Media: Differences between Local, State and National Campaigns*, *Talha Rashid*, Political Strategist · *The X thread as a genre: the social media offerings of a vascular surgeon*, *Ambarish Satwik*, Surgeon · *Monetization as a Short Form Content Creator: Personal Finance Influencing on Instagram*, *Anushka Rathod*, Finance Influencer · *Social Media and In-Person Mass Campaigns: Evidence from State Elections in North India*, *Shahana Sheikh*, Researcher · *Decoding Mumbai's Hidden Stories: Bringing Urban working class stories online*, *Balram Vishwakarma*, Storyteller · *The Queer Muslim Project: Manifesting Queer Joy on Social Media*, *Rafiul Rahman*, Activist The conference is the largest of its kind, and there is also a great student submission section, papers are archived in conference proceedings. Call for submissions and a link to last year’s proceedings <https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/177147> incl talks on finance, family vlogs, travel, politics, and brand management on social media. To submit original work, please look at the Call for Papers <https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/smsi-cfp.html>. Thanks, Joyojeet Pal