Thank you, AoIR! This is such an honor and I'm still processing it. Wow, I'm deeply happy!! It's also a joy to see the recognition of Elisabetta's work! It's outstanding, and this award is very well-deserved!! <3 To all international students on this list who are constantly thinking of visa, funds, housing, politics, saudades, and visa, funds, housing, and unfamiliarity, and visa, and funds, and now the pandemic, please remember to be kind to yourself. Maybe the biggest challenge amidst all the urgent matters is to learn how to "like the unfinished in a loving way," as Clarice Lispector refers to her poems ("Gosto de um modo carinhoso do inacabado"). Hope you find the paths to this mode of generosity. Obrigadaa! Fernanda On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:42 PM Carmen Lee (ENG) <carmenlee@cuhk.edu.hk> wrote:

AoIR 2020 Dissertation Award - Winner

On behalf of the AoIR 2020 Dissertation Award Committee, it is my pleasure to announce that this year’s Dissertation Award goes to Dr. Elisabetta Ferrari’s dissertation, 'The Technological Imaginaries of Social Movements: The Discursive Dimension of Communication Technology and the Fight for Social Justice’. Dr. Ferrari's study investigates the construction and role of technological imaginaries of social movements in three different countries - the US, Italy, and Hungary, through a multi-method qualitative approach.

Here is a summary of the review committee’s comments:

This is an extremely well-written dissertation that tackles a timely and pressing social issue. Dr. Ferrari's work stands out for its conceptual clarity, structure of argumentation and readability. It makes a clear contribution to the existing body of knowledge with new conceptual avenues and methodological innovation. The Committee also found the multicultural dimension particularly appealing, contributing more diversity to scholarly debates in the spirits of AoIR.

Congratulations, Dr Ferrari!

The Committee has also recognized Dr. Fernanda Rosa’s dissertation 'Global Internet Interconnection Infrastructure: Materiality, Concealment and Surveillance in Contemporary Communication’ with an Honorable Mention.

I would also like to thank my colleagues on the Committee, Dr. Jessica Beyer, Dr. Taina Bucher, and Dr. Aljosha Karim Schapals, for their hard work in the review process.

Best wishes,

Carmen Lee Chair, AoIR 2020 Dissertation Award Committee

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