*AoIR 2021 is almost upon us!* There are FOUR satellite events leading up to the conference and they start next week. Registration for these are FREE to all current AoIR members. Please ensure that your membership is up to date, join or renew your membership <https://members.aoir.org/join>, and be sure to register for the conference <https://members.aoir.org/event-4396398> to not miss other news about what is happening this year! Once you are a member, you can learn more information on each and see the registration links on our website: https://members.aoir.org/AoIR2021Satellite-Events *Interfacing, interacting, internetting in pandemic times: Perspectives from the Indian Subcontinent* 4 October, 2021; 12:30 – 15:30 UTC (6 – 9 p.m. Indian Standard Time) Registration deadline: 1 October! Hosts: Usha Raman, University of Hyderabad Nimmi Rangaswamy, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad An AoIR 2021 Satellite Event hosted by the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad and the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India. This Round Table will feature a set of short interventions by early career researchers, with responses from senior scholars as well as an open discussion, on the following themes keeping in mind the context of the pandemic: socio-politics of digital design, platform work, online teaching/learning, the home/office non-boundary, leisure practices and relational dynamics. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Comparing Fuzzy Things:an AoIR Satellite Event* 5 October 2021; 13:00-16:00 UTC Hosts: Kelly Quinn, University of Illinois at Chicago Dmitry Epstein - Hebrew University of Jerusalem Philipp Masur - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Lemi Baruh - Koç University Christophe Lutz - BI Norwegian Business School Carsten Wilhelm - Université de Haute Alsace Internet researchers often engage in the study of complex, multidimensional, and culturally sensitive ideas. Deploying such concepts in comparative research settings is critically important to knowledge advancement, yet challenging to implement in practice. This workshop is designed to engage members of the AoIR community in exploring the conceptualization and study of fuzzy concepts, such as trust, love, sharing, and happiness, in a comparative fashion. It will provide an opportunity to exchange ideas about how such comparative work can be conducted across disciplines. This workshop is sponsored by the Comparative Privacy Research Network. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Undergraduate Teaching and the Internet: AoIR 2021 Satellite Workshop* 7 October, 2021; 21:00-24:00 UTC Hosts: Adrienne Shaw, Temple University Holly Kruse, Rogers State University Emily van der Nagel, Monash University Teaching is a big part of our academic lives, and in the classroom (on campus or virtual), our students’ understandings of social media and internet use don’t always align with broader press and research narratives. What do we learn from our students about the internet, how are we using the internet to teach, and what’s the best way of bringing AoIR research into our classrooms? How do we use the internet in teaching when our students don’t have broadband access, aren’t digitally-savvy, and when our institutions do not offer robust technical infrastructures or support? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Children’s internet use: from findings to frameworks* An interactive session AoIR2021 satellite event 9 October 13:00-16:00 UTC | 15:00-18:00 CEST Hosts: Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Mariya Stoilova Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science We would like to invite you to join an interactive discussion on how to move beyond empirical findings and think about the current debates on children and digital technologies. What are the key concepts to work with? Which are the best theoretical approaches? What tools can we use to help us structure what we know? The event is part of CO:RE (Children Online: Research and Evidence), an H2020 project funded by the European Commission.