Talks and Events

I speak regularly on platform governance, creator labor, and artificial intelligence in the media industries, at academic conferences, university seminars, and public events.

Invited talks

• “Made in Turkey”: Gendered Labor, Synthetic Selves, and the Rise of AI Influencers in Platform Capitalism

  Faculty Research Series, Northeastern University · April 2026

• Social Justice and Algorithmic Precarity: Marginalized Voices in Turkey’s Creator Industry

  Platforms, Algorithms & Social Justice Workshop, MIT · February 2025

• Unveiling Narratives: Asian American TikTok Creators Resisting Anti-Black Crime Stereotypes and Cultivating Solidarity

  Ong, J. C., & Suren, N. · Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School · October 2023

• COVID Influencers in Global Context

  Ong, J. C., & Suren, N. · Media Ecosystems Analysis Group, MIT · July 2022

Public presentations

• The Algorithm Is Watching You: How Platforms Quietly Shape What We See

  Binge Thinking, Boston, MA · April 2026

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Conference presentations

• “Made in Turkey”: Gendered Labor, Synthetic Selves, and the Rise of AI Influencers

  GenAI & Creative Practices: Past, Present and Future · University of Amsterdam · 2025

• Regenerating Voice under Duress: Alternative Content Creators, Crisis Activism, and Digital Precarity in Turkey’s 2023 Earthquake and Elections

  Association of Internet Researchers · Mexico City · October 2026

• Digital Raids and Affective Governance: Visibility Fatigue and Emotional Control

  Center on Digital Culture and Society Symposium, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania · April 2026

• “Freaks” and Raids: A Study of Networked Harassment and Misogyny in Turkey’s Authoritarian Landscape

  Association of Internet Researchers · Niterói, Brazil · October 2025. Also presented at the (Re)valuing the Creator Economy Preconference, National Communication Association · New Orleans · November 2024

• Between Policy and Precarity: Platform Nationalism and Creator Struggles in Turkey

  Debating Creator Culture Preconference, International Communication Association · Boulder, CO · June 2025

• Unraveling Algorithmic Bias: A Journey through the World of Politicized Alternative Creators

  Association of Internet Researchers · Sheffield, UK · October 2024

  

• “TikTok Teach-ins”: Asian American Creators Promoting Black–Asian Solidarity

  Suren, N., & Pyo, J. · Association of Internet Researchers · Sheffield, UK · October 2024

• Navigating Double Oppression Online: How Digital Content Creators Maintain their Ideological Integrity under Algorithmic Bias and Turkish Authoritarianism

  Global Perspectives on Platforms, Labor & Social Reproduction Conference · June 2023

• “Love from Me and My Belly”: Audience Reactions to Body Positive Images on Instagram

  Feminist Scholarship Division, International Communication Association · 2023

• “This isn’t a MAGA Rally. It’s the Emmys”: Recreating the White Masculine Elite Public Sphere at the Opening Monologues of Entertainment Award Ceremonies

  Language and Social Interaction Division, National Communication Association · 2021

  Top Student Paper Award.

Workshops and webinars

• AI Influencers and the Future of the Creator Economy

  AI Webinar Series, Center for Transformative Media, Northeastern University · April 2026

  Organized and moderated, with Christine Tran, John Wihbey, and Seo Eun Yang.

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• Platforms, Algorithms & Social Justice

  MIT · February 2025

  Bringing together critical media and global digital scholars to examine algorithmic bias, platform governance, the creative agency of content creators, and the role of digital media in sociopolitical justice movements.

  

• Asian American Digital Politics Workshop

  Communication Hub, UMass Amherst · March 2023

  Co-organized with Jonathan Corpus Ong. Convened global and community partners, scholars, practitioners, and graduate students to discuss the role of digital media in Asian American politics.