Welcome to the next DIGSUM seminar!
Title
DIGSUM seminar: Platformed visual (Im)mobilities
Speaker
Daniela Jaramillo Dent, University of Zürich
About the seminar
This talk examines platform logics shaping visual (im)mobilities across digital spaces for different communities during political unrest. Drawing on research with migrant and mainstream influencers in the US, Spain, and Switzerland, it explores three dimensions of visual (im)mobility in algorithmic environments: literal, metaphorical, and platformed. Migrants remain constrained by political tensions, oppressive legislation, and anti-immigration sentiment that immobilize them through hateful engagement and problematic coverage. Platform moderation, online hate, and commercial interests create differential content mobilities, raising challenges for studying social phenomena within platform architectures that shape visibility hierarchies.