Publications
Tosca, S. (2024). Immersive Audiences: Dreaming Of Living in Media. In: Hill, A., & Lunt, P. (Eds.). The Routledge Companion to Media Audiences (First edition). Routledge.
Popular Communication
Louise Yung Nielsen, featured in Podcast: Det digitale menneske, focus on Only Fans (June 2025).
Louise Yung Nielsen, Podcast on why *we* follow AI influencers and on how the fashion industry is changing because of AI (models). AI-influencere –Det perfekte liv i pixels.
Louise Yung Nielsen, Interview in national newspaper Politiken on content for girls on TikTok. “Ny trend dukker op hos '16-årige Freja' på Tiktok: Det er forførende ... og skaber bekymring”, (April 2025).
Louise Yung Nielsen talks about how social media is dissolving intimacy and perhaps even creating digital bodies in a Radio Interview on DR K-Live. Ugens Popsmart (25 March 2025). Listen here to the K-Live Episode.
Louise Yung Nielsen talks about digital intimacy in article "Harry Potter-skuespiller tjener penge på at rede hår: Sådan er det intime til salg" (author: Julie Würtz) (28 March 2025). Read more in the DR article (in Danish).
Emily Cousins presents "Can podcasts, music streaming and audio books support wellbeing?" at Book a Scientist programme, National Danish Science Festival, organised by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. April 2025 (online).
Participation in seminars and conferences
Upcoming |
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Panel and Presentation at Nordmedia Conference13-15 AugustSDU, Odense |
DIEM team members Emily Cousins, Susana Tosca, and Eva Myrczik: individual papers1) Common panel session "Moods, Brainrot and Curation: exploring the rhythms and concepts of digital entertainment in everyday life" Louise Yung Nielsen: individual presentation2) “Bro I can put my criminal record in that washing machine and I will have a job by tomorrow”. Exploring the reception of "Oddly Satisfying" videos through user-generated commentary. |
Research PresentationNordic Arts & Health Research Network Conference30 Sept. – 1 OctoberTurku University, Finland |
Emily Cousins, presentation“Digital audio entertainment for wellbeing: findings from creative workshops with older adults” |
Research PresentationAoIR Conference15-18 OctoberUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil |
Emily Cousins, conference workshop“Rhythms of Rupture and Repair: An experimental workshop exploring digital entertainment technologies, platforms and user wellbeing” |
Research presentations30-31 OctoberECREA Audience and Reception Studies ConferenceSödertorn University, Stockholm |
Presentations at Navigating Algorithmic Society: Audiences’ tactics to understanding the world, ECREA Conference.Susana Tosca:"TikTok Made Me Do It: Trend Rhythms and Everyday Interactions" Eva Myrczik:"Listened, felt, and shared: how users experience Spotify Wrapped as collective rhythms" |
Researchpresentation14 NovemberGoethe Universität Frankfurt |
Susana Tosca, presentation"Endless Scrolling: the pleasures of revisiting and recycling in Teen TikTok Use" |
Past |
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Research presentation18 June 2025ICA Post Conference: Labor and Play in Platform SocietyPrague, Czech Republic |
Nielsen, L. Y., & Bork-Petersen, F. , presentation:"To sleep or not to sleep: the transactional performance of sleeping and waking on YouTube and Twitch." |
Research presentation16 June 2025ICA conferenceDenver, Colorado |
Eva Myrczik, presentation:“Is this really entertainment? If I'm feeling so bad about it?”: the conflicting rhythms of digital entertainment." at 2025 ICA conference online. |
Joint research seminar and workshop6 MayUniversity of Copenhagen |
Research seminar in collaboration with "The Aesthetics of Bio-Machines and the Question of Life" (SDU) and "Follow Me: The Influence of Danish Digital Media Creators" (KU).Early career scholars present their current work & speculative thinking workshop.
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Invited talk23 AprilUniversity of Bergen |
Susana Tosca, presentation“If You Liked That, You will Love This. About algorithmic recommendation systems” |
DiEM research stay atRMIT Melbourne |
Research stay and participation in seminars at the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT Melbourne, in collaboration with distinguished professor Larissa Hjorth.Postdocs Emily Cousins and Eva Myrczik will conduct field work and participate in workshops and seminars. Cousins and Myrczik present their projects at the seminar series at the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) on 30 April 2025. |
February DHRN Seminar20 FebruaryUniversity of CanterburyChristchurch, New Zealand |
Postdoc Emily Cousins presents "The Digital Entertainment Machine research project: early findings and emerging ideas"at the Digital Humanities Research Network February seminar. |
2024 |
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DiEM internal seminarDenmark |
Internal workshops |
Research Award Ceremony for Professor Susana Tosca6 NovemberOdense, Denmark |
Presentation of Professor Susana Tosca's research and the DiEM projectat researcher award ceremony by Danish newspaper Fyens Stiftstidende. Read the article about the ceremony in Danish . |
ECREA Conference: Communication and social (dis)order22-27 SeptemberLjubljana, Slovenia |
Louise Yung Nielsen & Susana Tosca: Presentations at ECREA 2024 conference. Eva Myrczik: Presentation at Pre-conference "Exploring the Dynamics of Digital Disconnection: Disruption, Inequalities, and Norms" |
DiEM internal seminarKorsør, Denmark |
Internal workshops and meeting with advisory board |
Workshop series "Aging in data"29 - 31 MayUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona |
Participation in workshops on creative and innovative research methods |
International research meetings |
Presentation of the DiEM project and subprojectsLouise Young Nielsen: at University of Copenhagen Susana Tosca: at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto |
SMID Årsmøde2-3 MayAalborg University, Denmark |
Rapid Fire Session PresentationsCousins, E. "Exploring digital entertainment soundscapes and wellbeing" Myrczik, E. "Simultaneous (dis-) engagements in everyday entertainment" |
Northern Star Symposium6-8 MayBodø, Norway |
WorkshopCousins, E. & Myrczik, E. "Patching and Healing: Reflecting on the mending capabilities of everyday digital media rhythms" |