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Nathalie Schäfer

@nathalierimb.bsky.social
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Media scholar researching fame-enhancing bots on Instagram. PhD candidate @bauhaus-university Weimar | horse trainer. www.nathalieschaefer.de

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It’s out! 🎉 My new paper is published in special issue in Lateral (CSA), edited by Reed van Schenck & Elaine Venter. Read here about platform governance, digital vigilantism and bots on Insta: csalateral.org/section/digi... #PlatformGovernance #DigitalCulture #InternetStudies #SocialMediaResearch
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I’m happy to be chairing the first panel, at the workshop “The Augmented Body: Affectivity, Perception, and Life in the Digital Age.” If you’re interested in digital cultures, media philosophy, and embodiment, you’re very welcome to join! 18 dec | 10 am Lounge, University Library Weimar
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
End of Oct in Niterói for a special conference — AoIR first time ever in Latin America! 🌎✨ Inspiring days with great conversations, fresh perspectives & amazing people. Our Incoming Executive Committee has officially kicked off! Excited for what’s ahead. Stay tuned—big things coming! ✨
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New portrait. Still deep in the world of visibility practices and metrification, bots, and human-machine relations on Instagram — and excited for what’s next. Photo by bildstreifen.com
New professionally taken portrait photo of myself.
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Just returned from the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programme at UC Berkeley — two intellectually intense and energising weeks with PhD researchers and leading scholars from around the world. Thanks to @oii.ox.ac.uk & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social for creating such a generous environment!
Photo shows me in seminar room participating in discussionsPhoto shows six persons including me standing in front of the South Hall building where summer school took placeTitle page of my power point presentation containing my name, the titel and an AI generated image of bots, humans, and cyborgs.Group photo with all participants of the summer school on the stairs of South Hall with the tower in the background
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Early bird registration closes on 1 August! Safe your spot especially if you’re presenting or participating in the doctoral colloquium!
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Such a great kick of and welcoming reception yesterday here by @oii.ox.ac.uk & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social School of Information. It‘s great to be part of this year‘s Oxford - Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programm alongside so many dedicated doctoral candidates!
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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 07/07/2025
NEW: LLMs in medicine require new forms of risk management, according to @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers Dr Daria Onitiu, @swachter.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social. Read the blog post: 1/3 bit.ly/4lpzZrp
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OII | LLMs in medicine require new forms of risk management, according to Oxford researchers
Whether it is merely long-term hype or near-term reality, Large Language Models (LLMs) in medicine are well-positioned to engage with a wide range of medical tasks and be used for medical research pur...
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BCMCR Events @bcmcr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Our first panel 'Non-Human and Transgressive Bodies' explores different ideas of what our bodies can be, both online and offline, with topics ranging from online communication and veganism to recontexualising religious texts #TIS25
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BCMCR Events @bcmcr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
We are officially live! Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities conference has now kicked off with our opening remarks by conference co-chairs Dr Poppy Wilde and Dr Matt Grimes! #TIS25 @poppywilde.bsky.social Keep an eye on here to hear about the panels of our conference for the next two days!
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I am officially part of @aoir.bsky.social exec!! Thank you to all who voted and @tomdivon.bsky.social for the encouragement ✨
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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Every current paid AoIR member should have received instructions by email about how to vote in elections for the next AoIR Executive Committee. AoIR is made of people. AoIR members get to choose them. Please vote. (Polls will remain open until 12:00 noon, U.S. Eastern Time, May 1 2025.)
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I‘m trying to update the age in the personal settings of a company‘s #instagram account. I received the notification that my age could not be verified and I should try it again in 3 months. Do you have similar experience and/or ideas what to do? #instagram #age #verification
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Good news: I get the chance to present my research at this year’s BCMCR conference on „Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities“ in June!
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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Submissions are now open for #AoIR2025, taking place at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Fluminense Federal University) in Niterói, Brazil, from October 15th to 18th 2025. Submissions are due by 1st March 2025. aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi...
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
Finally out!! This special issue features my article “1001 followers in 20 days. Framing the use of fame-enhancing bots on Instagram” investigating the practice of botting through the lens of transgressive play. @polityinstabook Open access: t.co/yDmLj6lnBT
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
Finally this thought-provoking, great article is published. Highly recommend it! 🤩 twitter.com/andairamf/status/176229…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
Our open access book „Szenen kritischer Relationalität“ edited by @charlottebolwin, Jasmin Degeling, Gabriel Geffert, @thetousle, @gerrahn, @KatSchwerzmann and myself is out now @meson_press !! meson.press/books/szenen-kritischer…
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Szenen kritischer Relationalität
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
Cordial invitation to participate in the concluding conference "Reckoning With Everything - Mit Allem Rechnen" of the NOMIS research project "THE NEW REAL" in March 2024 in Weimar! t.co/hIlpL3J3u7
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
Look forward to presenting this Friday at the ECF conference „Growing Virtuality“ of the #SFB1567 at @ruhrunibochum. I will talk about the anthropomediality of the practice of using fame-enhancing bots on Instagram. 🤖 twitter.com/SFB1567/status/17214931…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Back from NY and Philly where I presented my research on the bot police at AoIR 2023 ! It was a great conference and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone next year in Sheffield! #AoIR2023
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
Thank you @politybooks ! Looking forward to reading this 🤩 #AoIR2023
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Join me for this panel tomorrow! #AoIR2023 twitter.com/rscarlets/status/171541…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Sharing a blog post by @snurb_dot_info about our great bot panel at #AoIR2023 twitter.com/snurb_dot_info_/status/…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Hello Philly! What a nice reception at the stadium with lovely Mexican fans and a good soccer game #AoIR2023
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
After a first get together in New York with some of my favourite colleagues from the #DMRC, we’re heading to Philly tomorrow. So happy and excited that #AoIR2023 is finally there! 🤩
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
Hello #aoir #aoir2023, I know we will be posting on mastodon but is anyone else coming to see Mexico vs. Germany in Philly on 17 Oct ? Let me know if you want to join and go there together!
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
Yesterday I submitted our anthology „Szenen kritischer Relationalität“ that we’re editing with @charlottebolwin, @KatSchwerzmann, Gabriel Geffert, Marting Kallmeyer, Gereon Rahmfeld, Jasmin Degeling and myself to the publisher @meson_press! So excited🤩
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Early bird eh cat conference visitor 🐈 #gfm2023
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Day 2 of the annual meeting of German media studies. Looking forward to the platform panel 🤩 #gfm2023 #unibonn
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
😃 twitter.com/KukiChatbotDev/status/1…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
Greetings from my late summer holiday in Croatia! Loulou knows pretty well how to put herself in the spotlight 😂☀️🏖
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
This great book by Bernhard Siegert (who is my phd supervisor) is also available in English! See here: www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1… twitter.com/algorhythmics/status/17…
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Cultural Techniques
This volume designates a shift within posthumanistic media studies, that dissolves the concept of media into a network of operations, that reproduce, process and reflect the distinctions that are fundamental for a given culture, e.g. the anthropological difference, the distinctions between natural object and cultural sign, noise and information, eye and gaze.
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 13/09/2023
Have a look at the new publication by my brilliant colleague @KatSchwerzmann and @alexcampolo! twitter.com/KatSchwerzmann/status/1…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
Such an important report by @timothyjgraham and @katemfitzgerald and a must read for everyone! twitter.com/timothyjgraham/status/1…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
Woho so many news these days! Conference program is out for #AoIR2023 in Philadelphia 🤖😏 twitter.com/AoIR_org/status/1692568…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
Keep yourself updated via the account of this year’s GfM organisers. See you in less than a month! twitter.com/GfM2023Bonn/status/1692…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
My genius friend @dom_carlon and Megan Rose are organizing an online bot symposium on September 13 called “Artificial companions: Fantasies, imaginaries and play”. Check this out and come along if you can! 🤖 events.humanitix.com/artificial-com…
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Artificial companions: Fantasies, imaginaries and play
Get tickets on Humanitix - Artificial companions: Fantasies, imaginaries and play hosted by ADM+S Centre. Online. Wednesday 13th September 2023. Find event information.
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 06/07/2023
Spannender Auftakt mit Prof. Dr. Christiane Voss zur Tagung „Zur Frage des Prekären zwischen Kontingenz und Medialität“ (06.-08.07.) organisiert von Dr. Sebastian Lederle im Rahmen des #GRAMA an der @bauhaus_uni
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
Great workshop with inspiring conversations, thanks for the organisation and the welcoming atmosphere! twitter.com/VolpeCamilla/status/167…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
On my way to #GDC_UVA23 PhD workshop @uva_gdc! See you tomorrow 🤓
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 14/06/2023
This is a great and very informative blogpost by the fantastic ⁦@dom_carlon⁩ on the Reddit blackout! „Burning the Hooks: What happens when we lose our subreddits, APIs and exchanges?“ t.co/VmipqlSdEs
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Burning the Hooks: What happens when we lose our subreddits, APIs and exchanges?
Co-authored with Dennis Leeftink
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 05/06/2023
Finally found the time to plant my name tag from the #DMRCSS2023 @qutdmrc in February. Let’s see if the lemon seeds flourish on the other side of the world 🗺️ 😌
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 05/06/2023
Woop, woop 🙌 twitter.com/tamaleaver/status/16657…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 05/06/2023
Our panel on ELIZAs inheritors got accepted at the annual conference of @GfMedienwissen! Looking forward to present my research in Bonn together with Anne Küper and Magnus Rust. Our panel will be moderated by @janahecktor. Stay tuned! @bauhaus_uni @Das_Dok
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 11/05/2023
Tolles Programm für den Workshop „Epistemologische Potentiale“ der AG Daten und Netzwerke! twitter.com/SFB1567/status/16562371…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 09/05/2023
Listening to @TarletonG speak about contact zones and access for platform governance research as part of the talk series in Platform Governance hosted by @ckatzenbach, @PalomaViejo and JC Magalhaes. Thank you so much for the insights!
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 03/05/2023
My paper on police bots on Instagram got accepted at #AoIR2023 ! I’m so excited to come to Philly and present my work 🎉
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 27/04/2023
Woho, thank you for the effort!! twitter.com/adrishaw/status/1651259…
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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · 27/04/2023
what a great opening keynote by @nickttaylor at #nordigra23 on postdisciplinary postures!
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