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Stephen Yang!

@stephenyang.bsky.social

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PhDing @USCAnnenberg // studying media, technology, environment // prev @Cornell @MSFTResearch @CDT // Angelino & 臺灣人 www.stephen-yang.com

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Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Just got to Denver for #ICA25! Excited to present my work on TikTok's formatting of trendiness at the #DebatingCreatorCulture preconference today

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Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

How can live music culture help us rethink the ethics of algorithms when their operations are indeterminate in real time? This past weekend, I explored this question at the Failing Media Conference in Chicago. Part of this work was just published in IJOC: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

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Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

To recalibrate the visibility of their communities, scene participants embraced a set of spatial-temporal tactics of smartphone use (and non-use) — from waiting for last-minute announcements, ephemeral sharing on social media, to "no phone on the dance floor."

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Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

With event-sharing platforms like Resident Advisor that are readily available through the smartphones at hand, it becomes faster and easier to access a community that strives to remain under the radar and maintain a reduced level of visibility.

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Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

‼️ First single-author pub in iJoC: ijoc.org/index.php/ij... Through 2 years of fieldwork and 27 interviews, I trace how participants of underground electronic' dance music scenes reconfigured their shared culture of secrecy with the advent of smartphones.

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Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

And my favorite is probably this performance of @impoppy.bsky.social (it’s a performance!)

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Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Got to experience a fascinating performance by @nosajthing.bsky.social at a beautiful venue

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Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Still in awe at the dialogues at @fluxfestival.bsky.social this past weekend on reimagining what artistry means in the face of new technologies…

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Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

just moved from the other site...am i too late to this party???

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