7TH Annual CGC Conference Profiles Thursday March 1st

Paul Attallah Keynote Lecture 7:00-8:30 pm (The Fountain Room) Dr. Gabriella Coleman Profiling Anonymous Agents of activism and naughty mischief, Anonymous has been a constant fixture in the news due to their blizzard of interventions from taking down half a dozen websites in a single day to protest web censorship to assisting the historic revolutions in the Middle East and Africa. Drawing on three years of ethnographic research, this talk will examine Anonymous's profile in the media and the speaker's role in mediating between an anonymous collective and a media enterprise unable, so far, to fully unveil the mystery behind the mask. Reception to follow

Friday March 2nd 8:00 8:45 am 8:45 9:00 am Registration & Breakfast (Le Salon) Opening Remarks (Le Salon)

Panel Session 1 9:00 10:00 am Le Salon Topic: Profiles of The Other Chair: Dr. Dwayne Winseck, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication Claire Morrison - Profiling the Other Nuclear Threat: Modern Imperialism, Iran, and the Axis of Evil Loveleen Kang - Not in my Canada: The recurring image of the 'Sikh Extremist' in Canada Break 10:00 10:05 am Panel Session 2 10:05 11:05 Le Salon Topic: Profiling Sexual Identity Chair: TBD Jaigris Hodson - What, a Drag? Avatar gender swapping in World of Warcraft Kelly DeBono - Surveilling the Gay Body through MTVs 1 girl 5 gays Katrin Tiidenberg- NSFW micro-bloggers and reflexive self-narratives The Fountain Room Topic: Profiling Popular Culture Chair: Dr Ira Wagman, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication Yaqi Zhu Celebrity Culture: From Celebrity to the Public Shuang Ma Function of Social Media: How Social Media Mobilize Political Activism Samantha van Hooydonk Good, Clean,

7TH Annual CGC Conference Profiles Nuclear-Family Fun: An Analysis of Ivory Soap Advertisements within a Cultural Studies Framework Lianrui Jia Exporting Technologies of Control: the contemporary role of network technology companies and intermediaries David Logie Hyperlinks: Social Media and Online News Dissemination Break 11:05-11:15 Panel Session 3 11:15 12:15 Le Salon Topic: Generating Profiles Chair: Dr. Chris Russill, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication Denise Bedford- Profiling Self as a Source of Intellectual Capital Andreas Weich- "Plus Your World: Profiling the Self between Analytics and Self-expression Adeel Khamisa Algorithims as Aestheticizing Agents: Embedding Meaning in Cultural Objects through Circulation The Fountain Room Topic: Profiling Gender Chair: Dr. Eileen Saunders, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication Laura Carlson - Feminist filmmaking: An analysis of American suffrage films screened in Canada during the 1910s Rebecca Elliott - Gendered Profiles: Mediated Prescriptions of Ideal Female Identities in Advertising Danielle Deveau - Navigating the Boys Club: Female stand-up comedians and the negotiation of gendered spaces in the Canadian comedy industry

Lunch 12:15 1:15 Panel Session 4 1:15 2:15 Le Salon Topic: Surveillance and Metrics Chair: Derek Noon, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication Jennifer Whitson - You've Been Played: The Gamification of Governance Marco Giardina- Social Search: Leveraging Digital Profiles? Dara Byrne- Digilante Culture: The Rhetoric of Justice and Punishment Online The Fountain Room Topic: The Aesthetic in Profile Chair: Dr. Miranda Brady, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication Ghadah Alrasheed- Beauty Katarina Kuruc- Fashioning the Self Identity Construction Through Fashion in Communist Czechoslovakia Krista Hatfield Voluntary Simplicity: Profiling the Lifestyle Activist

Refreshment Break 2:15 2:30

7TH Annual CGC Conference Profiles Panel Session 5 2:30 4:00 The Fountain Room Topic: Profiles for Politics and Protest Chair: Dr. Ira Wagman, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication Vladlena Mitskaniouk - UStream: The Potential of Citizen Reporting to Challenge Activist and Hacktivist Relations and Profiles Andrew Patrick - Profiling the BC Carbon Tax: Different Discursive Angles on Climate Action Derek Antoine - Just watch me: A utilitarian use of Facebook profiles in Canadian political marketing