Session 14 of "Behind the Scenes" Online Talk Series with Diyi Liu

Diyi Liu – The Legitimacy of Platformized Speech Governance: A Mixed-Methods Case Study Approach

Time and Date: December 17, 2024, 3-4 pm (CET)

Diyi Liu from the Oxford Internet Institute will be speaking in the next session of the PGMT Lab online talk series “Behind the Scenes – Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research”.

Despite extensive research on platformized speech governance in established democracies, the political nature and stakes of online speech in less-than-democratic developing countries remain underexplored. Through the theoretical lens of legitimacy, Diyi Lius doctoral research conducts a mixed-methods case study examining how TikTok, one of the largest user-generated content platforms worldwide, interacts with local actors in Indonesia and Pakistan. The overarching question: How are the rules and norms that enable or constrain online speech legitimized, and by whom?

About the Series

This talk is part of the series Behind the Scenes – Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research that invites scholars in this field to share their experiences and views, fostering community exchange about how we can study platform governance in this challenging context. It is hosted by the Lab “Platform Governance, Media, and Technology” (PGMT) at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, and the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen.