Unraveling the Dynamics of the Femosphere: How Platform Affordances Constrain Gender Expression.

Popular Culture Association, Chicago, USA.

Voices in the Digital Ether: Unraveling Social Media User Perspectives on Research Ethics.

Social Media + Society Conference, London, United Kingdom

Noises in the Dark: Power, Protest, and Participatory Policymaking in Online Platforms.

Social Media + Society Conference, London, United Kingdom

Datafication and Responsibility: A Researcher’s Role in Throny Social Media Research Ethics

Data Justice Conference, Cardiff, Wales

Missing POVs: Social Media Participants’ Data and Thorny Research Ethics

International Association for Media and Communication Research, Lyon, France

Normalizing Misogyny: Reddit’s Prevalence of Hate Against Women.

Canadian Communication Association, Toronto, Canada.

Whose Job is it Anyways? Shifting Ethical Expectations for Social Media Research

Canadian Communication Association, Toronto, Canada

The Women of Republican TikTok: Gender Performance and the Conservative Double Bind.

International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada

Melton, B. (2022, May 7). “By Women For Women” Communicating Gender Discourse inr/FemaleDatingStrategy. [Conference presentation] Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes, Online.

Melton, B., Forde, S. (2022, May 19). Representation in the Era of Decolonization: A Discourseanalysis of Communication Doctoral Syllabi. [Conference presentation] Canadian Communication Association Conference, Online.

Melton, B. (2021, May). Gen Z: What has changed in advertising over your lifetime?. [Conference presentation] Canadian Communication Association Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Forde, S., Melton, B. (2021, May). Metabolism vs Energy: Multivitamin Packaging in Canada. [Conference presentation] Canadian Communication Association Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Melton, B. (2018, May). Quality Television: Challenging the Norm in “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”. [Conference presentation] Popular Culture Association of Canada, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

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