Research
Presentations & Conference Appearances
SCMS 2025 – The platform as a social safety net: care(lessness) and the attention economy
April 5, 2025
Ideologies of caring and the algorithm. What happens when contemporary ideas about care collide with the attention economy? Presentation for SCMS 2025 in Chicago, presented remotely.
Media appearances
This Morning with Stacey Brotzel
April 4, 2025
Appearance on the popular 880 CHED radio show to discuss deeper meanings behind a White Lotus clip going viral on TikTok.
Publications
Below is a small sampling of recent publications. Please don't hesitate to reach out for additional writing samples or the most up-to-date publications.
Paulsen Mulvey, Alora, and Jessalynn Keller. 2023. “Brooms and Ballots: #WitchTheVote, the Nostalgic Internet, and Intersectional Feminist Politics on Instagram.” Social Media + Society, 9(4). Link
Thomas, Andrew, Alora Paulsen Mulvey, Dana Cramer, and Amanda Zanco. 2021. “Graduate Students' Exploration of Opportunities in a Crisis: A White Paper.” Stream: Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication, Special Issue: Crisis!: 51-66. Link
Keller, Jessalynn, and Alora Paulsen Mulvey. 2020. “This Halloween, Witches Are Casting Spells to Defeat Donald Trump and #WitchTheVote in the U.S. election.” The Conversation Canada, October 29, 2020. Link
Paulsen Mulvey, Alora. 2019. “#Femtalk and Beauty Hauls: Selling the Self on YouTube.” Stream: Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication, Special Issue: CCA 2018 Conference Proceedings: Graduate Papers. Link