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Counting to be Counted: Anganwadi Workers and Digital Infrastructures of Ambivalent Care

Data collection on the population is a key mode of public health management in the Global South where this information is seen as a means to improve health metrics through welfare programs. Anganwadi workers, widely seen as daycare providers and community health workers, are increasingly being asked to exclusively ser…

Azhagu Meena SP et al.Microsoft

Caregiving & Caregiver Support; Caregiving & Caregiver Support

Voting with the stars: Analyzing Partisan Engagement between Celebrities and Politicians in India

Celebrity influencers are increasingly central to political discourse as they engage in, and get engaged with, on matters of electoral importance. In this paper, using Twitter data from 1432 sportspersons and entertainers and their engagement with the 1000 of the most followed ruling party and opposition politicians f…

Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal et al.Microsoft

Politics, Polarization and Partisanship; Politics, Polarization and Partisanship

The Moral Orders of Matchmaking Work: Matrimonial services and theTechnological Imperative in urban India

The digitisation of matrimonial matchmaking has implications for work but also subjective notions of family, femininity, parentchild relations, community boundaries which this work relies on. This paper is based on qualitative, ethnographic fieldwork with matchmakers working with middle-class, upper-caste Hindu and Pa…

Simiran Lalvani et al.University of Oxford

Online and Offline Relationships; Online and Offline Relationships

Caste Capital On Twitter: A Formal Network Analysis Of Caste Relations Among Indian Politicians

Twitter is increasingly important for political outreach and networking around the world. While electoral politics and social relations in India are heavily organized by caste, a broader rhetoric of castelessness among upper-caste politicians has led to the eschewing of caste publicly to appear secular. This has rende…

Palashi Vaghela et al.Cornell University

Social Media; Social Media

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Delivery Work and the Experience of Social Isolation

The isolating nature of gig work has created unintended consequences over how workers engage with peers, friends, family, and society in general. We performed a qualitative study involving interviews with 21 delivery workers in Bangalore, India to understand how workers experienced and responded to social isolation pe…

Bhavani Seetharaman et al.Independent Researcher

Future of Work

Misinformation as a Window into Prejudice: COVID-19 and the Information Environment in India

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, there has been a massive amount of misinformation both relatedto the condition, and a range of linked social and economic issues. We present a mixed methods study ofmisinformation debunked by Indian fact checking agencies since January 2020. Alongside this, we present ananalysi…

Syeda Zainab Akbar et al.Microsoft

Misinformation and Trust

Topical Focus of Political Campaigns and its Impact: Findings from Politicians' Hashtag Use during the 2019 Indian Elections

We studied the topical preferences of social media campaigns of India's two main political parties by examining the tweets of 7382 politicians during the key phase of campaigning between Jan - May of 2019 in the run up to the 2019 general election. First, we compare the use of self-promotion and opponent attack, and t…

Anmol Panda et al.Microsoft

Civic Engagement and Politics

Birds Of A Caste - How Caste Hierarchies Manifest In Retweet Behavior Of Indian Politicians.

The Hindu caste system plays an important role in the socio-political landscape of India. In recent years, Indian politicians have moved a lot of direct communication online. Social media is now an important space for the articulation and performance of their political positions. In this paper, we study ways in which…

Palashi Vaghela et al.Cornell University

Civic Engagement and Politics

Watched, but Moving: Platformization of Beauty Work and Its Gendered Mechanisms of Control

Women gig workers face unique challenges in on-demand platforms as gendered aspects of class, caste and labor participation intersect with moments of control experienced on the job. Through in-depth interviews with 19 beauty workers on on-demand home service platforms, we explore how the platformization of informal be…

Ira Anjali Anwar et al.

Independent Researcher

Gender, Sexuality, and Race

Making a “Pro”: ‘professionalism’ after platforms in beauty-work

Beauty and Wellness work in India happen largely in the informal sector and are heavily gendered forms of work. The arrival of app-based on-demand platforms that aggregate beauticians and spa therapists to provide at-home services in urban India have aimed to create new efficiencies in this work, providing both the se…

Noopur Raval et al.University of California Irvine

Economic encounters

Exploring Crowdsourced Work in Low-Resource Settings

While researchers have studied the benefits and hazards of crowdsourcing for diverse classes of workers, most work has focused on those having high familiarity with both computers and English. We explore whether paid crowdsourcing can be inclusive of individuals in rural India, who are relatively new to digital device…

Manu Chopra et al.Microsoft

Workshop: Solidarity Across Borders: Navigating Intersections Towards Equity and ...

There is a growing community within CSCW that examines issues of equity and inclusion in Internet and social media use, including researchers focused on global development, social justice, and accessibility, among other areas. We contend that there are issues of equity and inclusion impacting not only the research sub…

Michaelanne Dye et al.Georgia Institute of Technology

Workshop: Solidarity Across Borders: Navigating Intersections Towards Equity and ...

Paper Title	Authors	Research Topics
Counting to be Counted: Anganwadi Workers and Digital Infrastructures of Ambivalent Care Data collection on the population is a key mode of public health management in the Global South where this information is seen as a means to improve health metrics through welfare programs. Anganwadi workers, widely seen as daycare providers and community health workers, are increasingly being asked to exclusively ser…	AS Azhagu Meena SP et al.Microsoft	Caregiving & Caregiver Support; Caregiving & Caregiver Support
Voting with the stars: Analyzing Partisan Engagement between Celebrities and Politicians in India Celebrity influencers are increasingly central to political discourse as they engage in, and get engaged with, on matters of electoral importance. In this paper, using Twitter data from 1432 sportspersons and entertainers and their engagement with the 1000 of the most followed ruling party and opposition politicians f…	RM Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal et al.Microsoft	Politics, Polarization and Partisanship; Politics, Polarization and Partisanship
The Moral Orders of Matchmaking Work: Matrimonial services and theTechnological Imperative in urban India The digitisation of matrimonial matchmaking has implications for work but also subjective notions of family, femininity, parentchild relations, community boundaries which this work relies on. This paper is based on qualitative, ethnographic fieldwork with matchmakers working with middle-class, upper-caste Hindu and Pa…	SL Simiran Lalvani et al.University of Oxford	Online and Offline Relationships; Online and Offline Relationships
Caste Capital On Twitter: A Formal Network Analysis Of Caste Relations Among Indian Politicians Twitter is increasingly important for political outreach and networking around the world. While electoral politics and social relations in India are heavily organized by caste, a broader rhetoric of castelessness among upper-caste politicians has led to the eschewing of caste publicly to appear secular. This has rende…	PV Palashi Vaghela et al.Cornell University	Social Media; Social Media
AdRecommended Learn AI Coding at CodeNow Structured lessons, hands-on projects, and continuous updates for people bringing AI into real development work. Explore Now
Delivery Work and the Experience of Social Isolation The isolating nature of gig work has created unintended consequences over how workers engage with peers, friends, family, and society in general. We performed a qualitative study involving interviews with 21 delivery workers in Bangalore, India to understand how workers experienced and responded to social isolation pe…	BS Bhavani Seetharaman et al.Independent Researcher	Future of Work
Misinformation as a Window into Prejudice: COVID-19 and the Information Environment in India In the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, there has been a massive amount of misinformation both relatedto the condition, and a range of linked social and economic issues. We present a mixed methods study ofmisinformation debunked by Indian fact checking agencies since January 2020. Alongside this, we present ananalysi…	SA Syeda Zainab Akbar et al.Microsoft	Misinformation and Trust
Topical Focus of Political Campaigns and its Impact: Findings from Politicians' Hashtag Use during the 2019 Indian Elections We studied the topical preferences of social media campaigns of India's two main political parties by examining the tweets of 7382 politicians during the key phase of campaigning between Jan - May of 2019 in the run up to the 2019 general election. First, we compare the use of self-promotion and opponent attack, and t…	AP Anmol Panda et al.Microsoft	Civic Engagement and Politics
Birds Of A Caste - How Caste Hierarchies Manifest In Retweet Behavior Of Indian Politicians. The Hindu caste system plays an important role in the socio-political landscape of India. In recent years, Indian politicians have moved a lot of direct communication online. Social media is now an important space for the articulation and performance of their political positions. In this paper, we study ways in which…	PV Palashi Vaghela et al.Cornell University	Civic Engagement and Politics
Watched, but Moving: Platformization of Beauty Work and Its Gendered Mechanisms of Control Women gig workers face unique challenges in on-demand platforms as gendered aspects of class, caste and labor participation intersect with moments of control experienced on the job. Through in-depth interviews with 19 beauty workers on on-demand home service platforms, we explore how the platformization of informal be…	IA Ira Anjali Anwar et al.Independent Researcher	Gender, Sexuality, and Race
Making a “Pro”: ‘professionalism’ after platforms in beauty-work Beauty and Wellness work in India happen largely in the informal sector and are heavily gendered forms of work. The arrival of app-based on-demand platforms that aggregate beauticians and spa therapists to provide at-home services in urban India have aimed to create new efficiencies in this work, providing both the se…	NR Noopur Raval et al.University of California Irvine	Economic encounters
Exploring Crowdsourced Work in Low-Resource Settings While researchers have studied the benefits and hazards of crowdsourcing for diverse classes of workers, most work has focused on those having high familiarity with both computers and English. We explore whether paid crowdsourcing can be inclusive of individuals in rural India, who are relatively new to digital device…	MC Manu Chopra et al.Microsoft
Workshop: Solidarity Across Borders: Navigating Intersections Towards Equity and ... There is a growing community within CSCW that examines issues of equity and inclusion in Internet and social media use, including researchers focused on global development, social justice, and accessibility, among other areas. We contend that there are issues of equity and inclusion impacting not only the research sub…	MD Michaelanne Dye et al.Georgia Institute of Technology	Workshop: Solidarity Across Borders: Navigating Intersections Towards Equity and ...