Bibliography

Fiesler, Casey, Michael Zimmer, Nicholas Proferes, Sarah Gilbert, Naiyan Jones. 2024. Remember the Human: A Systematic Review of Ethical Considerations in Reddit Research. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, GROUP. [Blogged]

Smith, Jessie J., Aishwarya Satwani, Robin Burke, and Casey Fiesler. 2024. Recommend Me? Designing Fairness Metrics with Providers. Proceedings of the ACM FAccT Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. [Best Paper Award]

Klassen, Shamika and Casey Fiesler. 2023. The Stoop: Speculation on Positive Futures of Black Digital Spaces. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, GROUP. [Best Paper Honorable Mention] [Blogged]

Kollig, Faye and Casey Fiesler. 2023. "Headlines rarely soothe nerves": An Analysis of News Coverage of Social Media Mental Health Research. Companion to the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing. [Blogged]

Nicholson, Matthew, Brian C. Keegan, and Casey Fiesler. 2023. Mastodon Rules: Characterizing Formal Rules on Popular Mastodon Instances. Companion to the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing.

Fiesler, Casey, Joshua Paup, and Corian Zacher. 2023. Chilling Tales: Understanding the Impact of Copyright Takedowns on Transformative Content Creators. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW. [Best Paper Honorable Mention]

Jiang, Jialun Aaron, Peipei Nie, Jed Brubaker, Casey Fiesler. 2023. A Trade-off-centered Framework of Content Moderation. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction.

Klassen, Shamika, Sara Kingsley, Kalyn McCall, Joy Weinberg, Casey Fiesler. 2022. Black Lives, Green Books, and Blue Checks: Comparing the Content of the Negro Motorist Green Book to the Content on Black Twitter. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, GROUP.

Dym, Brianna, Namita Pasupuleti, and Casey Fiesler. 2022. Building a Pillowfort: Political Tensions in Platform Design and Policy. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, GROUP. [Best Paper Honorable Mention]

Klassen, Shamika, Sara Kingsley, Kalyn McCall, Joy Weinberg, Casey Fiesler. 2021. More than a Modern Day Green Book: Exploring the Online Community of Black Twitter. Proceedings of the ACM Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW. [Best Paper Honorable Mention] [Recognition for Contribution to DEI] [Blogged]

Scheuerman, Morgan Klaus, Jialun Aaron Jiang, Casey Fiesler, and Jed Brubaker. 2021. A framework of severity for harmful content online. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW.

Proferes, Nicholas, Naiyan Jones, Sarah Gilbert, Casey Fiesler, Michael Zimmer. 2021. Studying Reddit: A Systematic Overview of Disciplines, Approaches, Methods, and Ethics. Social Media + Society.

Jiang, Jialun Aaron., Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Casey Fiesler, Jed R Brubaker. 2021. Understanding international perceptions of the severity of harmful content online. PLoS one.

Dym, Brianna and Casey Fiesler. 2020. Social Norm Vulnerability and Its Consequences for Privacy and Safety in an Online Community. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW. [Blogged]

Fiesler, Casey and Brianna Dym. 2020. Moving Across Lands: Online Platform Migration in Fandom Communities. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW. [Best Paper Honorable Mention] [Video Essay]

Dym, Brianna and Casey Fiesler. 2020. “First Rule of Fandom”: Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data. Transformative Works and Cultures. [Blogged]

Fiesler, Casey and Amy Bruckman. 2020. Creativity, Copyright, and Close-Knit Communities: A Case Study of Social Norm Formation and Enforcement. Proceedings of the ACM: Human-Computer Interaction, GROUP.

Dym, Brianna, Jed Brubaker, Casey Fiesler, and Bryan Semaan. 2019. “Coming Out Okay”: Community Narratives for LGBTQ Identity Recovery Work. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW. [Blogged]

Jiang, Jialun Aaron, Charles Kiene, Skyler Middler, Jed Brubaker, and Casey Fiesler. 2019. Moderation Challenges in Voice-based Online Communities on Discord. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW. [Blogged]

Jiang, Jialun Aaron, Casey Fiesler, and Jed Brubaker. 2018. “The Perfect One”: Understanding Communication Practices and Challenges with Animated GIFs. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW. [Blogged]

Fiesler, Casey, Jialun Aaron Jiang, Joshua McCann, Kyle Frye, and Jed Brubaker. 2018. Reddit Rules! Characterizing an Ecosystem of Governance. Proceedings of the AAAI ICWSM International Conference on Web and Social Media. [Blogged]

Fiesler, Casey. 2018. Owning the servers: A design fiction exploring the transformation of fandom into” our own”. Transformative Works and Cultures.

Dym, Brianna, and Casey Fiesler. 2018. Generations, migrations, and the future of fandom’s private spaces. Transformative Works and Cultures.

Gach, Katie Z., Casey Fiesler, and Jed Bruabker. 2017. “Control your emotions, Potter” An Analysis of Grief Policing on Facebook in Response to Celebrity Death. Proceedings of the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing.

Fiesler, Casey, Shannon Morrison, R. Benjamin Shapiro, and Amy S. Bruckman. 2017. Growing Their Own: Legitimate Peripheral Participation for Computational Learning in an Online Fandom Community. Proceedings of the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing.

Fiesler et al. 2017. What (or Who) Is Public? Privacy Settings and Social Media Content Sharing. Proceedings of the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing.

Pater, Jessica, Moon Kim, Elizabeth Mynatt, and Casey Fiesler. 2016. Characterizations of Online Harassment: Comparing Policies Across Social Media Platforms. Proceedings of the ACM GROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work.

Fiesler, Casey, Shannon Morrison, and Amy S. Bruckman. 2016. An archive of their own: a case study of feminist HCI and values in design. Proceedings of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. [Best Paper Honorable Mention] [Blogged]

Fiesler, Casey, Cliff Lampe, and Amy S. Bruckman. 2016. Reality and perception of copyright terms of service for online content creation. Proceedings of the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing. [Blogged] 

Fiesler, Casey, Jessica L. Feuston, and Amy S. Bruckman. 2015. Understanding copyright law in online creative communities. Proceedings of the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing. [Best Paper Award] [Blogged] [Press: Escapist]

Fiesler, Casey, Jessica Feuston, and Amy S. Bruckman. 2014. I Am Not a Lawyer: Copyright Q&A in Online Creative Communities. Companion of the ACM GROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work.

Fiesler, Casey and Amy S. Bruckman. 2014. Copyright terms in online creative communities. Extended Abstracts of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. [Press: Engadget, NY Times]

Fiesler, Casey and Amy S. Bruckman. 2014. Remixers’ understandings of fair use online. Proceedings of the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing.

Fiesler, Casey. 2013. The chilling tale of copyright law in online creative communities. XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students.

Public Writing

AI chatbots are intruding into online communities where people are trying to connect with other humans. The Conversation. May 20, 2024.

Congress Doesn’t Understand Something Big About TikTok. Slate. May 28, 2023.

What TikTok’s ‘West Elm Caleb’ says about dating, social media — and us. NBC THINK. January 26, 2022.

First Rule of Fandom: Don’t Talk About Fandom by Brianna Dym. Medium, 2020.

Using public data for research? Consider the ethical implications with these insights from fandom by Brianna Dym. Medium, 2020.

The Missing Stakeholder of DMCA 512: Non-Infringing Users. Authors Alliance, 30 June 2020. (with Corian Zacher)

Transformative Spaces: How Fandom Creates Communities of Support for LGBTQ People. Medium. November 5, 2019.

Why Archive of Our Own’s Surprise Hugo Nomination is Such a Big Deal. Slate. April 9, 2019.

Fandom’s Fate is Not Tied to Tumblr’s. Slate. December 5, 2018. (With Brianna Dym)

Bring on the Queer Killer Bees: How Marvel Completely Misses the Value of Fanfiction. Medium. December 29, 2017.

What I Learned About the Internet From the Babysitters Club. Slate. February 1, 2017.

#Serial: Fandom Community Meets Armchair Law. Medium. December 19, 2014.

Press Coverage

As Musk reshapes Twitter, academics ponder taking flight. Science. November 4, 2022.

Decoding what algospeak really means for content creators. Fast Company. November 1, 2022.

Black Twitter is the modern-day Green Book, CU Boulder researcher finds. The Denver Post. November 24, 2021.

On K-Pop Fans, Political Activism, and the Nature of Nuance . Teen Vogue . June 24, 2020.

Fanfiction Rising. The Coloradan. 1 February 2020.

Fans Are Better Than Tech at Organizing Information Online. Wired. June 11, 2019.

Despite the looming fear of social media exodus, many fandom Tumblr users will staunchly remain on the platform. Polygon. December 10, 2018.

Tumblr’s porn ban is another internet blackout for sex workers. Wired. December 7, 2018.

Tumblr’s Porn Ban Could Be Its Downfall – After All, It Happened to LiveJournal. The Verge. December 6, 2018.

Before Tumblr announced plan to ban adult content, it was a safe space for exploring identity. The Washington Post. December 4, 2018.

How Tumblr’s adult content crackdown could alienate users. CNN. December 3, 2018.

Why did fans flee LiveJournal, and where will they go after Tumblr? Slate. March 29, 2018.