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Alora Paulsen Mulvey

PhD ABD
Pronouns: she/her

Positions

Sessional Instructor

Department of Communication, Media and Film

Graduate Assistant (Teaching)

Department of Communication, Media and Film

Graduate Assistant (Non-Teaching)

Department of Communication, Media and Film

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Background

Educational Background

Master of Arts Communication and Media Studies, University of Calgary,

Bachelor of Communication Studies Professional Communications, MacEwan University,

Diploma Television Broadcasting, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology,

Biography

My doctoral research investigates the relationship between the attention economy, care and community, and mom influencers. My four-year study, “Momfluencers: Community, Care, and Resistance in the Social Media Entertainment Industry,” argues the cultural figure of the momfluencer shapes contemporary ideas about the family, motherhood, femininity, and celebrity.

My collaborative research on the attention economy, feminized media production, and digital activism has been published in Social Media and Society and The Conversation Canada.

Research

Areas of Research

influencers and content creators, feminized digital resistance, feminist media studies, community and care, motherhood

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
COMS 473 Popular Culture
COMS 401 Influencers and Content Creator Cultures
COMS 371 Critical Media Studies

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