Presentations

Conference Presentations (since 2022)

Morales, E., Hodson, J., Gruzd, A., & Mai, P. (2025, January). I [thumbs-up] your Hate: Emojis as Infrastructural Platform Violence on Telegram. HICSS 58 (January 7-10, 2025) Hawaii.

Hodson, J., Owen, J., & Homer-Dixon, T. (2025). Mapping Solutions to Affective Polarization: An Ecological Review of the Literature. HICSS 58 (January 7-10, 2025) Hawaii.

Hodson, J., Morales, E., & Owen, J. (2025). Using Syndemic Theory as a Framework for Understanding and Addressing Polarization and Other Anti-Social Behavior on Social Media. HICSS 58 (January 7-10, 2025) Hawaii.

Hodson, J. (2025). Information Syndemic: A metaphor and framework for understanding polarized attitudes and beliefs. The 2025 Sunbelt Social Networks Conference (June 23-29, 2025). Paris.

Hodson, J., Homer Dixon, T., O’Meara, V., & Madan, A. (2025, March 11). Resisting the Bro-ligarchy: Politics, polarization and populism [public panel]. Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC.

Chen, Y., Hodson, J., Morales, E., Mendes, K., Veletsianos, G., & Gosse, C. (2024, June 20-24). Online bystander intervention: Obstacles and opportunities [Conference presentation]. 74th Annual International Communications Association (ICA) Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

Chen, Y., Morales, E., Hodson, J., Gosse, C., Mendes, K., & Veletsianos, G. (2024, July 16-18). How men perceive gender-based technology-facilitated violence and abuse: Myths and false beliefs [Conference presentation]. Social Media and Society Annual Conference, London, United Kingdom.

Chen, Y., Morales, E., Hodson, J., Mendes, K., Gosse, C., & Veletsianos, G. (2024, June 20-24). When rape myths go on the internet: Men's perceptions of gender-based technology-facilitated violence and abuse [Conference presentation]. 74th Annual International Communications Association (ICA) Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

Hodson, J., White, S., Tenove, C., Chen, S., & O’Meara, V. (2024, June 12-21). Fighting the trolls: How researchers can mitigate online abuse [Invited panel presentation]. Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Montreal, Canada.

O'Meara, V., Hodson, J., Gruzd, A., & Jacobson, J. (2024, January 3-6). Just being a bit bitchy: The gendered valences of online anti-social behavior on Tattle Life [Conference presentation]. Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Honolulu, United States of America.

Morales, E., Hodson, J., Gruzd, A., & Mai., P. (2024, July 16-18). The sociability of online antisocial behaviour: A study of how toxic interactions manifest on a Colombian Telegram group [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Social Media and Society, London, United Kingdom.

O'Meara, V., Hodson, J., Gruzd, A., & Morales, E. (2024, July 16-18). Deplatforming children’s health defense: Fighting health misinformation or building a reactionary health populism movement? [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Social Media and Society, London, United Kingdom.

Ryan, P., Hodson, J., Bultsma, R., McLean, A., & Sévigny, A. (2024, June 18-21). Ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Uses for Shared Futures in Professional Communication [Conference presentation]. Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Chen, Y., Veletsianos, G., Mendes, K., Hodson, J., & Gosse, C. (2023, June 17-21). Tackling gender-based technology facilitated violence and abuse: The case for digital bystander intervention [Conference presentation]. Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Jacobson, J., Hodson, J., Gruzd, A., Mai, P., Soares, F., & Kwon, H. (2023, May 25-29). Knowledge mobilization in an age of anti-social behavior and misinformation [Conference presentation]. 73rd Annual International Communications Association (ICA) Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Gosse, C., O’Meara, V., Hodson, J., & Veletsianos, G. (2022, June 1-2). Outpaced and unprepared: The readiness of institutions to protect and support faculty facing tech-facilitated violence and abuse [Conference presentation]. Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Houlden, S., & Hodson, J. (2022, May 26-30). Leveraging social media in the face of an infodemic: A social ecological perspective [Conference presentation]. 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Paris, France.

Houlden, S., Hodson, J., Gosse, C., O’Meara, V., & Veletsianos, G. (2022, November 2-5). Reframing misinformation: Provocations for the field of online information studies [Conference presentation]. AoIR2022: Association of Internet Researchers, Technical University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Hodson, J., O’Meara, V., Galizia, A., & Gosse, C. (2021, October 28-31). Quietly coping: The impact of online abuse on research innovation and knowledge workers in research and public education [Conference presentation]. IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Invited talks (since 2020)

Hodson, J. (March 2026). How does the social media based attention economy contribute to dehumanization and division? A case study of the Joe Rogan Experience. Social Media Lab: Toronto, ON.

Hodson, J. (March, 2026). Disinformation by Omission:  How Joe Rogan and other far right influencers distance themselves from their violent rhetoric. SIGNAL Summit. Waterloo: University of Waterloo.

Hodson, J. (February, 2025). Understanding and Addressing Vaccine Misinformation [Invited Panelist]. Atlantic Canada Immunization Conference. Moncton, New Brunswick.

Hodson, J. (October, 2025). Addressing and Preventing Digital Harassment in Higher Education [Invited Panelist]. National Academy of Sciences Action Collaborative in Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. Irvine, California.

Hodson, J. (October, 2025) Studying Digital Harm [Keynote]. DHSite 2025: Making Within the Public. Ottawa: University of Ottawa.

Hodson, J. (November, 2025). Navigating Misinformation [Online Keynote]. Integrated Vegetation Management Society of BC Annual Forum. Prince George, BC.

Hodson, J. (January 2025). Polarization, Toxic Speech, And​ Misinformation: The Anti-​Democratic  Turn [Hybrid Invited Talk]. York University Department of Political Science.

Hodson, J. (March 2024). AI in education, risks and opportunities [Online presentation]. Humber College Professional Development, Toronto, Canada.

Hodson, J. (August 2024). Fact and fiction, misinformation and how we combat it [Panel]. Victoria Forum, Victoria, Canada.

Hodson, J. (August 2024). Misinformation, disinformation and fake news [Online panel]. National Capital Freenet open panel discussion, Ottawa, Canada.

Hodson, J. (April 2024). Putting the care back in health care: My hope for the future [Presentation]. Health Quality BC Forum, Vancouver, Canada.

Hodson, J. (2023, June 22-23). Misogyny, harassment and violence based on gender and sexual orientation [Online panel]. Online Hate, Media (Mis)Representation and Systemic Racism, Toronto, Canada.

Hodson, J. (September 2023). Strategies for public health communication in an environment of misinformation [Keynote address]. Island Health, Victoria, Canada.

Hodson, J. (September 2023). Trust in science: Science in trust [Online panel]. Canadian Science Policy Conference, Canada.

Hodson, J. (February 2022). Communication ethics in an era of misinformation [Keynote presentation]. Communication Ethics Conference, Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada.

Hodson, J. (September 2022). Health communication in a time of misinformation [Special presentation]. Canadian College of Health Leaders, Victoria, Canada.

Hodson, J. (February 2021). Facilitating pride via community [Online presentation]. Bow Valley College Pride, Calgary, Canada.

Professional workshops (since 2020)

Hodson, J., & O’Meara, V. (2025, March). Tackling online harassment in health care: What can we do to mitigate the harms. HQBC Quality Forum 2025.

Hodson, J., & O’Meara, V. (2025, July). Online harassment and your research: What can we do to prepare, protect ourselves and support one another SENSS 2025.

Hodson, J., & O’Meara, V. (2025, November). Tackling online harassment together: How the Conversation UK authors can mitigate online abuse.

Hodson, J., O’Meara, V., & Morales, E. (2025, January).  When the trolls find our research: A workshop on online harassment and how to move forward. HICSS 58.

Hodson, J., El-Hadi, N., Srivastava, V., & Kassam, I. (2024, September). Fighting the trolls: Anti-harassment workshop for academic administrators.

Hodson, J., El-Hadi, N., Srivastava, V., & Kassam, I. (2024, September). Fighting the trolls: Anti-harassment workshop for writers of the conversation.

Hodson, J., Gruzd, A., Tenove, C., & O’Meara, V. (2023, November). What can researchers and research communicators do to address online abuse? https://www.royalroads.ca/news/what-can-researchers-and-research-communicators-do-address-online-abuse.

Hodson, J., Gruzd, A., & Mai, P. (2022, August). Research workshop on studying anti-social behaviour online. [Hybrid Workshop]. Royal Roads University and Online. https://socialmedialab.ca/events/2022-research-workshop-on-studying-anti-social-behaviour-online/.

Sweet, D., Lanthorn, H., Van Bavel, J., Piszczek, J., Hodson, J., & Hoggan, J. (2022 March). Strategies for fighting health misinformation [Workshop]. Health Quality BC Forum.