Accepted Presentations
One of the greatest strengths of IAFOR’s international conferences is their international and intercultural diversity. As of May 28, 2025, BAMC2025 has received over 200 submissions from 52 countries and territories - including: Brazil, Canada, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the United States.
The following submissions have been accepted for presentation at BAMC2025.
Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
- What Was that Brand? Exploring and Expanding Vampire Effect Theory in Digital Advertising
- #influenced to Care: Comparing Human and Virtual Influencers in Promoting Eco-friendly Fashion
- The Role of Digital Diplomacy in Building Nation Branding for Egyptian Expatriate
Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music
- Exploring Dance Culture in Late Qing Shanghai: A Historical Analysis Through the North-China Daily News
- Understanding and Performing Silence in Dance
Arts Practices
- Underground Commons: Rhizospheric Art Practices in Partnership with Soil Communities
- When Imagination Becomes Intelligent: Unlocking Creativity Through Concept Building Exercises
Aesthetics and Design
- Beyond the Product-centered Design Culture
- Developing a Classification Model: A Categorization of Contemporary Tattoo Art Within the Urban Landscapes of Kumasi and Accra Metropolises
- Adopting Embroidery Techniques on Indigenous Tanned Leather for the Production of Instructional Materials
Literature, Literary Studies and Theory
- Migration, Identity, and the Symbolic Weight of Place in Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn
- Navigating Spaces, Creating Places: a Spatial Analysis of Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You
- Sankofa Reading of S.E.K. Mqhayi’s Two IsiXhosa Poems: Lessons for South African Leadership Crisis
- 'History as a Nightmare': From Modernist to Metamodernist Irish Drama (James Joyce, Flan O’Brien, Frank McGuinness and Owen McCafferty)
- Poetry and Politics: Irish Poetry in Georgian Translation
Climate Change and Arts, Media, Culture
- Climate Crisis and Human Responsibility: Reading the Great Derangement and Gun Island Through the Lens of Environmental Humanism
Digital Humanities
- Braking Barriers: Art and Technology for Neurodivergent Inclusion in the Whitney Museum of American Art
- Connecting Memory and Innovation: Digital Transformation of Documentation Centers and Museums
- Examining Individuals: NFT Purchase Intentions
Politics and Philosophy
- Filipino Young Voters: Sources of Information in the 2022 Elections: Inputs for the Development of Voter Education Materials
- Digital Governance in the Philippines: A Scoping Review of Current Challenges and Opportunities
Ageing Studies
- 'Gen Jones' and Elder Latinxs: Shining Light on Unique Digital Tech Gaps Impacting Health, Lifeways
Gender, Sexuality and Culture
- Reframing LGBTQ+ Narratives in the Ghanaian Media: Applying Ubuntu as an Ethical Framework for Inclusive Journalism
- The Connection Between Social Media Addiction and Masculine Depression: The Roles of Physical Appearance Comparison, Self-Esteem, and Emotional Control
- Roadblocks to Combatting LGBT-based School Bullying in South African Schools: A Phenomenological Study
- Zoe Saldaña as Confounding Heroine in the Film Emilia Pérez: Motifs of Exclusion, Unexpected Mothering of Attorney Mora Castro
- Mothering Pretty: Maternal Identity Negotiation as a Performative Social Phenomenon on Instagram
- Fear and Patriarchy: Women Representation in Pakistani Soap Operas
- HA HA HA!: Malaysian Muslims: Perspectives on Humorous Non-normative Performance and Expression
Media Studies
- News-Sharing Among Arab Social Media Users in the United Arab Emirates
- Unfolding Digital Design: A Systematic Review and Keyword Mapping Analysis
- Adolescent Safety on Social Media Risks, Challenges, and Strategies for a Secure Online Environment
- Community Radio in Efforts to Curb Maternal Mortality: Perspectives from Radio Staff and Women in Rural Areas of Tanzania
- Relationship Between Social Media, Exposure, Demographic and Hard Drug Consumption Among Undergraduates in Kwara State University, Malete
- When Tibetan Buddhism Meets New Media: How Tibetan Buddhist Community Negotiate with New Information Technologies
- Upholding Authority: Memes in the Hands of Fandom Nationalists
- Virtual Reality Beyond the Digital: Historical and Epistemological Perspectives on Immersive Presence in Western Culture
- Like a Thorn in the Flesh: The Pain of Surpassing Online Social Media Pandemics
- Best Practices and Challenges of Social Enterprise Media in Thailand: A Qualitative Analysis
- Media System Dependency (MSD) Theory in the Context of Misinformation/disinformation, Crisis, and Institutional Trust: A Systematic Literature Review
- Moral Frames in the Media: How Lakoff Explains Political Narratives in the Face of Contemporary Crises
Visual Culture
- Future-Proofing Heritage: Adivasi Art and Its Potential
- Surveillance in Contemporary Art: Power Shifts, Visibility, and Gender
- Tales of Isolation: A Comparative Visual Analysis of Female Hikikomori in Manga
Communication
- Two Ways to Europeanization: A Study on the Social Media Debate in Ten European Countries
- Reputation and Fake Information: How 'Fake News' Impacts Organizations Reputations in the AI Age
- Navigating Digital Feminism: a Cultural Perspective on Social Media Engagement
- Computational Propaganda in the WEIRD Context: What Democracies Can Learn from the Netherlands Case
- YouTube Journalism in Morocco: Platformization and the Politics of Alternative News
- Representation and Misrepresentation of Migration in Social Media Discourse in Europe
Film Studies
- Exploring Identity Through Sudanese Sound and Visual Storytelling
- An Exploration of Director’s Intended Meanings and Audience Interpretations of Paranormal Depictions in Nollywood Films
- Seriousness, Banter, and Vulgarization: The Shift in the Meaning of Sex and Violence in Audio-visual Works of the Northeastern Renaissance
Cultural Studies
- How Art Communicates Social Change: A Case Study on Student Occupation of Student’s Cultural Centre in Belgrade During the 2024/2025 Protests
- The In-depth Analysis of Philippine Cultural Heritage Law and Its Participation in the Global Preservation and Protection of Cultural Heritage
- Documentation of Cultural Heritage Resources: A Case of Kolon-Yiri, Upper West Region of Ghana
- Caring Commons: Youth Mobilization and Moralist Engagement
- Erpangir Ku Lau: Where Water Heals the Soul
- The FlipTop Phenomenon: Embodied Narratives and Cultural Resistance in Filipino Rap Battle League Performances
- Designing Cultural Identity: The Visual Representation of Indonesian Heritage in Government Institutions
- Acknowledging the Silver Screen: An Autoethnographic Reflection on the Relationship Between the Ritual of Watching Ramadan Serials and Gender Identity
- Why Hallyu, Not Kollywood? Structural Dynamics and Identity Formation Through State-Led Representation in South Korea
- 'Persianism': A New Wave of Persian Nationalism and Identity Among Iranians
- Cultural Education and Interdisciplinary Synergies: Building Inclusive Societies Through Arts, Media, and Culture
Architecture and Urban Studies/Design
- Geospatial Direct-Address Videos as Alternative Participatory Governance Device for Community Problem Identification and Decision-Making at a Subdivision in Laguna, Philippines
- Metamorphosis of an Archetype in the Heritage of Persian Architecture
- Urban Narratives in Literature: Cultural Representation, Resistance, and the Reinterpretation of Cities in the Global South
Ethnicity, Difference, Identity
- Beyond Authenticity: Understanding Adaptation and Survival Through Mimicry Among Filipinos in Japan
Sociology
- From Artistic Performance to State Propaganda: The Politicization of Durga Puja in West Bengal
- Untold Stories of Former Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) in the Philippines
- How to Stop a Train: Teaching Social Justice Through Children’s Literature
Linguistics, Language and Cultural Studies
- AI in the Press: Divergent Affective Frames of ChatGPT Across China Daily’s Editions and Constructive Journalism’s Role in Shaping Discourse
- Stance-taking and Code-switching in #StopEnslavingSaudiWomen: Critical Discourse Analysis of Campaigning Discourse on Twitter
- Language Nationalism in 19th-Century Albania: The Case of Papa Kristo Negovani
- Automated Detection of Hate Speech and Toxic Comments Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
- Dictionary Without Borders: A Hungarian Case Study
- Tibetan Linguistic and Cultural Identity
- Multimodal Narration in Jerry Pinkney’s the Ugly Duckling: A Textual Stylistics Approach
Education / Pedagogy
- Enhancing Student Engagement in Online Higher Education in Bangladesh Through Gamification
- Contemporary Emphasis on Civic Education in the Process of Academic Preparation of Pedagogy Students
- The Use of Virtual Assistants of Everyday Life in Education
- Influence of International Posture on Motivation and Engagement for Japanese Junior High School Students
- I Say It Better in My Language(s): Multilingual Adolescents Enacting Ubuntu Translanguaging
- Engineered Not to Learn: The Four Digital-Induced Cognitive Impairments Hindering Learning Process in Digital Natives
- Individual Differences in Active Learning: The Role of Language Background in the Production Effect
- Personalizing Learning with Big Data: A Critical Review of Trends, Benefits, and Barriers
- Dance Pedagogy for Adults: A Pilot Study on Cognition and Social Aesthetics
- Tracing the Contours: Interceptions Between Movement and Permaculture Practices
- Beyond Biomedicine: Centring Indigenous Knowledge and Justice in Health Education for Rural Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Collaborative Leadership in Design Education: Transforming Writing Pedagogies Through Feminist Methodologies
- Understanding Resilience Through a Neuroscience-Informed Lens: A Narrative Inquiry into Positive Outcomes After Childhood Adversity
- Mindfulness and Ecological Intelligence in Design, Technology and Entrepreneurship Education
- From Project to Pedagogy: Designing a Fashion Curriculum Grounded in Sustainable Practice and Industry Collaboration