Sara Bimo

Biographic Data

ID4267225
NAMESara Bimo
GIVEN NAMESSara
FAMILY NAMEBimo
SIGNATUREBIMO S
AFFILIATIONSYork University
ORCID0009-0006-6057-4454
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS53
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Social media-fication in the apposphere

    Open AccessAparajita Bhandari, Sara Bimo et al.ARTICLENew Media & Society2026References: 34

    In today’s digital landscape, platforms increasingly “feel like” social media. We observe the “social media-fication” of so-called “non-social media” platforms as expressive characteristics of traditional social media platforms are incorporated into mobile apps typically used for other purposes. We argue that this manifests through the repackaging of user behavioral data into expressive social updates, such as GPS maps capturing user movement or …

  • Algorithms, Aesthetics and the Changing Nature of Cultural Consumption Online

    Open AccessSara Bimo, Aparajita BhandariARTICLEAoIR Selected Papers of Internet…2023

    This paper examines the development of digital subcultures and microtrends in a social media landscape increasingly driven by algorithms. We explore the increasing proliferation of subcultures defined by aesthetic categories which we refer to as “microtrends. In this paper we draw from a combined mixed-methods exploration– a visual discourse analysis taken in conjunction with critical technoculture analysis (CDTA) – of content shared to the popul…

  • Digital Traces, Social Residues

    Open AccessChelsea P Butkowski, Sara Bimo et al.ARTICLEAoIR Selected Papers of Internet…2023

    Self-representation is ubiquitous in digital spaces, but much of the existing literature discussing it is focused on social media contexts. Self-representation involves the creation of media traces that record users’ presence and existence through media, but these traces and the platforms that circulate them do not have to be explicitly or directly social. We study self-representation in alternative digital contexts: lifestyle apps focused on amb…

  • What Does the Internet Sound Like

    Open AccessAparajita Bhandari, Sara Bimo et al.ARTICLEAoIR Selected Papers of Internet…2023

    When it comes to the study of internet phenomena, the visual constitutes a privileged mode of analysis, as seen by the ample and storied scholarship on visual media dn visually based methods. In order to disrupt this “hegemony of the visual,” and explore alternate ways of knowing and being online, this panel bring internet studies scholarship into meaningful dialogue with sound studies scholarship and poses the provocation: “how can sound be used…

  • Why's Everyone on TikTok Now? The Algorithmized Self and the Future of Self-Making on Social Media

    Open AccessAparajita Bhandari, Sara BimoARTICLESocial Media + Society2022Cited by: 53References: 16

    The video-sharing social media platform TikTok has experienced a rapid rise in use since its release in 2016. While its popularity is undeniable, at the first glance, it seems to offer features already available on previously existing and well-established platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook. To understand processes of self-making on TikTok, we undertake two methods of data collection: a walkthrough of the app and its surrounding en…

  • Tiktok and the “Algorithmized Self”

    Open AccessAparajita Bhandari, Sara BimoARTICLEAoIR Selected Papers of Internet…2020

    Since its release in 2017, the video sharing app TikTok has been downloaded 1.5 billion times. While its popularity has been attributed to the abundance of celebrity users, its interactive features, and its short, palatable video length, it has been the subject of relatively few academic studies. This project employs the walkthrough method to examine TikTok within the context of identity negotiation and self-representation on social media. More s…