Program for Wednesday, September 16th

PROGRAM FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH

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09:00-10:00 Session 7: Keynote: Katrin Weller

09:00

Katrin Weller

From Regulation to Research: Navigating the Digital Services Act’s Article 40 in Search Studies

10:00-10:30Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 Session 8A: Track A: AI answers, podcasts & behaviour

10:30	Lisa Eleonora Haase, Marius Brüning Genannt Wolter, Benno Michaelsen, Fabian Schott and Dirk Lewandowski Visual Cues and Trust in AI-Generated Search Results: An Eye-Tracking Study on Google AI Overviews
10:45	Alisa Rieger, Vitalii Hirak, Stefan Dietze and Ran Yu Comparing Chat and Search for Engaging with News Topics
11:00	Dorian Tsolak and Leona Murray How Users Prompt Generative Search Engines for News and Political Information: An Empirical Taxonomy PRESENTER: Dorian Tsolak
11:15	Jacqueline Sachse Synchronous and Sequential Modes of SERP-based Relevance Evaluation
11:30	Rasmus Helles Are we being framed? Using integrative framing analysis to audit generative search engine results

10:30-12:30 Session 8B: Track B: Methods & Infrastructure

10:30	Kateryna Kasianenko, Ashwin Nagappa, Oleg Zendel, Sally Storey, Axel Bruns, Daniel Angus, Kath Albury, Mark Sanderson, Abdul Karim Obeid, Amanda Lawrence, Anand Badola, Chenglong Ma, Ekaterina Tokareva, Fan Yang, Fletcher Scott, Futoon M. Abu Shaqra, India Read, Joanne Kuai, Kun Ran, Khanh Luong, Kieran Hegarty, Madhurima Khirbat, Nuha Abu Onq, Rayane El Masri, Sadia Sharmin, Sara Allawati, Shuoqi Sun, Udiana Dewi, Utami Diah Kusumawati, Xinye Wanyan, Yanheng Fang, Awais Hameed Khan, Bogdan Mamaev, Kacper Sokol, Kyle Herbertson, Johanne Trippas, Damiano Spina and Danula Hettiachchi Hacking the “wicked problems” of search: A hackathon as a collaborative approach towards capturing query variability PRESENTER: Kateryna Kasianenko
11:00	Ashwin Nagappa, Abdul Karim Obeid, Sebastian Sünkler, Kateryna Kasianenko and Daniel Angus Method Impossible? A Reflection on the Fragility of Methodologies And Infrastructures For Search Engine Research PRESENTER: Ashwin Nagappa
11:30	Ann-Sofie Klareld and Peter Bauer Under a new archival umbrella – the investment in a national search engine and its implications for the use of archives PRESENTER: Ann-Sofie Klareld
11:45	Frans van der Sluis Responsible Consumption as an Information and Communication Problem for Search Engines

12:30-13:30Lunch Break

13:30-15:00 Session 9A: Track A: SEO, GEO & Visibility

13:30	Sebastian Schultheiß Modeling the Impact of Search Engine Marketing on User Knowledge Gain
14:00	Hadeer Elmalah Semantic Multi-Cluster Coverage and LLM Citation Frequency: A Controlled Generative Engine Optimization Experiment
14:30	Tereza Schambergerová Will AI Overviews Reshape Media SEO Strategies? A Longitudinal Analysis of Query Segments and Search Traffic Changes

13:30-15:00 Session 9B: Track B: Critical & theoretical perspectives

13:30	Bhaskar Mitra Emancipatory IR: Towards Critical Theories and Practices
14:00	Renée Ridgway Chatbot rodeo: a comparative interface of GPT responses exploring context windows and Rogerian psychoanalysis
14:30	Katherine Parsons Search Engines and Generative AI in the Cultural Imaginary

15:00-15:30Coffee Break

15:30-16:15 Session 10: Wrap-Up & Community Meeting

Wrap-up of the presentations programme, reflections from the organising team and announcement of SEASON 2027, followed by discussions on how to further advance the SEASON community. The conference continues on 17 September with a full day of workshops.

Presenters:

Conference chair: Rosie Graham
Local Chairs: Dirk Lewandowski and Sebastian Schultheiß.

15:30	Rosie Graham, Dirk Lewandowski and Sebastian Schultheiß Presentations Wrap-Up PRESENTER: Rosie Graham
15:45	Rosie Graham, Dirk Lewandowski and Sebastian Schultheiß SEASON Community Meeting PRESENTER: Rosie Graham

15:45-16:45 Session 11: Film Screening

A selection of short films by artist and filmmaker Manu Luksch, exploring themes of algorithmic governance, surveillance, and AI in relation to the conference context.

15:45

Rosie Graham

Short Film Selection: Algo-Rhythm and Others