Research

Daubs, Michael S. and Jeffrey Wimmer. "Zur Analyse von Extremismus in Online-Spieleplattformen: Ansätze und Herausforderungen [Analysing extremism on online gaming platforms: approaches and challenges]." Communicatio Socialis 57, no. 3 (2024): 330-340.
 
Daubs, Michael S. "Wellness Communities and Vaccine Hesitancy." Media International Australia 193, no. 1 (2024): 19-32.

Calder-Dawe, Octavia, Cherie Lacey, Margaret Wetherell, and Michael S. Daubs. "Being a Positive Influence(r): Exploring Affective Pedagogies of Wellbeing and Positivity on Instagram." Feminist Media Studies (2024): 1-17.

Daubs, Michael S. "Public Service Radio, Indigenous Language, and Decolonization: Lessons from New Zealand." Journal of Radio & Audio Media 28, no. 1 (2021): 25-47.

Manzerolle, Vincent R. and Michael S. Daubs. "Friction-Free Authenticity: Mobile Social Networks and Transactional Affordances." Media, Culture & Society 43, no. 7 (2021): 1279-1296.

Beattie, Alex, and Michael S. Daubs. "Framing 'Digital Well-Being' as a Social Good." First Monday 25, no. 12 (2020).

Daubs, Michael S. "The myth of an egalitarian Internet: Occupy Wall Street and the Mediatization of Social Movements." International Journal of Digital Television 8, no. 3 (2017): 367-82.

Kuehn, Kathleen R., and Michael S. Daubs. "The Holy Trail: Rethinking 'Value' in Google's Ubiquitous Mapping Project." MediaNZ 16, no. 1 (2017): 74-89.

Daubs, Michael S, and Jeffrey Wimmer. "Forgetting History: Mediated Reflections on Occupy Wall Street." Media and Communication 5, no. 3 (2017): 49-58.

Daubs, Michael S. "HTML5, Digital Rights Management (DRM), and the Rhetoric of Openness." Journal of Media Critiques 3, no. 9 (2017): 77-94.

Daubs, Michael S. "The Social News Network: The Appropriation of Community Labour in CNN's iReport." The Political Economy of Communication 3, no. 2 (2015): 55-73.

Daubs, Michael S., and Vincent R. Manzerolle. "App-centric mobile media and commoditization: Implications for the future of the open Web." Mobile Media & Communication 4, no. 1 (2015): 52–68.

Daubs, Michael S. "Hindsight in 2020?: New Zealand's 'Wait and See' Approach to Mobile Broadband Regulation." Media International Australia 151 (May 2014): 171-79.

Daubs, Michael. "Subversive or Submissive? User-Produced Flash Cartoons and Television Animation." Animation Studies 5, (2010): 51-59.

Baldwin, Dan L., Michael Daubs, and John B. Ludwick. "Flashimation: The Context and Culture of Web Animation." In ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Art Gallery. Boston, Massachusetts: ACM Press, 2006.

Daubs, Michael S. “Mobile Media.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication, edited by Matthew Powers: Oxford University Press, 2025.

Manzerolle, Vincent and Michael S. Daubs. “Mobile Transactional Cultures.” In The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media, 2nd edition, edited by Gerard Goggin and Larissa Hjorth, 324-334. London: Taylor & Francis, 2025.

Daubs, Michael. “Media Ensembles and Te Reo Māori (the Māori language) in Aotearoa New Zealand.” In Minority-language media: Current challenges in a fragmented mediascape, edited by Miren Manias Muñoz, Sergiusz Bober and Craig Willis, 97-119. Springer Nature / Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.

Daubs, Michael. “Medienregulierung und die Zukunft der Medien: Die Fallbeispiel künstlicher Intelligenz [Media regulation and the future of media: the case study of artificial intelligence].” In Zukunft der Medien – Medien der Zukunft, edited by Andreas Hepp, Sigrid Kannengießer, and Jeffrey Wimmer, 146-60. Springer VS, 2025.

Daubs, Michael S. "Internationalising white extremism: far right networks in New Zealand and beyond." In Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa New Zealand, edited by Matthew Cunningham, Marinus La Rooij and Paul Spoonley, 325-342. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, 2022.

Daubs, Michael S., and Kathleen Kuehn. "Physical Digital Labour and the Commoditisation of Cultural Sites: Mediatising Tourism through Social Mapping." In The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism, edited by Maria Månsson, Cecilia Cassinger, Lena Eskilsson and Annæ Buchmann, 71-80. New York: Routledge, 2020.

Daubs, Michael. "Mobile Technology." In Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media, edited by Mona Baker, Bolette Blaagaard, Henry Jones and Luis Pérez-González. New York: Routledge, 2020.

Daubs, Michael S. "From Misinformation to Modern Lügenpresse: The Redefinition of Fake News." In Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy, edited by Elżbieta Kużelewska, Georgios Terzis, Daniel Trottier and Dariusz Kloza, 11-30. European Integration and Democracy. Cambridge: Intersentia, 2020.

Daubs, Michael S. "Myth #26: We Are All Journalists and News Creators Now." In Busted! The Truth About the 50 Most Common Internet Myths, edited by Matthias C. Kettemann and Stephan Dreyer, 122-25. Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut, 2019.

Daubs, Michael. "Digital Revolution." In SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, edited by Deborah L. Merskin, 471-75. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019.

Daubs, Michael. "HTML and CSS." In SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, edited by Deborah L. Merskin, 762-64. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019.

Daubs, Michael. "Social Networking Site." In SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, edited by Deborah L. Merskin, 1611-15. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019.

Daubs, Michael. "User-Generated Content." In SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, edited by Deborah L. Merskin, 1825-27. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019.

Daubs, Michael. "User-Generated Media." In SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, edited by Deborah L. Merskin, 1827-29. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019.

Daubs, Michael. "Web Browsers." In SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, edited by Deborah L. Merskin, 1890-93. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019.

Daubs, Michael S., and Vincent R. Manzerolle. 2017. "Introduction: From Here to Ubiquity." In Mobile and Ubiquitous Media: Critical and International Perspectives, edited by Michael S. Daubs and Vincent R. Manzerolle, 1–16. New York: Peter Lang.

Daubs, Michael. "Integration Durch Diversifikation: Die Mediatisierung Sozialer Bewegungen vom 'Kampf Von Seattle' bis Occupy." In Zwischen Integration und Diversifikation. Medien und Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt im Digitalen Zeitalter, edited by Olaf Jandura, Manuel Wendelin, Marian Adolf and Jeffrey Wimmer, 121-38. Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS, 2017.

Daubs, Michael S. "Network Neutrality, Mobile Networks, and User-Generated Activism." In Regulating the Web: Network Neutrality and the Fate of the Open Internet, edited by Zack Stiegler, 185-200. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2013.

Thompson, Peter A. and Michael S. Daubs. International Regulatory Frameworks for Online Content: A Research Report Commissioned by the Department of Internal Affairs (Te Tari Taiwhenua). Department of Internal Affairs (Wellington, New Zealand: 2021).

Daubs, Michael S. "AI Regulation and the Future of Media." Paper presented to The Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference 2025, Toronto, Canada, 2-5 June, 2025.

Manzerolle, Vincent, Daubs, Michael S. "Transactional Configurations of Audiences, Users, and Funders Notes on the Political Economy of Crowdfunding Platforms in Light of the Emergencies Act." Paper presented to The Law of Giving: Ecosystem and Legal Implications of Crowdfunding & Personal Donation Platforms. Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 26-27 June, 2024.

Daubs, Michael S. "From Wellness to Extremism: Accelerationism and the Parliament Protests." Paper presented to Kōtaha - The Internet, Social Media and Politics Research Lab (ISPRL) Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand, 16-17 November, 2022.

Florini, Sarah, Catherine Knight Steele, Kevin Winstead and Michael S. Daubs. "Disinformation and Global White Supremacy, or, Why the World's Best Black Studies Program is at the Kremlin." Paper presented to Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) 2022, Dublin, Ireland, 2-5 November, 2022.

Daubs, Michael S. "White Extremism and the Network Society in Aotearoa New Zealand." Paper presented to Understanding the Challenges around Democracy, Social Media and Security in Aotearoa, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2-5 May, 2022.

Daubs, Michael S. "Media Ensembles and the Revitalisation of Indigenous Language." Paper presented to Multi-platform and Connecting Communities: Contemporary Challenges for Minority Language Media, Flensburg, Germany, 31 March-01 April, 2022.

Daubs, Michael S. "Wellness Discourse from Self-Improvement to Extremism." Paper presented to New Zealand Discourse Conference 8, Dunedin, New Zealand, 10-11 December, 2021.

Daubs, Michael S., and Vincent Manzerolle. "Snapchat, Augmented Reality, and Transactional Affordances." Paper presented to IAMCR 2021, Nairobi, Kenya, July 11-15, 2021.

Beattie, Alex, and Michael S. Daubs. 2019. "Framing Digital Wellbeing as a Social Good." Paper presented to AAHPSSS 2019: Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science, Wellington, New Zealand, November 12–15, 2019.

Daubs, Michael S., and Vincent Manzerolle. "App-centric Media, Spreadability, and Transactional Culture." Paper presented to Circles of Conversation – The Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference 2019, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 2–6, 2019.

Daubs, Michael S. "Fake News from Misinformation to Modern Lügenpresse: Interrogating the link between Post-Truth and Postmodern." Epochales Denken / Epochal Thinking – German Studies Association of Australia (GSAA) Annual Conference 2018. Wellington, New Zealand, November 28–30, 2018.

Daubs, Michael S. "Incorporating Aboriginal Language in Broadcast Media: Lessons from New Zealand." Gathering Diversities – The Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference 2018. Regina, Saskatchewan, May 30–June 1, 2018.

Daubs, Michael S. "Fake News: From Misinformation to Modern Lügenpresse" Paper presented to PopCAANZ 2017, Wellington, New Zealand, July 10-11, 2017.

Daubs, Michael S. and Jeffrey Wimmer. "Occupy and the Erasure of History via the Merging of Online and Offline Practices." Paper presented to Acting on Media: Pioneer Communities, Social Movements and Civil Society Organizations, Bremen, Germany, October 13-14, 2016.

Daubs, Michael S. "Encoding Commercial Interests: HTML5, Digital Rights Management (DRM) and the Future of the Web." Paper to be presented to IAMCR 2015, Montreal, Canada, June 12-16, 2015.

Kuehn, Kathleen and Michael S. Daubs. "The Holy Trail: Rethinking 'Value' in Google's Ubiquitous Mapping Project." Paper presented to Media Ubiquity: Spaces, Places and Networks, Auckland, New Zealand, October 31, 2014.

Daubs, Michael S. "Integration durch Diversifikation: Neue Medienlogik vom 'Kampf von Seattle' bis Occupy / Integration through Diversification: New 'Media Logic' from the Battle in Seattle to Occupy." Paper presented to Integration – Diversifikation: Medien und gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt im digitalen Zeitalter, Düsseldorf, Germany, October 9-11, 2014.

Daubs, Michael S. "What's New is Past: Flash Animation and Cartoon History." Paper presented to Loops and Splices: Changing Media Technologies, Wellington, New Zealand, August 1, 2014.

Daubs, Michael S. "New 'Media Logic': The Mediatisation of Protest Movements." Paper presented to Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) 2014, Melbourne, Australia, July 9-11 2014.

Daubs, Michael, and Vincent Manzerolle. "Appertunity Knocks? App-Centric Media and the Diminishing Possibility of an Open Web." Paper presented to Apps and Affect, London, Ontario, Canada, October 18-20 2013.

Daubs, Michael S. "News Network as Social Network: The Exploitation of Community in the Rebranding of CNN's iReport." Paper presented to Transformations in Broadcasting, Leeds, UK, July 12-13, 2012.

Daubs, Michael S. "Mobilization in Moments of Crisis: The #Occupy Movement and Inter-Media Agenda Setting." Paper presented to Crossroads: Scholarship for an Uncertain World - The Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference 2012. Waterloo, Ontario, May 20-June 1, 2012.

Daubs, Michael. "Television, Participatory Journalism and the Aesthetics of Immediacy." Paper presented to Theoretisch praktisch!?: The 56th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK). Dortmund, Germany, June 1-3, 2011.

Daubs, Michael. "The Pirate Paradox: Subverting and Reifying the Ideology of Mass Media." Paper presented to Mediatized Worlds, Bremen, Germany, April 14-15, 2011.

Daubs, Michael. "Subversive or Submissive? User-Produced Flash Cartoons and Television Animation." Paper presented to Animation Evolution: The 22nd Society for Animation Studies Annual Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, July 9-11, 2010.

Daubs, Michael. "Television and New Media Aesthetics: Remediation and the Challenge to Independent User/Producers." Paper presented to Media Culture in Change: The 54th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK). Bremen, Germany, April 29-May 1, 2009.

Daubs, Michael. "Flashimation: Cultural Exchange between Television and New Media." Paper presented to Animated Dialogues: The 19th Society for Animation Studies Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, June 17-19, 2007.

Baldwin, Daniel, Michael Daubs, and Adam Siurek. "Developing Professional Practices through Civic Engagement: A Case Study of Computer Graphics Technology Senior Design Courses." Paper presented to the 61st Annual American Society for Engineering Education/Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-Year Technical Conference. San Diego, California, July 12-15, 2007.

Baldwin, Daniel, Michael Daubs, and John Ludwick. "Flashimation: The Context and Culture of Web Animation." Paper presented to the 33rd International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH 2006), Boston, Massachusetts, August, 2006.

Daubs, Michael, and Daniel Baldwin. "Creating Digital Partnerships with Social Organizations: A Call to Action for State-Funded EducationalInstitutions." Paper presented to the Second annual conference of the Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN), Cape Town , South Africa , August, 2005.

Daubs, Michael. "Govt’s AI strategy is all hype and no vision." Newsroom, https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/29/govts-ai-strategy-is-all-hype-and-no-vision, 2025.

Daubs, Michael. "Public-use AI helping in surveillance and warfare." Newsroom, https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/18/public-use-ai-helping-in-state-surveillance-and-warfare, 2025.

Daubs, Michael. "Radicalisation in real time." Newsroom, https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/all-together-freedom-convoys-wellness-communities-anti-vaxers-and-extremists, 2022.

Daubs, Michael. "Book Review - Truthteller: An Investigative Reporter’s Journey through the World of Truth Prevention, Fake News and Conspiracy Theories." New Zealand International Review 44, no. 6 (November/December 2019): 25-26.

Daubs, Michael. "Twitter’s Political Ad Ban a Hopeful but Empty Gesture." Newsroom, https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/twitters-political-ad-ban-a-hopeful-but-empty-gesture, 2019.

Daubs, Michael, and Vincent Manzerolle. "Social Shopping on Its Way - Are You Ready?" Newsroom, https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/social-shopping-on-its-way-are-you-ready, 2019.

Daubs, Michael. "The Legacy of the Digital Revolution." Newsroom, https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/digital-revolution-assessing-the-legacy-of-the-occupy-movement, 2017.

Daubs, Michael. "Battling Trolls and Fake News." Newsroom, https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/the-compound-problem-of-fake-news, 2017.