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DESCRIPTION:This seminar examines how creative live digital content mediate
 s encounters with extreme weather and hazard events. Across platforms such
  as YouTube\, TikTok\, Facebook and Discord\, content creators increasingl
 y act as interpreters\, curators and performers of unfolding crises. They 
 translate complex event dynamics into accessible and affectively engaging 
 narratives. In doing so\, they shape not only how events are understood\, 
 but also how audiences participate in them. Drawing on a digital ethnograp
 hy of extreme weather events during 2025-2026 as a part of a UKRI project\
 , Watching it Unfold\, the seminar explores how these engagements are incr
 easingly organised through monetised mechanisms – including paid message s
 ystems\, micro-donations and personalised risk- information services. Thes
 e practices represent an emerging form of monetised anticipation\, in whic
 h the interpretation of risk\, preparedness advice and event commentary be
 come revenue-generating activities. By examining the intersections of live
 ness\, attention and monetisation\, the talk highlights how contemporary h
 azard communication is being reshaped within platform economies. It raises
  important questions about authority and the commercialisation of risk in 
 digitally mediated environments\n
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LOCATION:Room 426\, Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue 
 Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Watching it unfold: the creative economies of live-streamed extreme
  events (Simon Dickinson\, University of Plymouth)
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/geography/channels/event/watching-it-unfold-creat
 ive-economies-live-streamed-extreme-events-simon-dickinson-university-3741
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