Aparajita Bhandari
Graduate Student, Department of Communication

Research Interests
Social media and social movements, algorithms and governance of online platforms, online community, critical data studies, place and space, digital cultural studies, urban studies
Education
- B.S. with Honours, Psychology, University of Toronto
Awards & Honors
- Social Studies and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 2022 Recipient
- Mellon Collaborative Studies Urbanism Seminar Fellow, Spring 2021
- Cornell Summer Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities, Summer 2020
Contact Information
ab2725 [at] cornell.edu
- Bhandari, A., Bimo, S. (2022). Why’s Everyone on TikTok Now? The Algorithmized Self and the Future of Sociality on Social Media. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221086241
- Bhandari, A., Ozanne, M., Bazarova, N., DiFranzo, D. (2021). Do You Care Who Flagged This Post? Effects of Moderator Visibility on Bystander Behavior. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. 26(5), 284-300. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmab007
- Bhandari, A., Sun, B. (2021). An Online “Home” for the Homeless: Analysing the Subreddit R/homeless. New Media and Society. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211048615
- Kruzan, K., Whitlock, J., Bazarova, N., Bhandari, A., Chapman, J. (2021). Promoting recovery from nonsuicidal self-injury: A small-scale randomized controlled trial of a mobile peer support application. JMIR Formative Research.