Dunja Nešović

Dunja Nešović is a PhD candidate in Communication Studies at Concordia University in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke and a lab coordinator/research assistant at the Digital Intimacy, Gender, and Sexuality (DIGS) Lab.

Her doctoral research investigates the mediation of lesbian desire in the convergent digital media environment, with a focus on (reality) television and social media. 

Thesis title: Hunting wives and housewives: Mediatised reality of lesbian desire in the convergent media environment 

Journal Articles

2021: “This is Meant For You: Manifestation of the Algorithmic Imaginary on TikTok. Tijdschrift Kunstlicht 42 (1-2).

Chapters in a Book

2022: “Bottom Text of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Reality TV Shows and Internet Memes.” In Dragićević-Šešić, M., & Nikolić, T. (Eds.) Digitalni horizonti kulture, umetnosti i medija, (pp. 285-298). Clio.

Book Reviews

2024: The Digital Closet: How the Internet Became Straight. By Alexander Monea. Canadian Journal of Communication, 49(3), 507–510. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjc-2024-0054

Research Reports

2026: Algorithms and “elderqueers”: Findings from a study of intergenerational exchanges about sexual and gender identity on TikTok. Digital Intimacy, Gender, and Sexuality Lab, Concordia University. Montréal, QC, CA. Co-authored with Stefanie Duguay.

Web Articles

2022: Longform essay, “No Shot Like Screenshot: Banal, Sublime, Dangerous.” INC Longform, Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam.

2021: Longform essay, “Now You See Me: Visibility of the Lesbian Identity on TikTok.” INC Longform, Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam.

Edited Publications

2023: Guest editor, Tijdschrift Kunstlicht, 44: Failing on Time issue (1-2), March 2023.

2022: Editor, PrtScn: The Lazy Art of Screenshot, INC Zine #3, Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam.