Latest publications
Lim, M. (2025). In curhat we unite (and divide): Scalable affective sociability, algorithmic politics, and social media in Indonesia. Indonesia. 119 (April): 39-57. https://doi.org/10.1353/ind.2025.a961926.
Kloos, D., Lim, M., Linquist, J. (2025). Faith, Followers, and Factions: Making Social Media Publics in Indonesia. Indonesia. 119 (April): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1353/ind.2025.a961924.
Lim, M. (2024). Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. electronic; print
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Lim, M. (2023). “Everything everywhere all at once”: Social Media, Algorithmic/Marketing Culture, and Activism in Southeast Asia. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 24(2): 181-190. [PDF] or [PDF]. https://doi.org/10.1353/gia.2023.a913644. A video of Lim’s “Q&A with Author” is available here.
Lim, M. (2023). From Activist Media to Algorithmic Politics: The Internet, social media, and civil society in Southeast Asia in E. Hansson & M. Weiss, Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia. London & New York: Routledge, pp. 25-44.
Lim, M. (2022). Alternative Imaginations: Confronting and challenging the persistent centrism in social media-society research. Journal of Asian Social Science Research, 4(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.15575/jassr.v4i1.59
Lim, M. (2022). #Coronaconspiracy: Algorithms, Users, and Conspiracy Theories in Social Media. M/C Journal, 25(1). https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/2877
Latest & current art projects
A CAPPELLA with THE EDOENS
I’m a nerd in many things. And when it comes to singing a cappela, I’m a full-on nerd 
You haven’t really met me until you’ve seen me sing live with The Edoens 
So, the video is a glimpse into one unforgettable afternoon with The Edoens 
—our 13 April 2025 concert, brought to life after just four whirlwind rehearsals during the Ied holidays.
MusicArt.ArtMusic – ELEGY
Painting: “Winter Elegy“, acrylic on canvas, by merlyna lim ©2023
Music: Elegy for Yesterday in A minor, composed by merlyna lim ©2023.
check https://merlyna.org/art/#currentproject
