Best Paper Award: Anne Suphan & Bozena Mierzejewska “Happy online and in real life too? How social media interactions affect real life well-being of students in US & Germany”
Best Methods Paper Award: Ming-Hsiang Tsou, Chin-Te Jung, Christopher Allen, Jiue-An Yang, Jean-Mark Gawron, Brian H. Spitzberg & Su Han “Social Media Analytics and Research Test-bed (SMART Dashboard)”
Best Poster Award: Guang Ying Mo “Let’s Keep in Touch on Social Media after the Conference!” Researchers’ Professional Use of Social Media
Youngest Scholar Award: Kunal Singh “A Study of Tweet Chats for Breast Cancer Patients” (co-authored with Ajita John)
Most Engaged Attendee on Twitter Award: Jeffrey Keefer (@Jeffreykeefer)
Attendee Who Traveled the Furthest Award: Crystal Abidin (from Perth, Australia: 18,150.7 KM)
#SMSociety Outstanding Service and Leadership Award: Dr. Barry Wellman