1. Attend the Welcome Remarks and the Featured Panel via Zoom
The session included the Conference’s Welcome Remarks, Best Paper Awards & the Featured Panel on “Diverse Voices: Promises and Perils of Social Media for Diversity” via Zoom. The recording of the session is now available on the conference YouTube Channel and embedded below:
Schedule
- 12:00 (ET) Start of Live Stream via Zoom
- 12:05 Welcome Remarks, Information about the Proceedings and Best Paper Awards – Anatoliy Gruzd (Conference Co-founder & Chair)
- 12:15 Introductory Remarks About the Focus of the Panel- Priya Kumar (Moderator)
- 12:20 Panelists Self-introduction – Bree McEwan, Dhiraj Murthy, Zoetanya Sujon, and Irfan Chaudhry
- 12:30 A Conversation with the Panelists
- 1:00 Q & A with the Audience – (Please Submit your questions to the panelists prior to or during the event via Twitter using the hashtags #SMSociety + #FeaturedPanel together.)
- 1:25 Closing Remarks
- 1:30 End of the Event
Panelists
- Priya Kumar (moderator), Senior Data Analyst with the Digital Inclusion Lab at Global Affairs Canada
- Bree McEwan, Associate Professor and the Communication and Technology degree coordinator, DePaul Univesity (USA)
- Dhiraj Murthy, Associate Professor and the Director of the Computational Media Lab at the University of Texas at Austin (USA)
- Zoetanya Sujon, Senior Lecturer and Programme Director in Communications and Media at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (UK)
- Irfan Chaudhry, a hate crime researcher and the Director of the Office of Human Rights, Diversity and Equity at MacEwan University (Canada)
2. Watch and comment on pre-recorded 5-min Spotlight Talks on YouTube
All 83 pre-recorded presentations will be released on YouTube on July 22 starting at 9:00am (GMT, Greenwich time). Following the authors’ wishes, some videos will only be available for a limited period (10 days till August 1st, 2020), while others will remain public for one year (until August 1st, 2021).
- When: starting July 22, 2020 at 9:00am (GMT, Greenwich)
- How: Online Programme
- Mode: Asynchronous
- Q&A: Use YouTube’s commenting feature for each video to submit your questions and provide collegial and constructive feedback to the authors. All comments will be moderated to avoid spam.
- Most Engaging Presentation Award: The presentation with the greatest number of comments on YouTube by July 31 will receive the “Most Engaging Presentation” Award. The result will be announced on August 1, 2020 via our Twitter account and the conference website.
3. Engage with the #SMSociety Community on Twitter
- When: July 22-31, 2020
- How: Use the conference hashtag #SMSociety on Twitter to connect with other community members, share videos of your own spotlight talk or comment on talks from other authors.
- Mode: Asynchronous
- Most Engaged Attendee on Twitter Award: Just like in the past years, we are going to have the “Most Engaged Attendee on Twitter” Award to be announced on August 1, 2020 via our Twitter account and the conference website. So, start tweeting early and often!
4. Read the Full Papers in the Conference Proceedings via ACM Digital Library
- When: starting on July 22, 2020
- How: ACM Digital Library
- Mode: Asynchronous
- Note: While some published papers will require the institutional subscription to the ACM Digital Library. Please feel free to email the authors directly to ask for their pre-print copy.
5. Access Conference Swag
- Considering the virtual format of this year’s conference, the 2020 conference swag is also digital.
- It’s a free 3-month PRO license to Communalytic, a new research tool designed to collect, analyze and visualize public data from Reddit.
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