About

The International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMsociety) is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. It is the premier venue for sharing and discovering new peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research on how social media affects society. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, #SMSociety provides participants with opportunities to exchange ideas, present original research, learn about recent and ongoing studies, and network with peers.

The conference’s intensive three-day program features hands-on workshops, full papers, work-in-progress papers, panels, and posters. The wide-ranging topics in social media showcase research from scholars working in many fields including Communication, Computer Science, Education, Journalism, Information Science, Management, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.

2020 Organizing Committee

Anatoliy Gruzd
Conference Chair

Canada Research Chair | Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists | Associate Professor [Schl of Info. Tech. Management] | Director of Research [Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Canada]
Philip Mai, M.A., J.D.
Conference Chair

Director of Business & Communications [Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management] | Manager of Academic Communications,
[University Relations, Ryerson University, Canada]
Raquel Recuero
Full Papers Chair

Associate Professor [Communication and Linguistics Department, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil]
Ángel Hernández-García
Full Papers Chair

Associate Professor [Department of Organization Engineering, Business Management and Statistics, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain]
Jaigris Hodson
Poster Chair

Associate Professor [Royal Roads University, Canada] | Canadian Science Policy Fellow [Dept. Environment and Climate Change, Canada]
Chei Sian Lee
Work-in-Progress (WIP) Papers Chair

Associate Professor [The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore]
James Cook
Work-in-Progress (WIP) Papers Chair

Associate Professor of Sociology [University of Maine at Augusta, USA]

2020 Host Committee

DePaul University, Chicago

Advisory Board

Caroline Haythornthwaite
Advisory Board Member, 2018-2020

Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Zizi Papacharissi
Advisory Board Member, 2016-19

Professor and Head, Dept. of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA; Editor, Social Media+Society

2020 Program Committee

Name	Organization	Country
Adam Worrall	University of Alberta	Canada
Ahmed Al-Rawi	Simon Fraser University	Canada
Alex Fenton	University of Salford	United Kingdom
Alexandra Weilenmann	Univesity of Gothenburg	Sweden
Alton Chua	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore
Amir Karami	University of South Carolina	United States
Ammina Kothari	Rochester Institute of Technology	United States
Anabel Quan-Haase	Western University	Canada
Ana-Maria Herman	Ryerson University	Canada
Anat Ben-David	Open University of Israel	Israel
Anders Olof Larsson	Westerdals Oslo ACT	Norway
Andrew Herman	Wilfrid Laurier University	Canada
Ángel Hernández-García	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid	Spain
Ann Pegoraro	Laurentian University	Canada
Arkaitz Zubiaga	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom
Ataharul Chowdhury	University of Guelph	Canada
Axel Bruns	Queensland University of Technology	Australia
Balázs Bodó	IVIR/University of Amsterdam	Netherlands
Borchuluun Yadamsuren	Northwestern University	United States
Bree McEwan	DePaul University	United States
Bridget Haina	SUNY Plattsburgh	United States
Brigitte Juanals	Aix-Marseille Université, EJCAM	France
Carlos Toxtli	West Virginia University	United States
Claudia Flores-Saviaga	West Virginia University	United States
Caroline Haythornthwaite	Syracuse University	United States
Catherine Dumas	Simmons University	United States
Chamil Rathnayake	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom
Chris Birchall	University of Leeds	United Kingdom
Christoph Lutz	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway
Damien Renard	UCLouvain - Université Catholique de Louvain	Belgium
Daniel Suthers	University of Hawaii	United States
Deena Abul-Fottouh	University of Toronto	Canada
Dhiraj Murthy	The University of Texas at Austin	United States
Donna Smith	Ryerson University	Canada
Ehsan Mohammadi	University of South Carolina	United States
Ella Taylor-Smith	Edinburgh Napier University	United Kingdom
Esther Brainin	Ruppin Academic Center Israel	Israel
Felipe Soares	Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Brazil
Francesco Sinatora	The George Washington University	United States
Guang Ying Mo	Ryerson University	Canada
Harry Dyer	UEA	United Kingdom
Heidi Tworek	University of British Columbia	Canada
Herminder Kaur	Middlesex University	United Kingdom
Hsuan-Ting Chen	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Igor Kanovsky	Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel	Israel
Jacob Groshek	Boston University	United States
Jacqui Taylor	Bournemouth University	United Kingdom
Jacquie Burkell	University of Western Ontario	Canada
Janis Goldie	Huntington University at Laurentian	Canada
Jean-Christophe Plantin	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom
Jean-Luc Minel	Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense	France
Jeff Hemsley	Syracuse University	United States
Jenna Drenten	Loyola University Chicago	United States
Jenna Jacobson	Ryerson University	Canada
Jeremy Hunsinger	wilfrid laurier university	Canada
John Paolillo	Indiana University	United States
John Wihbey	Northeastern University	United States
Juana Du	Royal Roads University	Canada
Ju-Sung Lee	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands
Katie Lebel	Ryerson University	Canada
Katrin Weller	GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences	Germany
Katy Jordan	The Open University	United Kingdom
Kazuhiro Kazama	Wakayama University	Japan
Kevin Smets	Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Universiteit Antwerpen	Belgium
Kokil Jaidka	University of Pennsylvania	United States
Ksenia Tsyganova	SPbGU	Russia
Leni Krsova	Charles University	Czechia
Libby Hemphill	University of Michigan	United States
Lina Gomez	University of Tampa	United States
Lisa Lundgren	University of Connecticut	United States
Lisa Sugiura	University of Portsmouth	United Kingdom
Liz Dowthwaite	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom
Lourdes Martinez	San Diego State University	United States
Lu Xiao	Syracuse University	United States
Luca Rossi	IT University of Copenhagen	Denmark
Luke Sloan	Cardiff University	United Kingdom
M.E. Luka	University of Toronto	Canada
Marc Esteve del Valle	University of Groningen	Netherlands
Margeret Hall	University of Nebraska Omaha	United States
Maria Gintova	Ryerson University	Canada
Marta Severo	Université Paris Nanterre	France
Mary Cavanagh	University of Ottawa	Canada
Mathieu O'Neil	University of Canberra	Australia
Matti Nelimarkka	Aalto & Uni. Helsinki	Finland
Michael Chan	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Michael Mäs	ETH Zurich	Netherlands
Michael Stefanone	University at Buffalo	United States
Ming-Hsiang Tsou	San Diego State Univesity	United States
Nick Yin Zhang	Hong Kong Baptist University	Hong Kong
Nicole Muscanell	Penn State University, York	United States
Paul Alpar	Philipps-Universität Marburg	Germany
Paul Reilly	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom
Paweł Matuszewski	Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University	Poland
Priya Kumar	Social Media Lab, Ryerson University	Canada
Rahime Belen Sağlam	University of Kent	United Kingdom
Ravi Vatrapu	Ryerson University	Canada
Rosanna Guadagno	Stanford University	United States
Rose Marie Santini	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Salla-M Laaksonen	University of Helsinki	Finland
Sam Jackson	Syracuse University	United States
Sarah Florini	Arizona State University	United States
Sarah Gilbert	University of Maryland	United States
Sebastian Früh	Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship	Switzerland
Susana Salgado	Institute of Social Sciences - University of Lisbon	Portugal
Tien Ee Dominic Yeo	Hong Kong Baptist University	Hong Kong
Valerie Belair-Gagnon	University of Minnesota	United States
Vanessa Dennen	Florida State University	United States
Wasim Ahmed	Northumbria Uni	United Kingdom
Yimei Zhu	University of Leicester	United Kingdom
Yimin Chen	University of Western Ontario	Canada
Zachary McDowell	University of Illinois at Chicago	United States
Zack Hayat	The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya	Israel
Zahra Vahedi	Ryerson University	Canada
Zeinab Farokhi	University of Toronto	Canada
Zinaida Adelhardt	Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg	Germany
Zoetanya Sujon	University of the Arts London	United Kingdom