Author: Philip Mai

I am the Projects and Communications Manager at the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship and Research Manager at the Social Media Lab at Dalhousie University, home of the annual Social Media and Society Conference.

#SMSociety 2020 is Going Virtual!

  • March 13, 2020
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Dear SMSociety Community! We are writing to let you know that the SMSociety organizing committee recently met to discuss the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the conference. Our plan until a few days ago was to keep calm and carry on, but out of an abundance of caution, as … Continue Reading →

#SMSociety 2020 #CFP Chicago, USA| July 22-24. Diverse Voices: Promises and Perils of Social Media For Diversity.

  • October 9, 2019
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IMPORTANT DATES Full papers* (6000-8000 words) Due: Jan. 27, 2020 WIP papers (extended abstract, 1000-1200 word s) Due: Jan. 27, 2020 Panels, Workshops, & Posters Due: Mar. 16, 2020 PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES *Full papers presented at the Conference will be published in the conference proceedings by ACM International Conference Proceeding Series … Continue Reading →

ICYMI: #SMSociety 2019 Keynote by Valerie Steeves

  • July 25, 2019
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“Not So Social, Not So Networked: Teens’ Perspectives of Privacy and Trust on Social Media” In the past two years, The eQuality Project has conducted a series of research projects exploring how teens use social media in their daily lives. Our findings suggest that teens do not share aspects of … Continue Reading →

ICYMI: #SMSociety 2019 Keynote by Tarleton Gillespie

  • July 25, 2019
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“Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media” Content moderation can serve as a prism for examining what platforms are, and how they subtly torque public life. Our understanding of platforms too blithely accepted the terms in which they were sold and celebrated … Continue Reading →

2019 #SMSociety Awards Announcement

  • July 24, 2019
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The winners of the 2019 International Conference on Social Media & Society Awards are: Best Paper & Best Methods Paper Awards Both paper awards are selected by the Organizing Committee from the pool of accepted full papers, based on the peer-review scores and feedback. Best Paper Award goes to Xinru … Continue Reading →