The International Conference on Social Media & Society is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 10th year, the 2019 conference is being held in Toronto, Canada from July 19 to 21, 2019.
From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and implications of social media on society. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, the conference 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 will feature 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, Sociology.
Organizing Committee
- Philip MaiConference ChairCo-Director of the Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
- Anatoliy GruzdConference ChairProfessor, Canada Research Chair and Director of Research at the Social Media Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
- Raquel RecueroFull Papers ChairAssociate Professor [Communication and Linguistics Department, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil]
- Priya KumarConference ChairResearch Fellow [Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Canada]
- Jaigris HodsonPoster ChairAssociate Professor [Royal Roads University, Canada] | Canadian Science Policy Fellow [Dept. Environment and Climate Change, Canada]
- Jenna JacobsonFull Papers ChairAssistant Professor [Retail Management, Ted Rogers School of Management] | Research Fellow [Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Canada]
- Jeff HemsleyWork-in-Progress(WIP) Papers ChairAssistant Professor [iSchool, Syracuse University, USA]
- K. Hazel KwonWork-in-Progress(WIP) Papers ChairAssistant Professor [Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, USA]
- Anabel Quan-HaasePanel ChairProfessor of Information and Media Studies and Sociology [Faculty of Information and Media Studies and the Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, Canada]
- Luke SloanPanel ChairReader | Deputy Director [Social Data Science Lab, Cardiff University, UK]
- Hanako SmithVolunteer CoordinatorResearch Assistant [Ryerson University, Canada]
- Alicia WanlessSocial Media AmbassadorPhD Student at King’s College London, UK
Advisory Board
We are now accepting nominations for new members to the Advisory Board. Please send us your nomination for a senior scholar via email at [email protected]
- Caroline HaythornthwaiteAdvisory Board Member, 2018-2020Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
- Susan HalfordAdvisory Board Member, 2017-2019Professor at the University of Bristol, UK | President, British Sociological Association 2018-20
- Zizi PapacharissiAdvisory Board Member, 2016-19Professor and Head, Dept. of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA; Editor, Social Media+Society
- Barry WellmanAdvisory Board Member, 2016-19INSNA Founder, Director – NetLab Network
2019 Program Committee
Name | Organization | Country |
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Wasim Ahmed | Northumbria University | United Kingdom |
Paul Alpar | Philipps-Universität Marburg | Germany |
Ahmed Al-Rawi | Simon Fraser University | Canada |
Fred Amblard | IRIT - University Toulouse 1 Capitole | France |
Marco Bastos | City, University of London | United Kingdom |
Anja Bechmann | Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies | Denmark |
Michael Beier | Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship | Switzerland |
Valerie Belair-Gagnon | University of Minnesota | United States |
Rahime Belen Sağlam | Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University | Turkey |
Anat Ben-David | Open University of Israel | Israel |
Chris Birchall | University of Leeds | United Kingdom |
Balázs Bodó | IVIR/University of Amsterdam | Netherlands |
Mark Boons | Erasmus University | Netherlands |
Esther Brainin | Ruppin Academic Center Israel | Israel |
Axel Bruns | Queensland University of Technology | Australia |
Jacquie Burkell | University of Western Ontario | Canada |
Mark Carrigan | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
Mary Cavanagh | University of Ottawa | Canada |
Michael Chan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
Hsuan-Ting Chen | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
Yimin Chen | University of Western Ontario | Canada |
Ataharul Chowdhury | University of Guelph | Canada |
Alton Chua | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore |
James Cook | University of Maine at Augusta | United States |
Tl Cowan | University of Toronto | Canada |
Maral Dadvar | Stuttgart Media University | Germany |
Huw Davies | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
Vanessa Dennen | Florida State University | United States |
Liz Dowthwaite | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom |
Stefanie Duguay | Concordia University | Canada |
Harry Dyer | University of East Anglia | United Kingdom |
Marc Esteve | University of Groningen | Netherlands |
Sarah Florini | Arizona State University | United States |
Deena Abul-Fottouh | Ryerson University | Canada |
Robert Gehl | The University of Utah | United States |
Maria Gintova | Ryerson University | Canada |
Sarah Gilbert | The University of Maryland | United States |
Lina Gomez | Universitat Jaume I de Castelló | United States |
Jacob Groshek | Boston University | United States |
Anatoliy Gruzd | Ryerson University | Canada |
Rosanna Guadagno | Stanford University | United States |
Sharath Chandra Guntuku | University of Pennsylvania | Singapore |
Margeret Hall | University of Nebraska Omaha | United States |
Martin Hand | Queen's University | Canada |
Halvdan Haugsbakken | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway |
Zack Hayat | Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) | Israel |
Libby Hemphill | University of Michigan | United States |
Jeff Hemsley | Syracuse University | United States |
Ana-Maria Herman | Ryerson University | Canada |
Andrew Herman | Wilfrid Laurier University | Canada |
Ángel Hernández-García | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Spain |
Jaigris Hodson | Roya Roads University | Canada |
Jill Hopke | DePaul University | United States |
Jeremy Hunsinger | Wilfrid Laurier University | Canada |
Andrea Hunter | Concordia University | Canada |
Sam Jackson | Syracuse University | United States |
Jenna Jacobson | Ryerson University | Canada |
Kokil Jaidka | University of Pennsylvania | United States |
Katy Jordan | The Open University | United Kingdom |
Brigitte Juanals | Aix-Marseille Université, EJCAM | France |
Heidi Julien | University at Buffalo | United States |
Igor Kanovsky | Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel | Israel |
Herminder Kaur | Middlesex University | United Kingdom |
Kazuhiro Kazama | Wakayama University | Japan |
Irena Knezevic | Carleton University | Canada |
Kevin Koidl | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland |
Dewashree Koirala | Copenhagen Business School | Denmark |
Ammina Kothari | Rochester Institute of Technology | United States |
Leni Krsova | Charles University | Czechia |
Priya Kumar | Ryerson University | Canada |
Hazel Kwon | Arizona State University | United States |
Salla-Maaria Laaksonen | University of Helsinki | Finland |
Anders Olof Larsson | Westerdals Oslo ACT | Norway |
Katie Lebel | Ryerson University | Canada |
Chei Sian Lee | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore |
Ju-Sung Lee | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands |
Koen Leurs | Utrecht University | Netherlands |
M.E. Luka | University of Toronto | Canada |
Christoph Lutz | BI Norwegian Business School | Norway |
Philip Mai | Ryerson University | Canada |
P. David Marshall | Deakin University | Australia |
Lourdes Martinez | San Diego State University | United States |
Michael Mäs | ETH Zurich | Netherlands |
Adrienne Massanari | University of Illinois at Chicago | United States |
Paweł Matuszewski | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University | Poland |
Zachary McDowell | University of Illinois at Chicago | United States |
Bree Mcewan | DePaul University | United States |
Joanne Mcneish | Ted Rogers School of Business | Canada |
Bozena Mierzejewska | Fordham University | United States |
Jean-Luc Minel | Université Paris Nanterre | France |
Milan Miric | University of Southern California | United States |
Nicole Muscanell | The Pennsylvania State University | United States |
Matti Nelimarkka | Aalto & Uni. Helsinki | Finland |
Jonathan Obar | York University | Canada |
Mathieu O'Neil | University of Canberra | Australia |
Michael Opgenhaffen | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Belgium |
Suay Ozkula | The University of Sheffield | United Kingdom |
Xinru Page | Bentley University | United States |
Ann Pegoraro | Laurentian University | Canada |
Jean-Christophe Plantin | London School of Economics and Political Science | United Kingdom |
Fabrizio Poltronieri | De Montfort University | United Kingdom |
Pablo Porten-Cheé | Weizenbaum-Institut für die vernetzte Gesellschaft / Freie Universität Berlin | Germany |
Hemant Purohit | George Mason University | United States |
Anabel Quan-Haase | Western University | Cameroon |
Diane Rasmussen Pennington | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom |
Chamil Rathnayake | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom |
Raquel Recuero | Universidade Federal de Pelotas | Brazil |
Luca Rossi | IT University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
Sonya Sachdeva | USDA Forest Service | United States |
Ruby Q. Saine | University of South Florida | United States |
Susana Salgado | University of Lisbon | Portugal |
Bilal Salih | Curtin University | Australia |
Rose Marie Santini | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
Saiph Savage | West Virginia University | United States |
Marta Severo | Université Paris Nanterre | France |
Francesco Sinatora | The George Washington University | United States |
Luke Sloan | Cardiff University | United Kingdom |
Kevin Smets | Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Universiteit Antwerpen | Belgium |
Donna Smith | Ryerson University | Canada |
Hanako Smith | Ryerson University | Canada |
Marc Smith | Connected Action Consulting Group | United States |
Michael A. Stefanone | University at Buffalo | United States |
Lisa Sugiura | University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom |
Zoetanya Sujon | University of the Arts London | United Kingdom |
Lukasz Szulc | The University of Sheffield | United Kingdom |
Jacqui Taylor | Bournemouth University | United Kingdom |
Ella Taylor-Smith | Edinburgh Napier University | United Kingdom |
Ksenia Tsyganova | Saint Petersburg University | Russia |
Cristian Vaccari | Loughborough University | United Kingdom |
Ravi Vatrapu | Copenhagen Business School & Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology | Denmark |
Xinran Wang | University of Missouri | United States |
Alexandra Weilenmann | Univesity of Gothenburg | Sweden |
Katrin Weller | GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences | Germany |
John Wihbey | Northeastern University | United States |
Adam Worrall | University of Alberta | Canada |
Lu Xiao | University of Western Ontario | Canada |
Tien Ee Dominic Yeo | Hong Kong Baptist University | Hong Kong |
Xenia Zeiler | University of Helsinki | Finland |
Nick Yin Zhang | Hong Kong Baptist University | Hong Kong |
Arkaitz Zubiaga | The University of Warwick | United Kingdom |