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Special Issue "Challenging Citizenship: Social Media and Big Data"
by Mirko Tobias Schaefer 13 May '16

13 May '16

Hello all, the Journal for Computer Supported Cooperative Work has a special issue on the impact of social media and big data on citizenship. It appears evident that the emergence of social media platforms and data practices challenges our traditional understanding of citizenship. This special issue investigates telling examples of this process and aims at mapping the various actors of change. Exploratively, the papers describe how social media and data repositories provide possibilities or challenges for civic action, investigate their potential for expanding the media sphere from corporate news coverage to commentary and debate in the blogosphere or address issues that arise through the intensified possibilities of data analysis. "Challenging Citizenship: Social Media and Big Data" http://link.springer.com/journal/10606/25/2/page/1 Editorial Notes "Challenging Citizenship: Social Media and Big Data" Mirko Tobias Schäfer <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10606-016-9255-8> Paper: "Genomic Big Data and Privacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Precision Medicine" Julie Frizzo-Barker, Peter A. Chow-White, Anita Charters, Dung Ha <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10606-016-9248-7> Paper: "Smart Citizens: Exploring the Tools of the Urban Bottom-Up Movement" Sabine Niederer, Ruurd Priester <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10606-016-9249-6> Paper: "Open Data, Crowdsourcing and Game Mechanics. A case study on civic participation in the digital age" Reinhard A. Handler, Raul Ferrer Conill <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10606-016-9250-0> Paper: "Bloggers’ Responses to the Snowden Affair: Combining Automated and Manual Methods in the Analysis of News Blogging" Dag Elgesem, Ingo Feinerer, Lubos Steskal <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10606-016-9251-z> Paper: "From Publics to Communities: Researching the Path of Shared Issues Through ICT" Thomas Ludwig, Christian Reuter, Volkmar Pipek <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10606-016-9252-y> ---all articles are also available at Sci-Hub---- Cheers, mirko Mirko Tobias Schäfer | Assistant Professor for New Media & Digital Culture | Principal Investigator at Utrecht Data School| Utrecht University | MCW | Muntstraat 2a | 3512 EV Utrecht | T: +31-644620751 | M: m.t.schaefer(a)uu.nl | W: www.mtschaefer.net | www.dataschool.nl

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Historicizing the Digital, University of Leicester, June 27-28
by Caroline.Tagg 13 May '16

13 May '16

Registration is now open for the following seminar. You can register here<http://shop.le.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=7&catid=…>.<http://shop.le.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=7&catid=…> To access the seminar programme, please visit our website: <http://www.histthedig.blogspot.co.uk> http://histthedig.blogspot.co.uk/p/programme.html Historicizing the Digital: language practices in new and old media Mon 27th - Tues 28th June 2016 University of Leicester, UK Language and new media is a rapidly emerging area of applied linguistics which considers how the affordances of digital technologies promote new linguistic strategies for identity work by individuals and communities (Seargeant and Tagg 2013). Research suggests that language use in digital spaces is highly innovative (in forms, functions, ideologies and cultural norms), and especially so for written language, such as online spelling variation, code-switching, multimodality, and sharing (Georgakoupoulou and Spilioti 2015). Our seminar, 'Historicizing the Digital', provides a space in which researchers are encouraged to re-evaluate assumptions and claims of digital communication research. The event explores the extent to which digital practices really are "new". What precedents might be found in earlier periods? What practices show continuity between the pre- and post-digital age? What practices constitute genuine innovation within digital spaces? The event invites speakers working within different historical periods who may not otherwise join in conversation to promote fresh discussions from a trans-historical perspective. We look forward to welcoming you in June! Best wishes, Caroline Tagg and Mel Evans (seminar organisers) Please visit our website for more details: www.histthedig.blogspot.co.uk<https://mail.bham.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?REF=wO1TlPlwFPYBiM2oGJSHYAFzFUT4XtFo…>

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Postdoc in Data and Policy
by Jean Burgess 13 May '16

13 May '16

A great opportunity has come up here at QUT, please circulate! The QUT Digital Media Research Centre and Faculty of Law are hiring a postdoc in Data and Policy. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a vibrant transdisciplinary research environment. The position is designed to develop new research agendas, methods, and collaborations in data-driven policy analysis. The research will specifically focus on two related themes: Data-driven policy: develop new methodological approaches to combine open data, big social data, computational tools, and visualisations to better inform the development of public policy and public debate. Tracking the impact of open access publishing and open data: work with industry and scholarly partners to develop new methods and metrics to extend and augment traditional measures of impact of open data and open access scholarly works and public communications. The position is for one year, renewable for another year. The salary range is $AUD62,490 to $AUD84,793. We are looking for candidates with a PhD in any relevant field, including law, information, media communications, or social science. Applicants should have experience in one or more of: data analysis, data visualisation, data journalism, or computational methods, and candidates who can move across fields and methods are strongly preferred. The full position description is available here: https://goo.gl/KJCpfs If you have any questions, please contact Nic Suzor <n.suzor(a)qut.edu.au<mailto:n.suzor@qut.edu.au>>. Application form here: https://goo.gl/1qRDJ6

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CFP REMINDER: Special Issue of Social Media + Society (May 30th Deadline)
by Andrew Herman 12 May '16

12 May '16

Ethic as method in an era of big data Special Issue of Social Media + Society We invite contributions to a special issue of Social Media + Society devoted to a critical examination of the future of Internet research practices in the era of computational or big data analytics, with particular focus on how ethics can be configured through methodological approaches. Although we are promiscuously catholic as far as theoretical approaches are concerned, we are especially interested in contributions that pay specific attention to the socio-technical and political economic dimensions of "platform politics" and their ethical implications for research practice, as elaborated in the following questions. These questions constitute only some of the possible entry points into the discussion and we welcome other ideas: * Ethics have been traditionally situated as prior to methods; that is, as philosophical groundings that guide practice. If we situate method in the same time/space as ethics, would a different set of practices emerge? This question becomes relevant in an era when ethics are being reconfigured to better meet the contingencies of particular digital situations. For example, in situations wherein algorithms function with similar agency to humans, our methodological choices for deciding what counts as data or what might be considered a participant in a social interaction have ethical consequences. If every method decision is an ethics decision and vice versa, how might we rethink the relationship between the methodological and axiological? * Ethics are a series of activities that follow from a particular ethos. Etymologically, ethos is about emplacement and orientation. If we take this as a starting point, where is the place from which ethics emerge? What are the ethics of abstraction within this broader understanding of ethos as place? What ontological and more particularly, methodological premises currently guide inquiry practices in the beginning of the 21st century? Are these being transformed in some ways? What levels of abstraction and reconfiguration are involved in the collection of humans (and their data) asdata? * How do processes of mediation constitute an ethos of methodological emplacement? All social research entails a particular assemblage of media forms and practices that lay the foundation for methodology. In addition, all practices are situated in particular social, economic, institutional, and disciplinary frameworks. All methodologies, therefore, are situated and mediated. How doethics get played out over multiple layers of mediation? For example, qualitative researchers commonly abstract lived experience in multiple ways, through inscription of observations, recording of interviews, and often qualitative data analysis software. Quantitative social science likewise depends on methods that extract particular data from the context; sample through variable selection, survey instruments and statistical software packages; and so on. Each assemblage of mediation produces different objects and subjects of research, as well as different definitions of validity, reliability, and so on. What kind of mediations and situations envelop social media platforms and big data analytics? What kinds of research subjects and objects do they suppose and/or propose? What ethical practices do these mediations facilitate, constrain, or require? * If social computing research entails a different configuration of epistemology, ontology and methodology than other modes of empirical research in the human sciences, what are the implications for the model of "informed consent" that is currently the litmus test of the ethics of human subject research? How are we to understand the ethical implications of the power relationship between a corporate entity that is legally construed to be a sovereign subject with the rights of a person (in the US) and the "subjects" of research who are disarticulated from their personhood through a cloud of data analytics? * Should we revisit the old epistemological debates between quantitative and qualitative social science? The discussion of corporate research ethics, particularly since Facebook's "emotional contagion" experiments of 2014, exposed many rifts between on the one hand social media platforms and the teams that perform analytics on automatically-generated large data sets; and on the other hand, qualitative oriented social scientists in internet studies. One participant in the debates described the latter group as being comprised of 'those whose research is primarily rhetorical,' in contrast to the social computing researchers whose work is more 'objective' because of its reliance on data driven experimentation. To what extent is the popularity of data- and evidence-driven models returning to modernist criteria for quality such as validity, reliability and generalizability? What might be the ethical consequences of privileging certain kinds of validity? Of particular salience here would be the social computing emphasis on the extremely large number of cases afforded by social media platforms. Does the comparatively huge number of 'cases' in bigdata analytics necessarily entail a higher degree of validity, however defined? Further, does the employment of A/B experimental models also enhance validity and rigour? Other thematically resonant topics include (by are no means limited to): * Discussion of epistemological sticking points that might help explain the particular, and some might say peculiar, transformation of human activity to data points that can be analyzed separate from the temporal, textural, and emplaced lived experience. * Emergent ideas of ethics and labor practices involved in the exchange of personal data for platform and interface services. * Discussion or problematization of regulatory driven models of ethical practice that create pre-formed boundaries and regulatory norms; privilege particular activities and methods according to specific definitions of such concepts as informed consent, definition of human subjects, and protection of privacy; and fail to address the complexities of contemporary socio-technical relations of social media platforms. Primary Editors of the Special Issue: Andrew Herman, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Annette Markham, Aarhus University, Denmark Timeline: Submit 750 word abstract for consideration: May 30, 2016 Receive Invitation to contribute: June 30, 2016 Submit full paper for peer review: November 1, 2016 Receive results of peer review: January 15, 2016 Submit revised manuscript: March 1, 2017 Style/Form of Paper We encourage a range of style for papers. You might choose to make a position statement, defend a manifesto, or develop new models and tools for thinking. You might choose a creative reporting of an empirical study. We are as promiscuous in style as we are in theory, and seek to make a critical intervention with this special issue. The paper length is somewhat shorter than is typical to compel contributors to make strong but precise arguments or critical analyses that might provoke debate and further conversation among readers. Abstracts (submit by May 15, 2016) should be no longer than 750 words, not including references. Please submit abstracts via email to ethicasmethod(a)gmail.com<mailto:ethicasmethod@gmail.com>. Attach the submission as a PDF file. Please include proposed title, author name(s), 750 word abstract, and references. Full papers (submit by November 1, 2016) should be no longer than 6,000 words, including references. Manuscripts should follow the SM+S guidelines which are available at https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/social-media-society/journal202332#submiss… Authors should cite their own work as they would any other author, both in text and in the Reference section, being careful not to indicate that the work they are citing is their own. Manuscripts that use (Author) will be returned. SM+S uses APA style citation. Guidelines at: http://www.apastyle.org/ Accepted manuscripts will not incur any open access fees. To submit your manuscript you will need to make an account athttps://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/smas You will then login to this account, select Author Center, and then under Author Resources, you will click where it says "Click here to submit a new manuscript." This will begin the submission process. The system will guide you through the submission process, but here are some instructions for specific questions: It is imperative that in Step One of the submission page you select "SI: Ethics As Method" for submission type. In Step Four of the submission process, you will answer "No" to the question "Has this manuscript been submitted previously to this journal?" If you have any questions, ideas, or want to discuss this in advance, please feel free to contact either of the editors: amarkham [at] dac [dot] au {dot} dk or aherman [at] wlu {dot} ca.

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WEBCAST FRIDAY: Fordham CLIP Tenth Law & Information Society Symposium
by Joly MacFie 12 May '16

12 May '16

You may recall that ISOC-NY streamed this excellent event the last two years running <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/tag/clip>. Fordham's in-house team are now doing-for-self and we are keen to see how they match-up! Those previous two addressed specific topics - IoT and Privacy - but in 2016 for their 10th the Symposium will attempt to synthesise a grander view of where we are historically with respect to Law and Info Tech, and where we are going. Should be fun! Note that this will be just about the first outing for Julie Samuels as head of tech:nyc <http://www.technyc.org/> joly posted: "On Friday 13 May 2016 the Center on Law and Information Policy at Fordham Law School (Fordham CLIP) will host the Tenth Law & Information Society Symposium at Fordham University in NYC. It was the first of these symposiums in 2005 that originally laun" [image: CLIP_Symposium_2016] <http://law.fordham.edu/clipatten>On *Friday 13 May 2016* the *Center on Law and Information Policy at Fordham Law <http://law.fordham.edu/clip>* School (Fordham CLIP) will host the *Tenth Law & Information Society Symposium <http://law.fordham.edu/clipatten>* at Fordham University in NYC. It was the first of these symposiums in 2005 t hat originally launched Fordham CLIP. This conference will revisit the themes from 2005 to see how far we've come and where we might be going in the next 10 years. Speakers include: *Daniel J. Weitzner* (MIT), *Kevin Werbach* (Wharton), *Felix Wu* (Cardozo), *Jennifer L. Pariser* (MPAA), *Catherine Crump* (Berkeley), *Judge Jeremy Fogel*, *Julie Samuels* (Tech:NYC), and *Andrea Glorioso* (EU). The event will be webcast live by *Fordham's AV Team <http://livestream.com/accounts/14230140/events/5322356>*. *What: Tenth Law & Information Society Symposium <http://law.fordham.edu/clipatten>* * Where: Skadden Conference Center, Fordham University School of Law, NYC* * When: May 13 2016 9:00am-6:00pm EDT | 13:00-22:00 UTC* * Agenda: http://law.fordham.edu/clipatten <http://law.fordham.edu/clipatten>* * Webcast: http://livestream.com/accounts/14230140/events/5322356 <http://livestream.com/accounts/14230140/events/5322356>* * Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/clipatten <https://twitter.com/hashtag/clipatten>* * Facebook: https://facebook.com/hashtag/clipatten <https://facebook.com/hashtag/clipatten>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8478#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8478#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8478 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Call for Submissions: Noise & Silence [Urban/Rural]
by Marilou Polymeropoulou 12 May '16

12 May '16

With apologies for cross-posting. Call for Submissions: NOISE & SILENCE Themed Issue 'URBAN / RURAL', Summer 2016 NOISE & SILENCE is an adventurous publication that brings you fresh and informed pieces on issues facing all kinds of music and sound as conceptualised in today's 21st century society. The project was founded in November 2015 by Oxford University students, and our team has now expanded to include graduates, post-graduates, and early-career researchers across the UK. Our aim is to create a platform that bridges the gap between music lovers and cutting-edge music research. NOISE & SILENCE will relaunch in Summer 2016. We are currently looking for submissions for our new, curated themed editions. The aim of these themed compilations will be to provoke discussions and reactions to nuanced discourses across disciplines. We hope this challenges conventional binaries on popular topics of research through academic and creative responses. Our current theme for summer 2016 is: URBAN / RURAL. We're looking for a variety of submissions - visual, textual, and musical - to create a rich, diverse, and interdisciplinary response to the theme. These include four suggested styles of response: Keynote articles (1500-2000 words), Comment articles (shorter, more creative, blog-style pieces, 600-800 words), Lists (interpreted fluidly as playlists, listicles, photography, artwork, or creative non-fiction) and Music (compositions, in various formats). KEYNOTE ARTICLES (1500-2000 words): We invite submissions of accessible, academic articles. The aim for these articles will be to open up debate, provoke discussion, and inspire conversation and ideas. We're looking for informed, thoroughly researched articles. Contributions should have a clear argument and show a sense of opening up or contributing to a debate. These keynote features will provide considered interpretations of the theme URBAN/RURAL. COMMENT ARTICLES (600-800 words): We also invite submissions of shorter, blog-style pieces. These will be sharp, focused posts on a single specific point in response to the theme, illuminating a particular viewpoint. We encourage the use of multimedia and links to digital resources. LISTS (upper limit 2000 words): We're looking for a diverse range of creative lists, playlists, thought-provoking listicles, creative non-fiction, artwork and photography related to the theme 'URBAN/RURAL'. MUSIC: Send us your SoundCloud compositions, A4 scores (graphic or otherwise); commentaries on your songwriting, music writing, and musicking practices. The deadline for pitching ideas for URBAN / RURAL is 31st May 2016, with final submissions due by 1st July 2016. In your pitch, please include a brief biography or short CV, along with a preference of submission format (i.e. a longer 'Keynote' article, a shorter, blog-style 'Comment' article, or an alternative creative response). NOISE & SILENCE continues to welcome other submissions outside of the reach of the curated themes on a rolling basis. Please submit all queries, pitches and submissions to <mailto:noiseandsilence.magazine@gmail.com> noiseandsilence.magazine(a)gmail.com. The following theme will be: NUMBERS & LETTERS. http://www.noiseandsilencemagazine.com Dr Marilou Polymeropoulou Research Associate University of Oxford

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Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society - London, 27 June
by Arne Hintz 12 May '16

12 May '16

Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society London, 27 June, 1 pm For the past 18 months the research project 'Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society: UK State-Media-Citizen Relations After the Snowden Leaks' has investigated the consequences of the Snowden revelations. We will hold a workshop in London on Monday 27th June to present findings of our research and discuss their implications. Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society 12:30 Arrival and registration 1-2pm - Presentation of project findings 2:30-5:30pm - Workshops to discuss implications and next steps: - Journalism and news media: What are the challenges for journalist work and for covering surveillance? - Civil society activism: How do we advance data justice? - Policy reform: The Investigatory Powers Bill and beyond - What should the policy framework be? - Technology: What are the prospects of tools and standards development? The event will bring together scholars, activists, technologists, policymakers, and other experts. It will continue the productive debates from last year's conference 'Surveillance and Citizenship' (http://www.dcssproject.net/conference/) and it will serve to discuss future steps and projects regarding research, policy reform, technological development, etc. The workshop will take place at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, One Birdcage Walk (http://www.onebirdcagewalk.com/) in London (Westminster). More information on the venue and how to get to there can be found here http://www.onebirdcagewalk.com/contact-us/one-birdcage-walk-directions. More information about the day will be published on the website http://www.dcssproject.net<http://www.dcssproject.net/> closer to the date. Participation is free of charge but registration is required. Please register by 31 May at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-citizenship-and-surveillance-society…. This workshop is hosted by the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. Organizing group: Dr Arne Hintz (Cardiff University), Prof Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff University), Dr Lina Dencik (Cardiff University), Prof Ian Brown (Oxford University), Dr Michael Rogers (Briar Project), Dr Jonathan Cable (Cardiff University). For information about the project, see: http://www.dcssproject.net/ ---------------- Dr Arne Hintz Senior Lecturer | Director MA Digital Media and Society School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies | Cardiff University Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue | Cardiff CF10 3NB Principal Investigator | ESRC project 'Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society' Fellow | Center for Media, Data and Society | Central European University Email: HintzA(a)cardiff.ac.uk | Tel: +44 (0)29 208 76281 | Twitter: @arne_hz

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digital methods/data activism summer school (University of Amsterdam)
by Stefania Milan 11 May '16

11 May '16

Curious about data activism, the politics of data, data infrastructure, data ethics? We have still limited availability for the Digital Methods Summer School at the University of Amsterdam (27 June - 8 July 2016)! This year's theme is "Only Connect? A Critical Appraisal of Connecting Practices in the Age of Social Media". The first week is devoted to explore "connective action", with a keynote by Lance Bennett (University of Washington).. and more. The second week is entirely dedicated to *data activism*, and is organized by the DATACTIVE research collective/project (data-activism.net) For more info, and how to apply, see https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016 <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016> (under 'Application'). The extended deadline is *May 24, 2016*. --- **Call for participation** The second week of the Summer School is dedicated to the study of 'data activism'. *What is data activism?* With the diffusion of big data, citizens become increasingly aware of the critical role of information in modern societies. Today’s world is awash with data. Never before have we created such a quantity of data by and about people, things, and their interactions. While this data has captured the imagination of governments and corporations alike, people are also increasingly responding to this new technological landscape. From open data initiatives to privacy enhancing technologies, a growing number of people are developing new tools and practices in response to massive data collection and availability. People take advantage of the possibilities of data for civic engagement, advocacy, and campaigning (pro-active data activism). At the same time, people resist its harms through the development and use of encryption and free and open source alternatives to centralised software and online services (re-active data activism). Data activism is a signal of a more general change in perspectives and attitudes towards massive data collection. For more see data-activism.net. *Experiments with methods* Data activism emerges at the intersection of the social and technological dimensions of human action. This raises the question: how are we to understand and study this phenomenon? We think that it is important to experiment with methods. We want to investigate how people make use of data and interact with the socio-technical infrastructures that enable their circulation. This is especially relevant, since these are often complex, proprietary and opaque. For this purpose, we want to test and refine research approaches that enable the study of technological practices and infrastructures. This can involve configurations of digital methods and ethnographically informed traditions bridging media studies, science and technology studies (STS), informatics, and anthropology. * Can we develop an approach to 'software ethnography’, which traces and explores assemblages of data, infrastructures, technology designers and technology users? * How can we learn how (big) data infrastructures actually function and are used in practice? * Technology is always changing. How can we trace changes to the socio-technical infrastructures of tools over time? * How can new software tools help us understand the workings of different kinds of data infrastructures? Can we develop tools to reverse-engineer algorithms, analytic techniques, or surveillance infrastructures? *Format* Participants will work 4 days in self-organised groups on a project to explore these questions, together with several invited subject matter experts. *Output* Outputs can include short research reports (wiki’s) describing process and results, tool prototypes, or creative interventions. For questions, please contact info(a)data-activism.net ---------------------- Stefania Milan, PhD University of Amsterdam || mediastudies.nl || Principal Investigator, DATACTIVE research project (ERC Starting Grant) || data-activism.net || mobile: [31] 62 7875 425 (NL) || [1] 647 - 973 - 6533 (CA) || [+39] 333 - 2309945 (I) stefaniamilan.net || @annliffey fingerprint: 7606 4526 3D24 20B2 C850 EA42 A497 CB70 04B5 A3B

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2016 Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture: Leopoldina Fortunati
by Sarina Chen 11 May '16

11 May '16

The 2016 Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture features Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine, Italy), at 12 pm, on June 14, 2016, in Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk, International Communication Association’s 66th Annual Conference, in Fukuoka, Japan. The title of Fortunati’s lecture is “Feminism, labor and the mechanization of everyday life.” In the lecture, Fortunati will adopt a political economy approach to examine the issue of machines diffusion in everyday life, which connects machines with labor, value production and struggles/resistance, especially by women, against the present organization and division of labor. Fortunati will address the social and political role of machines in society, as well as social robots, which can be considered in many ways the next new media. Some social robots built in recent years in many laboratories are ready to be launched on the market and more generally placed in society. But the conceptual tools to handle this last mile to go still need to be fully developed. When an object of such technological complexity and with such rhetorical power, like robots are, is no longer used only by niches of innovators or users (such as autistic) but is proposed as a good of mass consumption, a series of problems, new themes and strategies comes into the spotlight. This event is co-sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (www.cccsir.com) University of Illinois, Chicago, and the International Communication Association. For more information about this event, please contact Shing-Ling Sarina Chen, sarina.chen(a)uni.edu.

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CFP: Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop - Washington, D.C. - Oct. 6-7, 2016
by Michael Austin 11 May '16

11 May '16

*Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop * Call for Papers, Workshops, Panels and Posters *DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 30, 2016 * October 6-7, 2016 Howard University Washington, D.C. http://socialmediatechnologyconference.com/ @smtechconf *Social Media and Voices in the Margins * The 6th Annual Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop is a two-day intensive conference combining panel discussions, posters sessions and hands-on workshops designed to enlighten attendees about new scholarship, professional practices and pedagogical approaches to teaching. This year’s theme focuses on dissecting how power and difference force or provide an opportunity for social media to be used by those who may be considered marginalized in U.S. society or within other countries. The goal is to bring scholars and professionals together to share their perspectives on how social media are utilized by various individuals, groups, cultures or organizations to bring their voice, influence and impact on societies. Interested individuals can send in papers, workshop themes, panels and poster proposals that address a myriad of topics, including, but not limited to, the following: - Social media and Congregation - Social media and Geographies - Social media and Acts of Violence - Social media and Racism - Social media and Sexism - Social media and the LGBTQIA Community - Social media and Inner City Youth - Social media and Police Violence - Social media and #BlackLivesMatter - Social media and the Educationally and/or Economically Disadvantaged - Social media and Diverse Media Messaging - Social media and Theology - Social media and Lifestyles - Social media and Ageism - Social Media and the Global South - Social Media and Intersectionality *Paper and Poster Submissions* Respondents should submit a 3-5 page proposal that includes an overview of the study as well as research design that includes brief review of the literature and methodology. All respondents in this category should clearly identify the submission type on their proposal and send the proposal through EasyChair by June 30, 2016 at the following site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smtc2016. In addition to the proposal, a file should be uploaded with a 100-word abstract of the proposed paper or poster as well as a 100-word biography for each author. Presenters will be notified by mid-July of the status of their submissions and should register to attend the conference by September 1, 2016. *Panel Submissions * Respondents should submit a 3-5 page proposal addressing the purpose of the panel and specific issue(s) to be covered. The proposal should include a list of the confirmed guests or those who will be solicited for the panel as well as their brief biographies. All respondents in this category should send the proposal through EasyChair by June 30, 2016 at the following site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smtc2016. In addition to the proposal, a file should be uploaded with a 100-word description of the proposed panel as well as a 100-word biography for each presenter. Presenters will be notified by mid-July of the status of their acceptance and should register to attend the conference by September 1, 2016. *Workshop Submissions* Respondents should submit a 3-5 page proposal addressing the purpose of the workshop, details about the technology, social media trend or tool to be explored and what attendees will gain from attending it. Workshops are scheduled for 90 minutes, so content should be sufficient enough to fill the timeslot. If applicable, the proposal should include a list of the confirmed guests or those who will be solicited for the workshops as well as their brief biographies. All respondents in this category should send the proposal through EasyChair by June 30, 2016 at the following site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smtc2016. In addition to the proposal, a file should be uploaded with a 100-word description of the proposed workshop as well as a 100-word biography accompanied by a photograph for each workshop presenter. Presenters will be notified by mid-July of the status of their acceptance and should register to attend the conference by September 1, 2016. *Cost * The registration fee for the two-day conference is $125. Students pay the reduced rate of $60. All presenters, attendees and workshop participants are required to pay the conference fee. *Contacts * Dr. Michael Austin Howard University michael.austin(a)howard.edu Professor Ingrid Sturgis Howard University isturgis(a)howard.edu Dr. Kehbuma Langmia Howard University klangmia(a)howard.edu Dr. Tia C. M. Tyree Howard University ttyree(a)howard.edu

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