Dr. Christopher Donoghue, PJ Rey and Nathan Jurgenson are proud to announce a new Call for Papers on the topic of Social Media to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, February 23-26, 2012 in New York City. Submissions may include papers on, but not limited to, social media as applied to the intersection of the physical and digital, bodies and technology, self-presentation and identity, sex and bodies, political mobilization and uprisings, anonymity and surveillance, electoral politics, publishing, etc. Submissions may also address considerations of power and inequalities at the intersection of race, class, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, etc. Depending upon the number of quality submissions, we will be proposing one or more thematic sessions, or a mini-conference. If interested, send a paper title and a 200-250 word abstract. Submissions longer than 250 words will not be considered. Note that papers will be be competitively selected. If not accepted, authors may still submit via the general ESS submission process. Follow this link to submit by SEPTEMBER 30, 2011: http://tinyurl.com/3hz7e79 More information can be found at: http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/ess-2012-thematic-session/ Christopher Donoghue, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Sociology and Anthropology at Kean University. Nathan Jurgenson and PJ Rey are Ph.D. students in Sociology at the University of Maryland and, together, run the Theorizing the Web conference. PJ Rey Department of Sociology University of Maryland @pjrey www.pjrey.net 2112 Art-Sociology Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742