IACSMS 2013 - 2013 International Annual Conference on Social Media and Society

It is no secret that social media has become mainstream in recent years, and its adoption has skyrocketed. As a result of its growing popularity, users’ online contributions and membership in online social networks have exploded. The objective of this 2-day conference is to bring together experts in social media and online social networks from the academic, business and public sector worlds, to share ideas on the best practices around how to study the impact of social media on our society. The conference will provide researchers in this area an opportunity to present and debate their ideas, and provide attendees with the opportunity to build academic and professional contacts, present their research, and learn about latest research in this area from a multidisciplinary perspective.
TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO)
BIG Data/Social Media Data
Scalability Issues and Social Media Data
Social Media Analytics
Social Media Data Mining
Social Media Mobile Applications
Visualization of Social Media Data
Online Communities/Social Networks
Case Studies of Online and Offline Communities/Social Networks Formed on Social Media
Influential User Detection
Online Community Detection
Online Identity
Trust and Credibility in Social Media
Social Media Impact on Society
Political Mobilization & Engagement on Social Media
Social Media and Public Administration
Social Media and Academia (Alternative Metrics. Learning Analytics, etc.)
Social Media and Business (Marketing, PR, HR, Risk Management, etc.)
Social Media and Journalism
Virality of Information in Social Media
Theories and Methods
Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis
Social Network Analysis
Theoretical Models for Studying, Analyzing and Understanding Social Media
Conference Co-Chairs
Anatoliy Gruzd
Associate Professor, School of Information Management
Director, Social Media Lab
Dalhousie University, Canada
Email: gruzd-AT-dal.ca Twitter: -AT-dalprof
Caroline Haythornthwaite
Director and Professor, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies, The iSchool at UBC
University of British Columbia, Canada
Karine Nahon
Associate Professor, The Information School
University of Washington, USA
Stan Matwin
Professor, Faculty of Computer Science
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Visual Text Analytics
Dalhousie University, Canada