SMSociety'20: International Conference on Social Media & Society ONLINE July 22-24, 2020 |
Conference website | https://socialmediaandsociety.org/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smsociety20 |
Submission deadline | January 27, 2020 |
The International Conference on Social Media & Society is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 11th year, the 2020 conference is being held in Chicago, USA from July 22 to 24, 2020 and hosted by DePaul University.
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.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
Full Papers
Papers provide authors the opportunity to present their original work related to the broad theme of social media and society.
- Submission Length: 6-10 pages (including references, figures, and tables)
- Submission Template: ACM Windows Template | ACM Mac Template | ACM LaTeX Template (Use the “manuscript” call/style.) Note: Recommended LaTeX online editor: Overleaf.
- Papers must be on a completed or well-developed project.
- All full paper submissions to be published in the conference proceedings must be original (= not published or accepted in a journal or conference proceedings and currently not under consideration for publication elsewhere).
- Papers are blind reviewed
- Presentation Format: If selected, the author(s) will be invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A period at the conference.
- Allowed number of submissions: You may submit up to 2 submissions, but only 1 as a single or lead author.
- All Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings by the ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS).
- Publishing in ACM’s ICPS program brings several advantages to authors:
– Authors of ICPS articles have the same Author Rights as all ACM authors
– Free posting on author’s home page and institutional repository
– Free use of ACM Author-Izer Service
– Free posting in any repository legally mandated by authors’ funding bodies
– Author Profiles in the ACM Digital Library for each contributor are linkable to global ORCID IDs
– Citation and usage statistics are provided free for each article and available to each author for local display through the ACM Author-Izer Service.
- Publishing in ACM’s ICPS program brings several advantages to authors:
Work-In-Progress (WIP) Paper (Extended Abstract)
WIP short papers provide authors the opportunity to present their preliminary and ongoing work related to the broad theme of social media and society.
- Submission Length: 1000-1200 words, excluding references
- Submission Template: Abstract template
- WIP Papers are peer-reviewed
- Presentation Format: If selected, the author(s) will be invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A period at the conference.
- Allowed number of submissions: You may submit up to 2 submissions, but only 1 as a single or lead author.
Half-day or Full-day Workshop or Tutorial
Workshops on a well-defined area or technical tutorials will examine a particular method or tool for the analysis of social media data in more detail.
- Workshop Submission Template: Workshop template
- Tutorial Submission Template: Tutorial template
- Workshop and tutorial submissions are not blind reviewed
Panel Presentations
Panel presentations provide authors the option of organizing related talks together in a thematic session.
- Submission Template: Panel template
- Panel submissions are not blind reviewed
- Presentation Format: Each panel will have 60 minutes and should include 3-5 presenters
Research Poster Presentations
The research poster session provides an interactive forum for authors to discuss their research.
- Submission Length: approximately 500 words, excluding references
- Submission Template: Abstract template
- Posters will display visual presentations of research projects.
- Presentation Format: If selected, author(s) will have an opportunity to present their poster as part of a dedicated poster session.
- Poster boards (and velcro tape) will be supplied.
- Allowed number of submissions: You may submit up to 2 submissions, but only 1 as a single or lead author.
Organizing Committee
- Anatoliy Gruzd & Philip Mai, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
- Raquel Recuero, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
- Ángel Hernández-García, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- Jaigris Hodson, Royal Roads University, Canada
- Chei Sian Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- James Cook, University of Maine at Augusta, USA
- Bree McEwan & Jill Hopke, DePaul University, USA
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ask@socialmediaandsociety.org