The International Conference on Social Media & Society is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. 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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Out of an abundance of caution, as well as following guidance received from various levels of governments and universities, we believe that the responsible thing to do is to host the 2020 conference virtually and not contribute to the epidemic. Please read this message from the conference organizers. 

• Information for authors of the accepted WIP & full papers (to be announced on Monday, March 16): You will be invited to pre-record their presentations as a 5-min lighting talk. The video will constitute a presentation at the 11th International Conference on Social Media and Society. On the day of the conference (July 22, 2020), all pre-recorded talks will be released simultaneously via our YouTube channel and promoted across our various online accounts for the biggest impact. Participants will be encouraged to engage with this content in an asynchronous fashion by using YouTube’s commenting feature and joining our Twitter chat using the conference hashtag #SMSociety. More logistical details such as how, when and where to submit/watch the videos will be forthcoming in late April.
• Information regarding poster/panel/workshop submissions: Unfortunately, because of the new delivery format for the conference, we are not able to include posters, panels and workshops into the online delivery of the conference this year.

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.

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.

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