SMSOCIETY19: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA & SOCIETY
PROGRAM

Days: Friday, July 19th Saturday, July 20th Sunday, July 21st

Friday, July 19th

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08:30-09:00Registration & Coffee

CONFERENCE VENUE

Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University

55 Dundas Street West,
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2C5

 

Note: There is no need to sign up in advance for the workshops. Participation in the workshops are included in the regular registration rate.

LOCATION: TRS 1-148 & 1-150 TRSM Commons - 7th Floor

09:00-10:30 Session 1A: Workshop: Early Career Scholars Workshop
09:00
Jenna Jacobson (Ryerson University, Canada)
Jeff Hemsley (Syracuse University, United States)
Jaigris Hodson (Royal Roads University, Canada)
Zachary J. McDowell (University of Illinois at Chicago, United States)
Karen Louise Smith (Brock University, Canada)
Early Career Scholars Workshop (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 1B: Workshop: Introduction to Social Media Network Analysis with NodeXL
09:00
Alex Fenton (Salford University, UK)
Marc Smith (Social Media Research Foundation, United States)
Introduction to Social Media Network Analysis with NodeXL and netnography (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 1C: Workshop: COSMOS – Democratising Access to Twitter Data
09:00
Luke Sloan (Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, UK)
COSMOS – Democratising Access to Twitter Data (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 1D: Workshop: Using web browsing history data to study social media use
09:00
Ericka Menchen-Trevino (American University, Washington D.C., United States)
Chris Karr (Audacious Software, United States)
Using web browsing history data to study social media use (abstract)
10:30-11:00Coffee Break (30 min)

LOCATION: TRS 1-148 & 1-150 TRSM Commons - 7th Floor

12:30-14:00Lunch Break (Self-Organized: 1h 30min)
14:00-15:30 Session 2A: Workshop: Linking Social Survey and Social Media Data: Value, Data, Disclosure & Privacy
14:00
Luke Sloan (Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, UK)
Anabel Quan-Haase (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Dhiraj Murthy (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Grant Blank (University of Oxford, UK)
Linking Social Survey and Social Media Data: Value, Data, Disclosure & Privacy (abstract)
14:00-15:30 Session 2B: Workshop: Did you give permission? Critically Engaging the Mobile Data Ecosystem
14:00
Jennifer Pybus (King's College London, UK)
Mark Cote (King's College London, UK)
Did you give permission? Critically Engaging the Mobile Data Ecosystem (abstract)
14:00-15:30 Session 2C: Workshop: Detecting and Analyzing Social Bots with Open Source Tools
14:00
Amir Karami (University of South Carolina, United States)
Detecting and Analyzing Social Bots with Open Source Tools (abstract)
14:00-15:30 Session 2D: Workshop: Mining Text, Survey, Twitter & RSS Data
14:00
Stuart Shulman (Texifter, LLC, United States)
Mining Text, Survey, Twitter & RSS Data Using DiscoverText (abstract)
15:30-16:00Coffee Break (30 min)

LOCATION: TRS 1-148 & 1-150 TRSM Commons - 7th Floor

18:00-20:00 Reception at the Social Media Lab, featuring "1-Minute Madness" Posters Introductions

Location: Ryerson University Social Media Lab, 10 Dundas St E, Suite #1002 (10th floor), Toronto, ON, M5B 2G9

Light food and wine will be served

Agenda

  • 5:45 - 6:40pm Tour of the Social Media Lab, featuring demos and presenations by the Lab's members
  • 6:40 - 6:55pm Welcome Remarks from Anatoliy Gruzd and Philip Mai (Social Media Lab Co-Directors)
  • 6:55 - 7:00pm Jaigris Hodson (Poster Chair) - "1-Minute Madness" Poster Introduction
  • 7:00 - 8:00pm Poster presenters will introduce their work in the “1-Minute Madness” format (optional)
Saturday, July 20th

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08:30-09:00Registration & Coffee

LOCATION: TRS 1-148 & 1-150 TRSM Commons - 7th Floor

09:00-10:30 Welcome & Keynote

NOTE: This session will be livestreamed on YouTube

​​​​​​Speakers

10:30-10:50Coffee Break (20 min)

LOCATION: TRS 1-148 & 1-150 TRSM Commons - 7th Floor

10:50-12:20 Session 3A: Politics 1 [Full Papers]
Chair:
Ericka Menchen-Trevino (American University, United States)
10:50
Michael A. Stefanone (University at Buffalo, United States)
Matthew Vollmer (University at Buffalo, United States)
Jessica Covert (University at Buffalo, United States)
In News We Trust? Examining Credibility and Sharing Behaviors of Fake News (abstract)
11:10
Juan Carlos Medina Serrano (TUM, Germany)
Morteza Shahrezaye (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Orestis Papakyriakopoulos (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Simon Hegelich (FoKoS - University of Siegen, Germany)
The Rise of Germany's AfD: A Social Media Analysis (abstract)
11:30
Felipe Bonow Soares (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Raquel Recuero (Federal University of Pelotas and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Gabriela Zago (Midiars, Brazil)
Asymmetric Polarization on Twitter and the 2018 Brazilian Presidential Elections (abstract)
11:50
Morteza Shahrezaye (Bavarian School of Public Policy at Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Orestis Papakyriakopoulos (Bavarian School of Public Policy at Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Juan Carlos Medina Serrano (Bavarian School of Public Policy at Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Simon Hegelich (Bavarian School of Public Policy at Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Measuring Ease of Communication in Bipartite Social Endorsement Networks (abstract)
10:50-12:20 Session 3B: Discourse [Full Papers]
Chair:
John Wihbey (Northeastern University, United States)
10:50
Lourdes Martinez (San Diego State University, United States)
Ming-Hsiang Tsou (San Diego State University, United States)
Brian Spitzberg (San Diego State University, United States)
A Case Study in Belief Surveillance, Sentiment Analysis, and Identification of Informational Targets for E-Cigarettes Interventions (abstract)
11:10
Estella Xin (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Dhiraj Murthy (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Nandhini Lakuduva (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Keri Stephens (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Assessing the Stability of Tweet Corpora for Hurricane Events Over Time: A Mixed Methods Approach (abstract)
11:30
Lu Xiao (Syracuse University, United States)
Taraneh Khazaei (Microsoft, United States)
Change Others’ Beliefs Online: Online Comments’ Persuasiveness (abstract)
11:50
John Paolillo (Indiana University Bloomington, United States)
Against "Sentiment" (abstract)
10:50-12:20 Session 3C: Privacy & Trust [WIP]
Chair:
Ann Pegoraro (Laurentian University, Canada)
10:50
Jeeyun Baik (University of Southern California, United States)
Data Privacy and Public (Dis)trust of Institutions: Early Discourse of the US Consumer Privacy Regulations on Twitter (abstract)
11:10
Sina Ostendorf (General Psychology: Cognition and Center for Behavioral Addiction Research (CeBAR), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Lena Kölmel (General Psychology: Cognition and Center for Behavioral Addiction Research (CeBAR), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Matthias Brand (General Psychology: Cognition and Center for Behavioral Addiction Research (CeBAR), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Disclosing personal information on social media – The interacting role of trust in service providers and online-specific fear of missing out (abstract)
11:30
Jessica Vitak (University of Maryland, United States)
Katie Shilton (University of Maryland, United States)
Sarah Gilbert (University of Maryland, United States)
Trends in Trust: Measuring Americans’ Expectations for Trustworthy Research Use of Social Media Data (abstract)
11:50
Kelly Quinn (University of Illinois at Chicago, United States)
Dmitry Epstein (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Age-appropriate privacy? Social media privacy literacy and behavior across the life course (abstract)
10:50-12:20 Session 3D: Marketing & Outreach [WIP]
Chair:
Alex Fenton (University of Salford, UK)
10:50
Louise Ryan (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Off the grid: exploring Instagram marketing practices across space and place (abstract)
11:10
Donna Smith (Ryerson University, Canada)
Jenna Jacobson (Ryerson University, Canada)
Janice Rudkowski (Ryerson University, Canada)
An Exploration of Employee Brand Equity on Instagram (abstract)
11:30
Alice Audrezet (Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Paris: France, France)
Hicham Sebti (Euromed Business School, Fès: Morocco, Morocco)
Struggling for recognition: lifestyle influencers work to shape their professional activity (abstract)
11:50
Joel Johnson (Royal Roads University, Canada)
Robert Mittelman (Royal Roads University, Canada)
Insta-Humanitarianism: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Instagram Posts from a Humanitarian Aid Organization. (abstract)
10:50-12:20 Session 3E: Education [WIP]
Chair:
Caroline Haythornthwaite (Syracuse University, United States)
10:50
Lei Vincent Huang (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Learning to Use Social Media as A Professional: An Analysis of Online Content Regarding Professional Use of Social Media for Newcomers (abstract)
11:10
Yimei Zhu (University of Leicester, UK)
British universities’ brand communication on Chinese social media (abstract)
11:30
Irameet Kaur (Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto- Scarborough, Canada)
Social Media in Education – A Structured Review and SAP-LAP Model (abstract)
11:50
Vanessa Dennen (Florida State University, United States)
Stacey Rutledge (Florida State University, United States)
Lauren Bagdy (Florida State University, United States)
Mobile Phones + Social Media = Classroom Tools? Learning through two distractive technologies in the high school setting (abstract)
12:20-13:30Lunch Break (Self-Organized: 1h 10min)

Restaurants Nearby

Note: As this lunch break is only 1 hour and 10 minutes, please plan it in advance to be back in time for the afternoon sessions. 

13:30-15:00 Session 4A: Networked Publics [WIP]
Chair:
Rachel Loney-Howes (University of Wollongong, Australia)
13:30
Damien Renard (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Boundaries between playing and working on social media (abstract)
13:50
Pablo Porten-Cheé (Freie Universität Berlin / Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin, Germany)
Louise Jørring (Freie Universität Berlin / Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin, Germany)
António Valentim (Freie Universität Berlin / Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin, Germany)
Laura Leißner (Freie Universität Berlin / Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin, Germany)
Martin Emmer (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
Emilija Gagrčin (Freie Universität Berlin / Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin, Germany)
Social media shaping good citizens: Citizenship norms and their consequences on political participation among heavy social media users (abstract)
14:10
Molly-Gloria Harper (Western University, Canada)
Barry Wellman (NetLab Network, Canada)
Anabel Quan-Haase (Western University, Canada)
How Social Media Interplays with Personal Network Structure and Boundaries (abstract)
13:30-15:00 Session 4B: Self Expression [WIP]
Chair:
Juana Du (Royal Roads University, Canada)
13:30
Olivier Turbide (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Maria Cherba (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Vincent Denault (University of Montreal, Canada)
Responding to self-disclosure in an online discussion forum for people living with cancer: a discursive approach (abstract)
13:50
Michelle Gorea (Queen's University, Canada)
The Times of Thier Lives: How Youth Manage and Negotiate Their Visual Selves in and Through Time (abstract)
14:10
Zena Toh Toh (University at Buffalo, United States)
Jessica Covert (University at Buffalo, United States)
[CANCELLED] A Mediation Model Linking Social Media Use, Self-Objectification, and Self-Esteem (abstract)
14:30
Omolara Odulaja (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
Indigenous Avatars: Implications For Online and Offline Cultural Engagement and Cultural Participation (abstract)
13:30-15:00 Session 4C: Privacy & Ethics [WIP]
Chair:
Karen Louise Smith (Brock University, Canada)
13:30
Jacquelyn Burkell (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Priscilla Regan (George Mason University, United States)
Examining Expression in the Virtual Public: The Ethics of Harvesting Online Discussions for Research Purposes (abstract)
13:50
Christoph Lutz (BI Norwegian Business School, Norway)
Christian Pieter Hoffmann (University of Leipzig, Germany)
Giulia Ranzini (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Explaining the Privacy Paradox with Privacy Cynicism: Scale Development and Structural Equation Model (abstract)
14:10
Renate Schubert (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Ioana Marinica (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Facebook data: how much do people share, how much do they care, and for how much do they sell (abstract)
14:30
Paul J. Reilly (The University of Sheffield, UK)
Suay Melisa Ozkula (The University of Sheffield, UK)
Whose data is it anyway? Doing ethical social media research in the age of datafication (abstract)
13:30-15:00 Session 4D: Bots [Full & WIP papers]
Chair:
Jennifer Pybus (King's College London, UK)
13:30
Victoria O'Meara (Western University, Canada)
Bot politics on Instagram: Rethinking ‘fake’ engagement in the attention economy (abstract)
13:50
Kurt Wirth (American University, United States)
Ericka Menchen-Trevino (American University, United States)
Ryan Moore (American University, United States)
Bots By Topic: Exploring Differences in Bot Activity by Conversation Topic (abstract)
14:10
Laurenz Aldu Cornelissen (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Petrus Schoonwinkel (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Richard Barnett (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
A Socio-Informatic Approach to Automated Account Classification on Social Media (abstract)
14:30
Ann Pegoraro (Laurentian University, Canada)
Grace Yan (University of South Carolina, United States)
Nicholas Watanabe (University of South Carolina, United States)
Examining IRA Bots in the NFL Anthem Protest: Political Agendas and Practices of Digital Gatekeeping (abstract)
13:30-15:00 Session 4E: Use & Users [Full Papers]
Chair:
Sarah Gilbert (University of Maryland, United States)
13:30
Zinaida Adelhardt (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
Stefan Markus (University of Wuppertal, Germany)
Thomas Eberle (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
Concepts Clarification and Differentiation between Smartphone Addiction and Compulsive Internet Use based on diagnostic investigation on two scales (abstract)
13:50
Zhiying Yue (University at Buffalo, SUNY, United States)
Michael Stefanone (University at Buffalo, SUNY, United States)
Applying an Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction to Sharing Sexual Images of Oneself Online (abstract)
14:10
Beata Jungselius (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Alexandra Weilenmann (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Same Same But Different: Changes in Social Media Practices Over Time (abstract)
14:30
Kenneth Joseph (University at Buffalo, United States)
John Wihbey (Northeastern University, United States)
Breaking News and Younger Twitter Users: Comparing Self-Reported Motivations to Online Behavior (abstract)
15:00-15:20Coffee Break (20 min)

LOCATION: TRS 1-148 & 1-150 TRSM Commons - 7th Floor

15:20-16:50 Session 5A: Online & Offline Communities [Full Papers]
Chair:
Bree Mcewan (DePaul University, United States)
15:20
Jinman Zhang (Western University, Canada)
Nadia Caidi (University of Toronto, Canada)
The Sensitive Period, Big Vs, and the Diaspora: A Brief Account of “#MeToo” in China (abstract)
15:40
Margaret Pulver (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, United States)
Dan Suthers (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, United States)
Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage: An Enduring Event Facilitating Momentary Connectedness via Transnational Publics (abstract)
16:00
Lei Vincent Huang (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
“Like” My Coworkers: Organizational Socialization and Workplace Relationship Development Using Social Media (abstract)
16:20
Humphrey Mensah (Syracuse University, United States)
Lu Xiao (Syracuse University, United States)
Sucheta Soundarajan (Syracuse University, United States)
Characterizing Susceptible Users on Reddit’s ChangeMyView (abstract)
15:20-16:50 Session 5B: Public Opinion [WIP]
Chair:
Hanako Smith (Ryerson University, Canada)
15:20
Bridget Haina (SUNY Plattsburgh, United States)
Shakuntala Rao (SUNY Plattsburgh, United States)
The Language of Outrage: Defining and communicating outrage and incivility via social media during the Charlottesville Protests (abstract)
15:40
Ana Ndumu (University of Maryland College Park College of Information, United States)
Adam Worrall (University of Alberta, Canada)
Lynette Hammond Gerido (Florida State University, United States)
Sentiment and network analysis of Twitter reactions to the U.S. birthright citizenship ban controversy: A preliminary examination (abstract)
16:00
Chad Van De Wiele (University of Illinois at Chicago, United States)
Backs Against the Wall: Networked and Hybrid Framing of the Executive Order Protests, Immigration Reform, and #NoBanNoWall on Twitter (abstract)
16:20
Tumukunde Ibrahim (Miyagi University, Japan)
Rwanda’s loans Agreements for development : A double-edged sword (abstract)
15:20-16:50 Session 5C: Privacy & Trust 2 [Full Papers]
Chair:
Lisa Sugiura (University of Portsmouth, UK)
15:20
Tom De Leyn (Ghent University (imec-mict-ugent), Belgium)
Ralf De Wolf (Ghent University (imec-mict-ugent), Belgium)
Mariek Vanden Abeele (Tilburg University, Belgium)
Lieven De Marez (Ghent University (imec-mict-ugent), Belgium)
Reframing Current Debates on Young People’s Online Privacy by Taking into Account the Cultural Construction of Youth (abstract)
15:40
Yuting Liao (University of Maryland, United States)
Sharing Personal Health Information On Social Media: Balancing Self-presentation and Privacy (abstract)
16:00
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch (University of Connecticut, United States)
Jonathan Obar (York University, Canada)
Overwhelming, Important, Irrelevant: Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Reading among Older Adults (abstract)
16:20
Xinru Page (Bentley University, United States)
Reza Ghaiumy (Clemson University, United States)
Bart Knijnenburg (Clemson University, United States)
How Communication Style Shapes Relationship Boundary Regulation and Social Media Adoption (abstract)
15:20-16:50 Session 5D: Digital Methods [WIP]
Chair:
Irameet Kaur (Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies, India)
15:20
Suay Melisa Ozkula (The University of Sheffield, UK)
Paul J. Reilly (The University of Sheffield, UK)
Strategic techniques for qualitative sampling online – a review of social media monitoring tools towards new approaches for qualitative sampling online (abstract)
15:40
Dmitry Epstein (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Kelly Quinn (University of Illinois at Chicago, United States)
Brenda Moon (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
The Cambridge Analytica effect: Shifting privacy frames among social media users (abstract)
16:00
James Cook (University of Maine at Augusta, United States)
Nonmonogamy Online: Comparing Content and Structure of Polyamory and Swinging Communication over Social Media (abstract)
16:20
Fanny Ramirez (Rutgers University, United States)
Vincent Denault (University of Montreal, Canada)
Facebook, female victims, and social media evidence in sexual assault trials (abstract)
17:00-18:30 Session 6: Poster Session
Chair:
Jaigris Hodson (Roya Roads University, Canada)
17:00
Christina Kößmeier (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Oliver B. Büttner (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
The Effects of Chronic and Situational Desire to Engage in Social Media on the Ability to Block Out Distractions (abstract)
17:00
Lyndsay Foisey (Western University, Canada)
Lorie Donelle (Western University, Canada)
Anita Kothari (akothari@uwo.ca, Canada)
Richard Booth (Western University, Canada)
Anabel Quan-Haase (Western University, Canada)
Molly Harper (Western University, Canada)
The use of social media in health care: A review of reviews (abstract)
17:00
Yimin Chen (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Emailpocalypse: Trolling in academia (abstract)
17:00
John D'Ignazio (School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, United States)
Looking at a Social Media Platform through an Informatics Lens: A Trial and Error Approach (abstract)
17:00
Amir Karami (University of South Carolina, United States)
Alicia A. Dahl (UNC Charlotte, United States)
George Shaw Jr. (UNC Charlotte, United States)
Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy (University of South Carolina, United States)
Hadi Kharrazi (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
Does Diet-Related Tweets Disclose Political Preferences? (abstract)
17:00
Christopher Stevens (York University - beginning PhD studies fall 2019, Canada)
China in Africa: the outsized influence of Western media on public sentiment in development debates (abstract)
17:00
Lauren Bagdy (Florida State University, United States)
Stacey Rutledge (Florida State University, United States)
Vanessa Dennen (Florida State University, United States)
Anthony Boucher (Florida State University, United States)
Catherine Cosgrove (Florida State University, United States)
Tristan Cravello (Florida State University, United States)
Kristian Diaz (Florida State University, United States)
Emma Jo McAuliffe (Florida State University, United States)
Shannon McWaters (Florida State University, United States)
Caitlin Violette (Florida State University, United States)
Instagram Spam: Teens, Finsta, and the Portrayal of One’s True Self (abstract)
17:00
Vanessa Dennen (Florida State University, United States)
Stacey Rutledge (Florida State University, United States)
Lauren Bagdy (Florida State University, United States)
Vanessa Oduro (Florida State University, United States)
Sophie Rhoads (Florida State University, United States)
Brandell Theard (Florida State University, United States)
Teens, social media, and belonging at school: Group memberships and intersections (abstract)
17:00
Jack Jamieson (University of Toronto, Canada)
Bridging the Open Web and APIs: Alternative Social Media Alongside the Corporate Web (abstract)
17:00
Katie Mackinnon (University of Toronto, Canada)
Dillon Black (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Early Internet Memories (abstract)
17:00
Wade Keye (University of Rochester, United States)
#RIP: Death, data-capture, and the afterlife of Facebook (abstract)
17:00
Curtis Martin (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Bertrum MacDonald (Dalhousie University, School of Information Management, Canada)
Using Interpersonal Communication Strategies to Engage Lay Audiences in Science Conversations on Social Media (abstract)
17:00
Muhammad Abubakar Alhassan (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Diane Pennington (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Ian Ruthven (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Self-harm and Social Media: A case of YouTube Comments on Deliberate Self-harm Videos (abstract)
17:00
Jennifer Hamilton (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Diane Rasmussen Pennington (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Developing a mixed methods approach for analysing interactions on Facebook (abstract)
17:00
Weiying Shi (Beijing Normal University, China)
Hongzhong Zhang (Beijing Normal University, China)
Is social media use the factor causing decline of traditional media credibility? (abstract)
17:00
Anran Hao (Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore)
Chee Wah Wesley Tan (Nanyang Technological University, Center for Professional and Continuing Education, Singapore)
Chei Sian Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Singapore)
Having fun finding AEDs: Gamifying the crowdsourcing of AEDs on a mobile application (abstract)
17:00
Chei Sian Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Dion Goh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Hang Guo (Zhongxun.life, Singapore)
Quan Zhou (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Understanding Users’ Perceptions of the Design of a Mobile Crowdsourcing Platform for Finding Trafficked Children (abstract)
17:00
Sarah Louise Pratt (Ryerson University, Canada)
Sharing Non-fiction Narrative Podcasts: How Podcast Users Engage in Network-Produced vs. Independently-Produced Content on Twitter (abstract)
17:00
Angela Borchert (University Duisburg Essen, Germany)
Nicolás Díaz Ferreyra (University Duisburg Essen, Germany)
Maritta Heisel (University Duisburg Essen, Germany)
Shall We Meet? Towards Computer-Mediated Trustworthiness in its Different Phases (abstract)
17:00
Sunday Agholor (Department of Computer Science, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Nigeria)
O. A. Agholor (Registry Department, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Nigeria)
D. O. Aborisade (Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Nigeria)
Determining the level of Influence of Social Media on the Academic Performance of Students (abstract)
17:00
Tsz Hang Chu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Tien Ee Dominic Yeo (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
#WhyIDidntReport: Characterizing Twitter Disclosures of Sexual Assault and Justifications for Not Reporting (abstract)
17:00
Tsz Hang Chu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Youzhen Su (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Fei Fan (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Sai Wang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Tien Ee Dominic Yeo (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Give Boys a Shot: Examining Reddit Discussions on Male HPV Vaccination Using Machine Learning (abstract)
17:00
Bree McEwan (DePaul University, United States)
Selena Cotte (DePaul University, United States)
Who is Anonymous? A sample of 4chan users (abstract)
17:00
Kaitlin Flannery (SUNY Cortland, United States)
Anna Vannucci (Connecticut Children's Medical Center, United States)
Christine Ohannessian (Connecticut Children's Medical Center, United States)
Examining the Moderating role of Social Media Use on the Associations Between Popularity and Psychological Adjustment in Adolescence (abstract)
17:00
Karen Louise Smith (Brock University, Canada)
Meara Hurtig (Brock University, Canada)
Remixing the Right to Be Forgotten with Canadian Youth (abstract)
17:00
Fallon Mitchell (University of Windsor, Canada)
Sara Santarossa (University of Windsor, Canada)
Paula van Wyk (University of Windsor, Canada)
More than what meets the eye: An evaluation of Olympic and Paralympic athletes' Instagram posts. (abstract)
17:00
Wu He (Old Dominion University, United States)
Yang Yu (Rochester Institute of Technology, United States)
Xin Tian (Kennesaw State University, United States)
Wenzhuo Li (Old Dominion University, United States)
Bilingual Analysis of Online Hotel Reviews: A Case Study (abstract)
17:00
Subhasree Sengupta (Syracuse University, United States)
Caroline Haythornthwaite (Syracuse University, United States)
Enhancing quality of content on Stack Overflow - a preliminary analysis of SO comments (abstract)
17:00
Enilda Romero-Hall (University of Tampa, United States)
Renata Sindicic (University of Tampa, United States)
Erika Petersen (University of Tampa, United States)
Linlin Li (University of Tampa, United States)
Keeping Streaks and Doing It for the Gram: Undergraduate Students Participation in their Most versus Least Used Social Media (abstract)
17:00
Maude Gauthier (Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Canada)
Getting around Social Media Algorithms: A Study of Social Media Professionals (abstract)
17:00
Melanie Wilde (Paderborn, University, Institute for Internet and Media Technologies, Germany)
How to change a running system?! A sociological view of challenges and actor constellations in IPv6 Deployment. (abstract)
17:00
Stephanie Sabala (Rochester Institute of Technology, United States)
The perception of LGBTQ influencers on Social Media: YouTube Analysis (abstract)
17:00
Lili Fejes-Vékássy (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
Márton Engyel (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
Adrienn Ujhelyi (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
Self-esteem, Narcissism and Social Media Activity: How do they affect each other? (abstract)
17:00
Lisa Lundgren (North Carolina State University, United States)
Richard T. Bex Ii (University of Florida, United States)
Jennifer E. Bauer (Florida Museum of Natural History, United States)
Kent J. Crippen (University of Florida, United States)
Social paleontology on Twitter: A longitudinal case study of network composition and attributes (abstract)
17:00
Zhuozhi Shao (SUNY - Albany, United States)
William May (SUNY Albany, United States)
Teresa Harrison (SUNY Albany, United States)
Signature Feature Analysis of E-petitions that Successfully Promoted Voices for Minorities and Women (abstract)
17:00
Catherine Dumas (Simmons University, United States)
Exploring E-petitioning and Twitter Behavior in We the People (abstract)
17:00
Jory Fulcher (University of Windsor, Canada)
Sarah Woodruff Atkinson (University of Windsor, Canada)
Sara Santarossa (University of Windsor, Canada)
Understanding online communities surrounding non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) through conversations and common properties among authors (abstract)
17:00
Suay Melisa Ozkula (The University of Sheffield, UK)
Paul J. Reilly (The University of Sheffield, UK)
Easy data, usual suspects, same old places? A systematic review of Digital Activism research between 1995-2019 (abstract)
17:00
Rebecca Reagan (University of Windsor, Canada)
Sonia Filice (University of Windsor, Canada)
Sara Santarossa (University of Windsor, Canada)
Sarah Woodruff (University of Windsor, Canada)
#ad on Instagram: Investigating the promotion of food and beverage products (abstract)
17:00
Lauren Gurrieri (RMIT University, Australia)
Jenna Drenten (Loyola University Chicago, United States)
Social media challenges: surveillance dynamics and body ideals (abstract)
17:00
Paul Russo (Yeshiva University, United States)
Jeancarlo Bonilla (New York University, United States)
Location Sharing: Women Respond to Trust; Men Share to Connect with Others (abstract)
17:00
Nigel Joseph (Washington State University, United States)
Jihyeong Son (Washington State University, United States)
Vicki McCracken (Washington State University, United States)
Who Follows You: Do People of Color Show Their Brand Trust by Their Follows on Instagram? (abstract)
17:00
Takara A. Bond (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
Natasha Parent (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
Jennifer D. Shapka (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
Self-promotion motivations for social media use and social adjustment to university (abstract)
17:00
Conor Lake (Rochester Institute of Technology, United States)
#NoMoreCraptions & #WhyISign: How Deaf Social Media Users Engage with Hashtags (abstract)
18:30-19:00Break & Walk to Reception Venue
19:00-21:00Reception at The Catalyst

WHERE: The Catalyst, Rogers Communications Centre
80 Gould St, Toronto, ON M5B 2M7

Sunday, July 21st

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08:30-09:00Registration & Coffee

LOCATION: TRS 1-148 & 1-150 TRSM Commons - 7th Floor

09:00-10:30 Awards Ceremony & Keynote

NOTE: This session will be livestreamed on YouTube

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10:30-11:00Coffee Break & Spin-n-Win (30 min)

Take a break with us! Join us in the TRSM Commons -7th floor to play Spin-n-Win outside the coffee reception area for a chance to win some fabulous prizes courtesy of the Social Media Lab!

11:00-12:30 Session 7A: Bad Actors [WIP]
Chair:
Jen Ross (The University of Edinburgh, UK)
11:00
Shandell Houlden (McMaster University, Canada)
Jaigris Hodson (Royal Roads University, Canada)
George Veletsianos (Royal Roads University, Canada)
Chandell Gosse (Western Ontario, Canada)
“Posting is the new asking for it”: Support for Scholars Coping with Online Harassment (abstract)
11:20
Jacquelyn Burkell (Western University, Canada)
Chandell Gosse (Western University, Canada)
Marta Kopp (Western University, Canada)
“Deep Trouble”: Understanding the Problems of Deepfakes through News Media Coverage (abstract)
11:40
Barbara Tarter (Marshall University, United States)
Stephen Catt (Emporia State University, United States)
Still Not Dead: An updated analysis of the Russian Facebook Advertisements prior to the 2016 US election (abstract)
12:00
Nara Yoon (Syracuse University, United States)
James Eakins (Syracuse University, United States)
Jeff Hemsley (Syracuse University, United States)
Detecting Coordinated Political Message Diffusion Amplification during the 2018 U.S. Senate Elections (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 7B: Politics 2 [WIP]
Chair:
Ming-Hsiang Tsou (San Diego State University, United States)
11:00
Ksenia Tsyganova (SPbGU, Russia)
Dmitri Tsyganov (SPbGU, Russia)
Online pre-election campaign by polls and likes (abstract)
11:20
Anmol Panda (Microsoft, India)
Lia Bozarth (University of Michigan, United States)
Han Zhang (University of Michigan, United States)
Mugdha Mohapatra (Microsoft, India)
Sunandan Chakraborty (Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, United States)
Joyojeet Pal (Microsoft, India)
Extending the extremes: a survey of factors that amplify extreme speech in political discourses on Indian Twitter (abstract)
11:40
James Cook (University of Maine at Augusta, United States)
Gender, Party, and the Kavanaugh Nomination: American State Legislators on Twitter (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 7C: Public Sector & Academia [Full Papers]
Chair:
Bertrum MacDonald (Dalhousie University, Canada)
11:00
Jessamy Perriam (The Open University, UK)
A Tweet is Not Just a Tweet: public sector understandings and analysis of social media customer service data (abstract)
11:20
Uugangerel Bold (National University of Mongolia, Mongolia)
Borchuluun Yadamsuren (Northwestern University, United States)
Use of social media as an educational tool: Perspectives of Mongolian university educators (abstract)
11:40
Vanessa Dennen (Florida State University, United States)
Stacey Rutledge (Florida State University, United States)
Lauren Bagdy (Florida State University, United States)
Social media use in high school settings: Rules, outcomes, and educational opportunities (abstract)
12:00
Maria Gintova (Ryerson University, Canada)
Examining social media use by immigration agencies in Canada: privacy, quality and effectiveness (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 7D: Scholars [WIP]
Chair:
Zinaida Adelhardt (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Germany)
11:00
Christine Greenhow (Michigan State University, United States)
Bret Staudt Willet (Michigan State University, United States)
Holly Marich (Michigan State University, United States)
Scholarship Reconsidered: Examining New Scholars’ Social Media Practices (abstract)
11:20
Dan Albertson (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, United States)
Twitter Activity at Recent LIS Research Conferences: An Inner-Disciplinary Comparison and Discussion of Future Research Opportunities (abstract)
11:40
Axel Bruns (Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Jean Burgess (Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Kim Osman (Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
The expert in the debate: Mapping scholarly contributions to the 2018 Australia Day debate across social media (abstract)
12:00
Rémi Toupin (UQAM, Canada)
Florence Millerand (UQAM, Canada)
Vincent Larivière (University of Montreal, Canada)
Public or scholarly engagement? Investigating who shares climate research on Twitter (abstract)
12:30-14:00Lunch Break (Self-Organized: 1h 30min)
14:00-15:00 Session 8A: Panel: Canadian Perspectives on Privacy and Trust -- Now and Then
14:00
Janis Goldie (Huntington University/Laurentian University, Canada)
Sara Bannerman (McMaster University, Canada)
Angela Orasch (McMaster University, Canada)
Leslie Regan Shade (University of Toronto, Canada)
Canadian Perspectives on Privacy and Trust -- Now and Then (abstract)
14:00-15:00 Session 8B: Panel: Connected Seniors: Practice, Attitude, and Well-Being Enabled by Social Media
14:00
Guang Ying Mo (Ryerson University, Canada)
Zack Hayat (Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel)
Barry Wellman (NetLab Network, Canada)
Esther Brainin (Ruppin Academic Center, Israel)
Molly-Gloria Harper (Western University, Canada)
Connected Seniors: Practice, Attitude, and Well-Being Enabled by Social Media (abstract)
14:00-15:00 Session 8C: Panel: Trust & Mistrust in Wikipedia: Evaluating information and information policies
14:00
Zachary McDowell (University of Illinois at Chicago, United States)
Matthew Vetter (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States)
Jonathan Obar (York University, Canada)
Trust & Mistrust in Wikipedia: Evaluating information and information policies (abstract)
14:00-15:00 Session 8D: Panel: Disclosing sexual violence via MeToo
14:00
Kaitlynn Mendes (University of Leicester, UK)
Rachel Loney-Howes (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Anabel Quan-Haase (Western University, Canada)
Disclosing sexual violence via MeToo and the formation of digital intimacies, privacy and trust (abstract)
14:00-15:00 Session 8E: Roundtable: Online Hate and Foreign Policy: Insights from Canada’s Digital Inclusion Lab
14:00
Priya Kumar (Digital Inclusion Lab, Centre for International Digital Policy, Global Affairs Canada, Canada)
Roundtable on Online Hate and Foreign Policy: Insights from Canada’s Digital Inclusion Lab (abstract)
15:00-15:30Coffee Break & Spin-n-Win (30 min)

Take a break with us! Join us in the TRSM Commons -7th floor to play Spin-n-Win outside the coffee reception area for a chance to win some fabulous prizes courtesy of the Social Media Lab!

15:30-17:00 Session 9A: Climate [WIP]
Chair:
Jess Perriam (The Open University, UK)
15:30
Madeleine Martin (Ryerson University, Canada)
Comparing Twitter Use by a Government Organization and State Watchdog Institution for Environmental Regulatory Governance Activity (abstract)
15:50
Yan Chen (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Camille Caesemaecker (Agrocampus Ouest in the city of Rennes, France)
Tuihedur Rahman (Dalhousie University & Saint Mary's University, Canada)
Kate Sherren (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Cultural ecosystem service delivery in dykelands and marshes using Instagram: A case of the Cornwallis (Jijuktu'kwejk) River, Nova Scotia, Canada (abstract)
16:10
Atsushi Nara (San Diego State University, United States)
Nana Luo (San Diego State University, United States)
Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani (San Diego State University, United States)
Alidad Ahmadi (San Diego State University, United States)
Ken Tominaga (San Diego State University, United States)
Ming-Hsiang Tsou (San Diego State University, United States)
Examining human decision making factors toward wildfire evacuation using Twitter (abstract)
16:30
Daniel Lundgaard (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
What characterizes communication within echo chambers on Twitter? An empirical analysis of the communicative content shared within an echo chamber in the climate change-debate (abstract)
15:30-17:00 Session 9B: Privacy & Trust 3 [WIP]
Chair:
Suay Ozkula (The University of Sheffield, UK)
15:30
Christoph Lutz (BI Norwegian Business School, Norway)
Shruthi Velidi (BI Norwegian Business School, Norway)
Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Moritz Büchi (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Eduard Fosch Villaronga (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
Chilling Effects of Profiling Activities: Exploring the Consequences of Big Data-Driven Surveillance (abstract)
15:50
Clara Hanson (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
Whose privacy? How “user” shapes messages about digital privacy (abstract)
16:10
Karen Louise Smith (Brock University, Canada)
Through an open source browser window: Interventions for networked privacy (abstract)
15:30-17:00 Session 9C: Affordances [WIP]
Chair:
Adam Worrall (University of Alberta, Canada)
15:30
Thomas MacDonald (Queen's University, Canada)
How it Actually Works: Creator Imaginaries of the YouTube Algorithm as Recursive Governance (abstract)
15:50
Sarah Woloschuk (Western University, Canada)
Anabel Quan-Haase (Western University, Canada)
Cascading Inaccuracies on Tumblr: Technological Affordances, User Actions, and Digital Activism (abstract)
16:10
Chei Sian Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Hamzah Osop (The University of Sydney, Australia)
Dion Goh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Sei-Ching Joanna Sin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Designing a Mobile Crowdsourcing Application Prototype to foster Shared Responsibility in a Community (abstract)
15:30-17:00 Session 9D: Use & Users 2 [WIP]
Chair:
James Cook (University of Maine at Augusta, United States)
15:30
Donna Smith (Ryerson University, Canada)
David Nieborg (University of Toronto, Canada)
An exploration of interorganizational trust in social media platform partnerships (abstract)
15:50
Vanessa Dennen (Florida State University, United States)
Lauren Bagdy (Florida State University, United States)
Hajeen Choi (Florida State University, United States)
Demetrius Rice (Florida State University, United States)
Ginny Smith (Florida State University, United States)
Make new friends, but keep the old? University student social media use and friend networks (abstract)
16:10
Christina Koessmeier (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Oliver B. Büttner (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Why are We Distracted by Social Media? Examining Reasons for Distraction by Social Media, its Relation to Personality and Distraction Situations (abstract)
16:30
Chandell Gosse (Western University, Canada)
George Veletsianos (Royal Roads University, Canada)
Jaigris Hodson (Royal Roads University, Canada)
Shandell Houlden (McMaster University, Canada)
The Hidden Cost of Connectivity: The Nature and Impact of Online Harassment Among Scholars in Higher Education (abstract)
19:00-21:30Post-conference Boat Tour Around Toronto Islands

If your travel schedule permits, join us for a 2-hour boat tour around Toronto Islands after the conference on Sunday, July 21 at 7pm (19:00). The boat will return to the pier at around 9:30pm (21:30).

You can buy tickets online with the special rate of CDN$15 (including taxes); but hurry, the space is limited, so book soon (password: smsociety).