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2014 INSNA Sunbelt SNA Conference: February 18-23 – St. Petersburg, Florida

The INSNA Sunbelt social network conference will be held February 18-23 at the TradeWinds Island Resort on the island of St. Pete Beach. There will be NodeXL related talks at the conference. NodeXL: Network Analysis Made Simple Tuesday February 18, 8:00am – 11:00am & 11:30am – 2:30pm Marc Smith, Social Media Research Foundation CITRUS Ballroom […]

Webshop 2011 review: 4 days, 20 talks, 45 students, an earthquake, a hurricane and many new connections

Summer Social Webshop on Technology-Mediated Social Participation University of Maryland, College Park August 23-26, 2011 Eventful. The 2011 Webshop at the University of Maryland was certainly that with both an earthquake and a hurricane to mark the start and end of the event. We really moved heaven and earth at this workshop. In 4 days, 20 talks, […]

September 22-23, 2011: Purdue University – Lecture on Social Media Networks

I will speak at Purdue University on September 22 and 23, 2011 about mapping social media networks. My host is Sorin Matei, professor of Communications, who has been researching the social structure of social media networks. I will also speak at Professor Matei’s class: COM 63200 On-line Interaction and Facilitation Here is an example map of […]

ASA 2011 – Las Vegas, NV: August 20-23 – Sociologists present on the social uses and effects of information technology

2011 ASA meetings are being held in Las Vega, Nevada. Several sessions are related to the study of the social uses and effects of information technology are hosted by the Communications and Information Technology Section of the American Sociological Association (CITASA). These are the connections among the people who recently tweeted the term “ASA2011″ on 18 […]

Please vote on our SxSW panel: Social Mapping: Bridging Online & Offline Events

Please vote on our SxSW 2012 panel: Social Mapping : Bridging Online & Offline Events Event Interactive 2012 Format Workshop Organizer Emily Gannett ‐ IRL Productions Speakers Marc Smith ‐ Social Media Research Foundation Description Look up from your phone and you will notice that offline is not obsolete. Experiences in real life (IRL) remain powerful and memorable. Online […]