SIG SM Competition Award Recipients 2022

Purpose of the Award

This award is a lifetime achievement award that recognizes sustained contributions to and/or achievements in the field of information science and/or the professions in which it is practiced. Such contributions may include 1) scholarly contributions to the advancement of our field, such as the expression of new ideas, the creation of new technologies, the development of better techniques, or substantial research efforts which have led to further development of thought or devices or applications, or 2) other outstanding contributions to the field/profession of information science, as evidenced by successful efforts in the educational, social, or political processes affecting the profession.

Winners

The Special Interest Group for Social Media (SIG SM) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 ASIS&T SIG SM Awards.

Best Paper

Not all my friends are friends”: Audience-group-based nudges for managing location privacy
Isha Gosh, Vivek Singh (presenter)
Rutgers University

Runner up

From information seeking to information avoidance: Understanding the health information behavior during a global health crisis
Saira Hanif Soroya¹(presenter),Ali Farooq, Khalid Mahmood¹, Jouni Isoaho², Shan-e Zara
¹University of the Punjab, Lahore; ²University of Turku, Finland

Honorable Mention

Analysis of Geotagging Behavior: Do Geotagged Users Represent the Twitter Population?
Amir Karami¹ (presenter), Rachana Redd Kadari² , Lekha Panati², Siva Prasad Nooli², Harshini Bheemreddy²
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham; ²University of South Carolina

We had several excellent nominations this year. Each nominated paper received three reviews from social media scholars. Evaluation criteria were based on contribution to the social media field, professional merit, and presentation quality. The award jury selected three papers, including the winner ($200), runner-up ($150), and honorable mention ($100). We would especially like to thank all of our paper reviewers for their support of SIG SM: we could not ensure such a high quality of review without their help.

Winners were presented with an award certificate and the accompanying gift card at the SIG Social Media Workshop on October 29, 2022, in Pittsburg, PA United States. Read more on the Full-Day Workshop on Social Media Research, Challenges, and Opportunities