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Awards Recipients 2024 Winner of SIG Social Media Senior Researcher Award 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…

Awards Recipients 2023 Winners of the 2023 SIG-SM Paper Competition Runner Up 2023 SIG-SM Paper Competition Honorable Mention 2023 Research Competition SIG-SM 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…

Awards Recipients 2022 Winner Runner up Honorable Mention 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…

Awards Recipients 2021 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 SIG-Social Media (SM) invites you to participate in the 2021 SIG-SM Elections. Your vote is important. Please join this opportunity to contribute to SIG SM. The election is due before September 20, 2021. For more information and to vote, click here. Thank you for taking your time.

SIG SOCIAL MEDIA SCIENCE SLAM 83rd ASIS&T Annual Meeting (Virtual) 2020   Thursday, 29 Oct. ARE YOU READY TO SLAM? Have you always wanted  … … to convince your fellows that you did an awesome study?  … to present your study in a creative and entertaining way? AWESOME! The ASIS&T special interest group for social media…

ASIS&T SIG-SM (Special Interest Group on Social Media) will provide quick feedback on your ASIS&T submissions to help improve them before submission to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Reviews will be provided within 10 days of the submission deadline. All papers will get two reviews. Reviews will focus on structure, writing and research contributions and adopt…

Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T Special Interest Group Social Media (SIG-SM) is pleased to announce ‘Social Media Membership Award’ to sponsor the information professionals and students who are interested or working in the domain of Social Media. This award is specifically developed/designed to encourage diversity in ASIS&T and facilitate information professionals and students  from developing economies…

(Seeking Candidates) We are seeking candidates for the SIG SM Board of 2020.  The open positions are: Chair-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Webmaster, Communications and Social Media officer,  Archivist, Recruitment Membership, and Designer. The board is open to suggestions for additional (special responsibility) positions. The main responsibility as a board member is to work and cooperate with…

Thursday, March 21, 2019, 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST (UTC 12:00:00 – World Clock) Social Media Data are currently being used as research data across disciplines and help researchers to gain insights into communication patterns and human behavior. However, much of the content in social media is ephemeral and may change or even disappear over time. Solutions…