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Sociology and the Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Social Software

Talk at IE University in Segovia, Spain: Transnational Connections, March 24-25, 2010

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

I will attend and speak at a symposium being heldMarch 24-25, 2010 at the IE University Department of Communication in Segovia, Spain.  The topic is: Transnational connections: Challenges and opportunities for communication.
“The Symposium aims to generate discussion on cutting-edge ideas in political communication, encourage international cooperation and unite scholars and practitioners.”
The symposium is organized with Center for Global [...]

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Talk at Israel Internet Association on February 22, 2010

March 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The Annual Meeting of the Israel Internet Association (http://www.isoc.org.il (English)) was held February 22-23 2010. I spoke at this year’s meeting: http://www.isoc.org.il/conf2010/agenda.php?lang=en
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The previous year’s conference website is at: http://www.isoc.org.il/conf2009/program.php
The Israel Internet Association is the official Israeli Chapter of the Internet Society.  Their annual meeting is a central event of academics (sociologists, psychologists, [...]

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University of Haifa and IBM Research talk on Social Media Networks, February 24, 2010

February 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

After speaking at the Israel Internet Association conference February 22, I will speak at IBM Research in Haifa at an event co-sponsored by the University of Haifa Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the M.A. program in Sociology of Technology.  My hosts are Professor Gustavo Mesch from the university and Dr. Adam Perer from IBM [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Connected Action · IBM · NodeXL · Research · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Network Analysis · Social network · Talks · University · Visualization

Meeting: Saving Our Present for the Future: Personal Archiving 2010, February 16th at the Internet Archive

February 12th, 2010 · No Comments

I will attend an interesting discussion organized by Jeff Ubois on February 16th at the Internet Archive in San Francisco.
Saving Our Present for the Future: Personal Archiving 2010
From family photographs and personal papers to health and financial information, vital personal records are becoming digital. At the same time, creation and capture of new digital information [...]

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Tags: Conference · Network data providers (spigots) · Social Media · Social network · Talks · Technology

Video: Panel Discussion from November 19: Using Social Media to Grow and Market Your Business

December 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Video is now available from a panel hosted by the Women’s Affinity Group of O’Melveny & Myers’ Silicon Valley Office in Menlo Park on November 19th.  Along with Karla Spormann, President and CEO Tendo Communications, Martin Eberhard, Co-founder and former CEO Tesla Motors, Patrick Ewers, Founder, Mindmavin LLC.  We spoke about “Using Social Media to Grow [...]

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Tags: Measuring social media · NodeXL · Social Media · Social network · Talks

Social Media Talks at Aachen University, December 7th & 8th

November 28th, 2009 · No Comments

After visiting the Oxford Internet Institute on December 4th, I will be visiting Aachen University to talk about social media network analysis this December 7th and 8th.

I will be visiting with my hosts, Zinayida Petrushyna and Ralf Klamma who have been doing insightful work exploring social media sites like Media Wikis and Wikipedia.  The Wiki Watcher [...]

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Tags: Aachen · Social Media · Social network · Talks · University

Oxford Internet Institute: Forum on Relationships and the Internet December 4th

November 28th, 2009 · No Comments

On December 4th, I will be attending the Oxford Internet Institute’s Forum on Relationships and the Internet which will feature researchers focused on computer-mediated relationships.  Rather than being used primarily to access information, people often use networked computing to access people, creating or sustaining relationships with others.  There are many ways in which the Internet [...]

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Tags: Conference · Measuring social media · NodeXL · Research · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Roles · Social network · Sociology · Talks · University

Mobile Web Africa – October 13-14, 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa

October 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Next week I will be attending and discussing mobile social media and social networks at the Mobile Web Africa conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is my first time to Africa and I am excited to both visit and to discuss how mobile networked devices can change social organizations.  Mobile devices are in many ways more [...]

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Tags: Conference · Data Mining · Ecology · Industry · Location · Measuring social media · Medical sensors · Mobile Devices · Mobile Social Software · NodeXL · Privacy · Sensors · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Roles · Social network · Sociology · Talks

Social Media Network Analysis Workshop – October 29th in Mountain View, CA

September 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The network created by “Who follows who among the people who tweeted “#CHI2010″. Node size is proportional to total tweets. Generated with NodeXL
On October 29th, I will be offering a workshop in Mountain View, California on the application of social network analysis to the measurement of social media.
The workshop will run from 9m to [...]

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Tags: Community · Conference · Measuring social media · Metrics · Mobile Devices · Mobile Social Software · NodeXL · Research · Shameless self-promotion · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Roles · Social network · Sociology · Talks · Visualization

2009 Sociological Association Meetings – Internet Sociologists Meet (CITASA @ ASA09)

September 12th, 2009 · No Comments

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The 2009 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting was held in San Francisco, California, August 8-11.
The ASA attracts thousands of sociologists, a subsection of whom have  a passion for the study of the Internet and its many forms of social impacts and uses.  The Communications and Information Technology Section of the American Sociological Association [...]

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Recently, Stanford Media X Workshop – New Metrics for New Media: Analytics for Social Media and Virtual Worlds

September 12th, 2009 · No Comments

On August 5th and 6th I led a workshop with Martha Russell on social network analysis of social media as part of the Stanford Media X Summer Institute on New Metrics for New Media: Analytics for Social Media and Virtual Worlds this Summer.

New Metrics for New Media:  Analytics for Social Media and Virtual Worlds
Organizers:  Martha Russell, Marc [...]

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Tags: Community · Measuring social media · Metrics · NodeXL · Social Interaction · Social network · Sociology · Talks · Visualization

July Catalyst Conference on Enterprise Social Media in San Diego

September 12th, 2009 · No Comments

The Catalyst Conference was July 27-31 in San Diego which gathered many people to discuss new technologies for enterprise computing.
On Wednesday, July 29 at 11:15 a.m. I gave a presentation about the use of social network analysis within the enterprise.

2009 – Social Media Analystics Research and ToolsView more presentations from Marc Smith.
Session Details: Social Network Analysis: A [...]

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Summer 2009 – Stanford Media X Workshop: New Metrics for New Media: Analytics for Social Media and Virtual Worlds

May 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I will lead a workshop with Martha Russell on social network analysis of social media as part of the Stanford Media X Summer Institute on New Metrics for New Media: Analytics for Social Media and Virtual Worlds this Summer.  I am looking forward to working with the folks at Media X which hosts a range of [...]

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Tags: Cultural Representations · Data Mining · Measuring social media · Metrics · Social Media · Social Roles · Sociology · Talks · Technology · Visualization

Slides: Autobiography, Mobile Social Life-Logging and the Transition from Ephemeral to Archival Society

May 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy

Here is the slide deck I presented at the “Studying Society In A Digital World” conference at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University.  They just posted most of the conference slides.  I took some pictures and posted to flickr.  Here is the slide deck I presented along [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Community · Location · Measuring social media · Medical sensors · Metrics · Mobile Devices · Mobile Social Software · Research · Sensors · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Roles · Social network · Sociology · Talks · Technology

Princeton – Studying Society In A Digital World – Conference Slides and photos

May 7th, 2009 · No Comments

I attended the “Studying Society In A Digital World” conference at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University.  They just posted most of the conference slides.  I took some pictures and have inserted them next to the link for slides where I had a picture (or a good one!).  The conference was very [...]

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Tags: Conference · Interdisciplinary · Papers · Research · Social Media · Social Roles · Social network · Sociology · Talks · Technology