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Social Media Lab "Making sense of a networked world" |
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May 17
Is online “influence” set to become the currency of the future? Some would say influence in general has always been a currency, just ask any lobbyists working in the corridors of power in capitals across the globe. Historically, influence and authority have rested in the hands of a selected few. But over the past few …
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May 08
In preparation for the official launch of the ASIS&T SIG-III (International Information Issues) new Twitter account @sig3i on June 1, 2012, we are looking for social media (SM) volunteers to join the dynamic team at the Social Media Lab at Dalhousie University to tweet and organize social media events on behalf of the SIG. As …
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Apr 30
SIS Seminar Series: Connected Scholars: Examining the Role of Social Media in Research Practices of Social Science Faculty. Social media is fast becoming an important and integral part of the academic life. However, there is little data on why and how scholars are using them. This presentation by Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd, Director of the Social …
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Apr 23
MLIS and CS students from SIM’s Social Media Lab (SML) will be presenting posters at the GRAND 2012 Conference in Montreal next week. GRAND 2012 will showcase a multi-disciplinary program of research and innovation spanning the broad spectrum of digital media. The conference, held at Le Centre Sheraton, Montréal, will kick off on the evening of Wednesday, May …
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Apr 18
I am very pleased to announce that the Social Media Lab has recently been awarded a grant by MITACS to organize and host a two-day Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media. The funds will be used to offset some of the travel cost for graduate students selected to attend the workshop in …
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Apr 15
The paper, “Geography of Twitter Networks” which was originally published in the January 2012 issue of Social Networks, was recently featured in Foreign Affairs on 04/04/2012 in an article entitled, “How Twitter Makes the Internet More Local.” This study explored how connections on Twitter are influenced and bounded by geography. This study has also been …
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