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2017 #SMSociety Theme: Social Media for Social Good or Evil

Our online behaviour is far from virtual–it extends our offline lives. Much social media research has identified the positive opportunities of using social media; for example, how people use social media to form support groups online, participate in political uprising, raise money for charities, extend teaching and learning outside the classroom, etc. However, mirroring offline experiences, we have also seen social media being used to spread propaganda and misinformation, recruit terrorists, live stream criminal activities, reinforce echo chambers by politicians, and perpetuate hate and oppression (such as racist, sexist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic behaviour).

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Syracuse University
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Dory Abelman

Western University Canada, Faculty of Health Science
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UIUC
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Siti Dewi Aisyah

Hacettepe University
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Juan Pablo Alperin

Public Knowledge Project
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Mohammedwesam Amer

Newcastle University
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Lauren Bagdy

Florida State University
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Kim Barbour

University of Adelaide
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Olga Boichak

Syracuse University
PhD student
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Laurie Bonnici

U.A. SCHOOL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION STUDIES
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Shelley Boulianne

MacEwan University
Associate Professor
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Leanne Bowler

University of PIttsburgh
Associate Professor
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Esther Brainin

Ruppn Academic Center ISRAEL
Senior Lecturer
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Alvan Bregman

Queen's University
Head, W.D. Jordan Library
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Jacquie Burkell

Western University
Associate Vice President, Research
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Dorota Celińska

University of Warsaw
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Niel Chah

University of Toronto
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Wil Chivers

WISERD, Cardiff University
Research Associate
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Ataharul Chowdhury

University of Guelph
Adjunct Faculty
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Alton Chua

Nanyang Technological University
Associate Chair (Research)
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Angela Cirucci

Kutztown University
Assistant Professor
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Jill Le Clair

CBiS, Coventry University
Associate
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Nicole Cohen

University of Toronto
Assistant Professor
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Sarah Jayne Connick-Keefer

University of Ottawa
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Paige Coyne

University of Windsor
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Brian Creech

Temple University
Assistant Professor
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Sanchari Das

Indiana University, Bloomington
Research Assistant
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Dorian Davis

American University
PhD candidate
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Ron Deibert

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
Director, Citizen Lab, Professor, Political Science
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Vanessa Dennen

Florida State University
Professor
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Raywat Deonandan

University of Ottawa
Assistant Professor
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Renée Desjardins

University of Saint-Boniface
Assistant Professor
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Robin Desmeules

McGill University Library
Cataloguing Librarian
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Ramona Riin Dremljuga

Aarhus University
MSc, Research Assistant
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Brooke Erin Duffy

Cornell University
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Stefanie Duguay

Queensland University of Technology
PhD Candidate
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Jacky Au Duong

Ryerson University - Centre for Communicating Knowledge
Research, Project Coordinator
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Harry Dyer

University of East Anglia
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Ingrid Erickson

Syracuse University, School of Information Studies
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Daniela Fernandez Espinosa

Syracuse University
Student
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Eleonora Esposito

Sultan Qaboos University
Assistant Professor
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Mylynn Felt

University of Calgary
Ph.D. Student
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David Fernández

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Rare Book Librarian
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Shreenita Ghosh

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Doctoral Student
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Maria Gintova

Ryerson University
PhD Student
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Lisa Given

Swinburne University of Technology
Associate Dean, Research and Development
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Javon Goard

Indiana University, Bloomington
PhD Student
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Lina Gomez

Universidad del Este
Assistant Professor
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Chandell Gosse

FIMS, Western University
PhD Candidate
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Jan-Frederik Gräve

University of Hamburg
Research Assistant
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Anatoliy Gruzd

Ryerson University
Associate Professor
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Daiji Hario

Setsunan University
Associate Professor
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Caroline Haythornthwaite

Syracuse University
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Anne Helmond

Utrecht University
Associate Professor
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Libby Hemphill

University of Michigan
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Jeff Hemsley

Syracuse University
Assistant Professor
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Shirley Ho

Nanyang Technological University
Associate Professor
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Jaigris Hodson

Royal Roads University
Canada Research Chair in Digital Communication for the Public Interest
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Christian Hoffmann

University of Leipzig
Professor
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Bernie Hogan

University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow
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Jill Hopke

DePaul University
Assistant Professor
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Stephanie Horsley

The University of Western Ontario
Assistant Professor, Music Education
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WEIMING HUANG

Niigata University
Doctor candidate
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Emily Hund

Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
PhD Candidate
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Thais Bardini Idalino

University of Ottawa
PhD Student
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Joshua Introne

Michigan State University
Assistant Professor
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Sam Jackson

Syracuse University
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Jenna Jacobson

Ryerson University
Assistant Professor
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Brittany Jefferson

University of Georgia
Graduate Teaching Assistant
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Brigitte Juanals

France
University Professor
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Majid KhosraviNik

Newcastle University
Assitant Professor
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Alice Nahyeon Kim

University of Toronto
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Priya Kumar

Social Media Lab, Ryerson University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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James Lannigan

University of Toronto
PhD Student
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Ju-Sung Lee

Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Jianing Li

University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Christoph Lutz

BI Norwegian Business School
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Philip Mai

Ryerson Social Media Lab
Director of Business & Communications
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Utrecht University
Professor
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P David Marshall

Deakin University
Professor and Research Chair
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Nancy McCracken

Syracuse Univ., School of Inf. Studies
Research Professor
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Jean-Luc Minel

MODYCO - University Paris Nanterre
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Guang Ying Mo

Ontario Telemedicine Network / Baycrest Health Sciences
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Riham Mohamed

Carleton University
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Queensland University of Technology
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University of Wollongong
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Indiana University - Bloomington
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MLA
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University of Toronto
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York University
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The University of Alabama
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Masarah Paquet-Clouston

GoSecure
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Ryerson University
Research Assistant
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Laurentian University
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Alzheimer Society of Toronto
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Jeff Pooley

Muhlenberg College
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Anabel Quan-Haase

Western University
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Lee Rainie

Pew Research Center
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Ryerson University
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Syracuse University
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Northeastern University
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Kozminski University
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Enilda Romero-Hall

University of Tampa
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Patricia Rossini

Syracuse University
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University of Pennsylvania
Visiting Research Scholar
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University of Windsor
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Francesco Sinatora

The George Washington University
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Donna Smith

Ryerson University
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Yun-Ju Song

McMaster University
PhD candidate
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Jillian Sparks

St. Olaf College
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University of Zurich
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University at Buffalo
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Zoetanya Sujon

Regent's University London
Senior Lecturer
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Dan Suthers

University of Hawaii
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Stephanie Teasley

University of Michigan
Research Professor
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Katrin Tiidenberg

Tallinn University
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Brian Traynor

Mount Royal University
Associate Prof. Information Design
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Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong
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Pennsylvania State university
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Ravi Vatrapu

Centre for Business Data Analytics, Copenhagen Business School
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Goldsmiths, University of London
PhD student in Media and Communications
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Jessica Vitak

University of Maryland
Assistant Professor
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Fernando van der Vlist

University of Amsterdam
Assistant Professor
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Janice Waldron

University of Windsor
Associate Professor of Music Education
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Alicia Wanless

SecDev Foundation
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Katie Warfield

Visual Media Workshop, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Barry Wellman

NetLab Network
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New York University
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Lola Wong

FIMS, Western University
PhD Candidate
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Adam Worrall

University of Alberta (School of Library and Information Studies)
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Lu Xiao

Syracuse University
Associate Professor
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Tien Yeo

Hong Kong Baptist University
Assistant Professor
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Kenji Yoshimi

Bukkyo University
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Zhiying Yue

University at Buffalo
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Frauke Zeller

Ryerson University
Associate Professor
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Feifei Zhang

Syracuse University
PhD candidate