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We are pleased to announce that we have confirmed the keynote speakers for our Social Media & Social Science Research Ethics conference taking place in London on March 21st this year. You can register for the conference here . For more details please visit the Academy of Social Sciences website . Keynote 1: The Ethical Disruptions of Social Media Research: tales from the field. Professor Susan Halford  - Director Web Science Institute, University of Southampton Academic researchers currently find themselves at the centre of a perfect ethical storm: at a time when university ethical governance is becoming increasingly bureaucratised and risk adverse some extraordinary opportunities for research are emerging in new forms of digital data generated ‘in the wild’ and available ‘in public’ without any of the usual hallmarks of ethical credibility. New forms of data require a ‘deep dive’ into their ethical provenance and consequences but not fit easily into the principles current...

The deadline for the  call for papers  for our Ethics and Social Media Research conference has been extended to  Monday 18th January 2016 . Location: 33 Finsbury Square, London. EC2A 1AG Date: Monday 21st of March, 2016 The Academy of Social Sciences and NSMNSS network are inviting abstracts for full papers or posters/videos from those whose research makes use of social media, around the following four themes:  Ethics & Practicalities: Consent in social media research. Privacy, ownership and legal dimensions: The use of social media data for research. Blurred lines: Relationships between researchers and participants in social media research. Critical ethical reflections: Improving ethical practice. 250 word abstracts should be submitted on this form and sent to acss.ethics@gmail.com . There will be a £100 prize for the best poster/ video as well as a number of discounted places and travel bursaries for postgraduate students. Following the conference we aim to pro...