Ethics and Social Media Research conference - Call for papers extended to 18th January

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 produce an e-book of the presented papers.  

More information can be found on the AcSS website. Any inquiries should be directed to: nsmnss@natcen.ac.uk

Decisions will be made by the end of January 2016.