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Social Media Technology Conference and Workshop

The second annual Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop will bring together social media scholars and experts to share perspectives on the technical, ethical, economic, legal, political and cultural implications of social media technology use.

8:30am EDT

Registration and Continental Breakfast Conference Room A, Carnegie Building

8:45am EDT

** Welcome and Greetings Browsing Room, Founders Library

9:00am EDT

* Opening Session: President Barack Obama, African Americans and Social Media Browsing Room, Founders Library Are Your Reasons the Same as Mine? Browsing Room of Founders Library Obama Tweets Browsing Room of Founders Library Social Networking Sites’ Impact on Political Engagement: An Emphasis on African Americans Browsing Room of Founders Library

11:00am EDT

Break Howard University

11:15am EDT

Get to Know Memes: Using Memes in Marketing Conference Room A, Carnegie Building * Concurrent Sessions Thursday AM Browsing Room of Founders Library Concurrent Session 1: Social Media Synergy: The intersection of Academics & Social Media in a Semi-Rural Community Browsing Room of Founders Library Concurrent Session 2: Intersections between the Entertainment and Social Media Conference Room A, Carnegie Building Concurrent Session 2: Social Media Use While Watching Prime-Time TV Conference Room A, Carnegie Building No Business Like Show Business in Online News Entertainment Conference Room A, Carnegie Building

12:30pm EDT

Lunch and Keynote Address: Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab, American University Conference Room A, Carnegie Building

2:30pm EDT

* Poster Session Presentation Room/Brick Room, Carnegie Building Diffusion of Social Media Strategies Among NGO’s Worldwide Presentation Room/Brick Room, Carnegie Building Like Me: Game Developers' Use of Social Media to Elicit Artistic Appreciation Presentation Room/Brick Room, Carnegie Building Social Media and Reputation Systems: The Impact of Star Ratings on Users’ Perceptions of Credibility of Stories on a Citizen Journalism Web Site Presentation Room/Brick Room, Carnegie Building Social News: Online personal influence and the the future of journalism Presentation Room/Brick Room, Carnegie Building * Research Roundtables Conference Room A, Carnegie Building Research Roundtable: Evaluation of Digital Divide From The Perspective of Social Media Technologies: Case Study: Plotting 3 Graphs of Facebook Usage Statistics in the World Conference Room A, Carnegie Building Spurring A Collective Agenda: Afrocentricity, Digital Literacy & Social Media Conference Room A, Carnegie Building

3:15pm EDT

* Concurrent Workshops: Thursday PM Howard University Demystifying the World of Digital Media Conference Room A, Carnegie Building The Politics of Femininity in Social Media Browsing Room of Founders Library

3:45pm EDT

Break Howard University

5:00pm EDT

Social Media and Participatory Development: The U.N. and the Diffusion of Empowerment Browsing Room, Founders Library Liberating the #Occupied: social media and the creation of a counter-narrative Browsing Room of Founders Library Perceptions of Authenticity in Political Communication Browsing Room, Founders Library * Concurrent Sessions Thursday PM Howard University Social Meandering: The Communal Nature of Social Media & Its Impact on Culture, Industry & Academia Conference Room A, Carnegie Building The Seven Sisters and Their Siblings Go Digital: An Analysis of Women’s Magazine Content and Social Media on Websites, iPads and Cell Phones Conference Room A, Carnegie Building The Effects of the Internet on Interpersonal Communication Conference Room A, Carnegie Building Too Busy to Speak Out: Organizational Engagement of Time-Constrained Social Media Users Through Twibbons Conference Room A, Carnegie Building

8:30am EDT

Registration and Continental Breakfast Room 148-150 of Blackburn Center

9:00am EDT

* Concurrent Sessions A: Friday AM Howard University Dialogue, monologue and following. Government officials’ use of microblogging in China Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Kony 2012: How Social Media Promotes Digital Activism Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center The use of social media in the context of Indonesian Politics Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Using Social Media to Propel Revolution in Arab Countries Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center We News: The Effects and Power of UGC on Israeli Online News Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Creating a Social Media Policy for Your Business Forum – Blackburn Center The Modern Library and Social Media Forum – Blackburn Center

10:45am EDT

* Concurrent Sessions: Friday AM Howard University Tweet, then Delete: Twitter Retreats, Apologia, and Consequences Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Twitter in the 21st Century: Social Media Domains Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Empowering African Diasporic Communities Online Forum – Blackburn Center

12:30pm EDT

Brown Bag Lunch Howard University

1:30pm EDT

* Friday Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: Sessions Howard University Communicating on the Web: One Size Does Not Fit All. Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Creating Effective Assignments using Social Media Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Storify and News Curation. Teaching and Learning about Digital storytelling Utilizing Online Too Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Student Journalists Drive Traffic to Class Website Using Social Media Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Teaching with Facebook: Integrating a Learning Management System Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center Using Social Media to Mentor Millennials Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center A Study on Uncertainty Reduction Theory and the Social Media Experience. Forum – Blackburn Center Critical Thinking and Social media: A pedagogical perspective Forum – Blackburn Center Gaming Your Class: Can Badges, Avatars and Experience Points Increase Student Engagement and Outcomes Forum – Blackburn Center

3:00pm EDT

Break Howard University

3:15pm EDT

* Concurrent Workshops: Friday PM Howard University How to create a student-run social media empire Digital Auditorium – Blackburn Center

5:00pm EDT

Closing Remarks Howard University