The book Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing our Lives, edited by Mark Graham and Bill Dutton, is now out. It includes the chapter “Online Social Networks and Bottom-up Politics”, by Sandra González-Bailón.
The third edition of the Internet, Politics, Policy conference will take place on September 2014. The theme this year is “Crowdsourcing for Politics and Policy”. More information.
The book Analytical Sociology: Actions and Networks is out. It includes the chapter “Online Networks and the Diffusion of Protest” by Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Javier Borge-Holthoefer, and Yamir Moreno
The Annenberg Networks Network (ANN) and the Science of Networks in Communities Laboratory (SONIC) organized an invitation-only workshop on April 10-12 2014, hosted by Annenberg-USC. The list of participants included Manuel Castells, Nosh Contractor, Janet Fulk, Peter Monge, Michelle Shumate, Joseph Galaskiewicz, and Lance Bennett, among others.
Sandra González-Bailón was quoted today in a Newsweek article on social media.
The Laboratory for Internet Studies announced 2nd call for papers for their conference on the Internet and social media to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 18-19, 2014. They welcome research that focuses on the conference theme “Social Media and Social Movements”. More information.