SIG SM Competition Award Recipients 2022
Purpose of the Award
This award is a lifetime achievement award that recognizes sustained contributions to and/or achievements in the field of information science and/or the professions in which it is practiced. Such contributions may include 1) scholarly contributions to the advancement of our field, such as the expression of new ideas, the creation of new technologies, the development of better techniques, or substantial research efforts which have led to further development of thought or devices or applications, or 2) other outstanding contributions to the field/profession of information science, as evidenced by successful efforts in the educational, social, or political processes affecting the profession.
Winners
The Special Interest Group for Social Media (SIG SM) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 ASIS&T SIG SM Awards.
Best Paper
- Not all my friends are friends”: Audience-group-based nudges for managing location privacy
Isha Gosh, Vivek Singh (presenter)
Rutgers University
Runner up
- From information seeking to information avoidance: Understanding the health information behavior during a global health crisis
Saira Hanif Soroya1(presenter),Ali Farooq, Khalid Mahmood1, Jouni Isoaho2, Shan-e Zara
1University of the Punjab, Lahore; 2University of Turku, Finland
Honorable Mention
- Analysis of Geotagging Behavior: Do Geotagged Users Represent the Twitter Population?
Amir Karami1 (presenter), Rachana Redd Kadari2 , Lekha Panati2, Siva Prasad Nooli2, Harshini Bheemreddy2
1University of Alabama at Birmingham; 2University of South Carolina
We had several excellent nominations this year. Each nominated paper received three reviews from social media scholars. Evaluation criteria were based on contribution to the social media field, professional merit, and presentation quality. The award jury selected three papers, including the winner ($200), runner-up ($150), and honorable mention ($100). We would especially like to thank all of our paper reviewers for their support of SIG SM: we could not ensure such a high quality of review without their help.
Winners were presented with an award certificate and the accompanying gift card at the SIG Social Media Workshop on October 29, 2022, in Pittsburg, PA United States. Read more on the Full-Day Workshop on Social Media Research, Challenges, and Opportunities