Social Media Lab

Social Media Lab Social Media Lab is an interdisciplinary research lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management Welcome to the Social Media Lab.

We are a multi- and interdisciplinary research laboratory at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. The lab studies how social media is changing the ways in which people communicate, disseminate information, conduct business and form communities, and how these changes impact the social, economic and political structures of modern society.

Fall 2021 Social Media Lab Guest Speaker Series: “Studying the COVID-19 Infodemic at Scale”We are delighted to announce ...
09/23/2021

Fall 2021 Social Media Lab Guest Speaker Series: “Studying the COVID-19 Infodemic at Scale”

We are delighted to announce the schedule of the Fall 2021 Social Media Lab Guest Speaker Series. The series will feature six selected studies published in the special theme issue of Big Data & Society (BD&S) on “Studying the COVID-19 Infodemic at Scale” (Editors: Anatoliy Gruzd, Manlio De Domenico, Pier Luigi Sacco, Sylvie Briand).

The guest talks will highlight some of the benefits and challenges of detecting and combating the spread of COVID-19 misinformation on social media. In particular, the talks will provide concrete examples of how digital trace data can be used to assess and mitigate the infodemic risks and consequences on individuals and society.

All sessions are free and open to the public, but you will need to register to receive a Google Meet access link to attend each talk.

We are delighted to announce the schedule of the Fall 2021 Social Media Lab Guest Speaker Series. The series will feature six selected studies published in the special theme issue of Big Data & Society (BD&S) on “Studying the COVID-19 Infodemic at Scale” (Editors: Anatoliy Gruzd, Manlio De Do...

Canada’s out-of-date online rules aren’t protecting you. Any new & protection regulation should also account for...
07/26/2020


Canada’s out-of-date online rules aren’t protecting you. Any new & protection regulation should also account for emerging technologies & their applications that will drive our digital economy in a near future...

Any update too Canada's current regulations to manage online privacy and data protection needs to anticipate emerging trends in data collection.

We are pleased to announce the release of "The State of Social Media in Canada 2020: A New Survey Report From The Ryerso...
07/14/2020

We are pleased to announce the release of "The State of Social Media in Canada 2020: A New Survey Report From The Ryerson Social Media Lab"

It's a Canada-wide survey (n=1.5k) on adoption & use in .

You can download a free copy here:

AnnouncementsResearchOrganizational Social Media UsePublishing The State of Social Media in Canada 2020: A New Survey Report From The Ryerson Social Media LabBy Social Media Lab - July 13, 2020Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email A Canada-wide survey on social media adoption and use in CanadaDownload the...

Dear Colleagues,The organizing committee of the 10th Annual International Conference on Social Media and Society ( ) inv...
03/16/2019

Dear Colleagues,

The organizing committee of the 10th Annual International Conference on Social Media and Society ( ) invites you to visit Toronto on July 19-21, 2019. This year’s conference will be held at the Ted Rogers School of Management and hosted by Ryerson University Social Media Lab. The 2019 conference theme is “Rethinking Privacy and Trust in the Social Media Age.”

The Conference offers an intensive 3-day program including hands-on workshops, full & work-in-progress papers, panels, and posters featuring the latest in social media research. This year, we are honoured to have two highly distinguished scholars as our keynote speakers:
• Tarleton Gillespie, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research New England, and an affiliated professor in the Department of Communication and Department of Information Science at Cornell University. His new book, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions that Shape Social Media (Yale University Press) was published in June 2018.
• Valerie Steeves, a professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. As the lead researcher of MediaSmarts’ Young Canadians in a Wired World research project, she has been tracking young people’s use of new media since 2000. She is also the principal investigator of The eQuality Project, a seven-year partnership exploring young people’s experiences of privacy and equality in networked spaces. More info at: https://socialmediaandsociety.org/2019/announcement-of-2019-keynotes/

Submission Deadline:
There is still time to submit a poster, panel or hands-on workshop proposal (due March 18, midnight, Hawaiian time). We hope you consider submitting your work to the conference and join our interdisciplinary community of researchers. More info at: https://socialmediaandsociety.org/submit/

We are very pleased to announce the following distinguished keynote speakers for the 10th International Conference on Social Media & Society (July 19-21, 2019, Toronto, Canada): Topic: Not So S…

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