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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hello <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The response to the call for papers for the
<b>2nd European Conference on Social Media - ECSM 2015</b> which is being held at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal on the 9-10 July 2015 has been excellent, however due to a number of requests and the Holiday Season approaching we are keeping this
call open until the <b>10<sup>th</sup> of January 2015. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For more information please go to:
</span><a href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecsm/ecsm2015/ecsm15-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecsm/ecsm2015/ecsm15-call-papers.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Social media is present in our everyday life, influencing the way we communicate, collaborate, learn, do business, build relationships and understand society. As a result of the rapid adoption of social media
there is a need to reflect on the practices and identify improvements and seek solutions to overcome barriers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This Second European Conference on Social Media seeks to establish a platform for</span> <span style="color:black">researchers and practitioners with a wide range of approaches to engage with the impact, use and
potential of social media across disciplines. Drawing on best practice in social media we will call on interested parties, be they practitioners, scholars or doctoral students, to bring together and share examples, cases, theories and analysis of social media.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For more information please go to:
</span><a href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecsm/ecsm2015/ecsm15-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecsm/ecsm2015/ecsm15-call-papers.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Academic research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, Masters Research, proposals for roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are
also invited. <b>Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>In addition to the main conference topics, the advisory group invites submissions to the following mini tracks:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Business Use of Social Media co-chaired by Paul Alpar, University of Marburg, Germany and Ute Klotz, Lucerne University. of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Monitoring Social Media chaired by Dr. Martin Sykora, Centre for Information Management (CIM), School of Business and Economics, at the University of Loughborough, UK<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Social media and innovation co-chaired by Dr Irina Purcarea, ESC Rennes School of Business, France and Dr Luísa Carvalho, Open University in Lisbon, Portugal<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Social media in teacher education chaired by Prof. Dr. Wilfried Admiraal, Leiden University, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Social Media and Consumer Empowerment chaired by Dr. Nurdilek Dalziel, ifs University College, London, UK<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Rise of the Networked Citizen chaired by Dr Izzal Asnira Zolkepli, School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Social Media and Public Safety chaired by Dr P. Saskia Bayerl, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Social Media Technologies for Learning and Teaching co-chaired by Dr Johannes Konert, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany and John Knight, Buckinghamshire New University, UK<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Following a double-blind peer review process, those Papers accepted for presentation will be published in the conference proceedings subject to author registration and payment.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">Selected papers that have been presented at the conference will also be considered for publication in a number of high quality journals, including<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management published by ACPIL, ISSN</span></i>
<i><span style="color:black">1479-4411 (<a href="http://www.ejkm.com">www.ejkm.com</a> ).
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">The International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments published by Inderscience, ISSN online: 2050-3962 ISSN print: 2050-3954.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">The Journal of Web Based Communities published by Inderscience</span></i>,
<i><span style="color:black">ISSN online: 1741-8216 ISSN print: 1477-8394 <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>The Proceedings have an ISBN and will be submitted for indexing in the Thompson Web of Science</i></b><b><i><span style="color:black"> and Scopus</span></i></b><b><i>.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>In addition to the two-day conference we will be holding a one day seminar on Qualitative Research Methods on Wednesday 8th July.
<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Further details can be found at: <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/pdfs/ECSM/ECSM_2015_Qualitative_research_methods-Seminar.pdf">
http://academic-conferences.org/pdfs/ECSM/ECSM_2015_Qualitative_research_methods-Seminar.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sue Nugus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Conferences Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://111.academic-conferences.org/">http://www.academic-conferences.org</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sue@academic-conferences.org">sue@academic-conferences.org</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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