ECSM 2018 PDF - Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Social Media

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These proceedings represent the work of researchers participating in the 5^th European Conference on Social Media (ECSM 2018) which is being hosted this year by Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland on 21-22 June 2018.

ECSM is a recognised event on the international research conferences calendar and provides a valuable platform for individuals to present their research findings, display their work in progress and discuss conceptual and empirical advances in the areas of Social Media Research amongst a diverse range of disciplines. It provides an important opportunity for researchers and practitioners to come together to share their experiences of researching in this varied and expanding field.

The first day will be opened with a keynote presentation by Stephen O’Leary, MD of Olytico, Ireland who will be speaking on “Social Listening for Good”. In the afternoon there will be a speech by Eimear McManus owner of Digital Works based in London entitled “Introduction to growing a loyal community on social media” Shane McCarthy, CEO of BlueChief, Ireland will then speak on the second day about “Your Social Media Controls Your Future”.

With an initial submission of 118 abstracts, after the double blind, peer-review process there are 59 academic Research papers, 4 PhD Research, 2 Masters Research, 1 Non-Academic and 6 Work in Progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent truly global research in the field, with contributions from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Lithuania, Northern Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, UK and USA.