[ecrea] Things that didn't work out in social media research - and what we can learn from them. First two #FAIL! workshops at WebSci15 and IR16 conference confirmed

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                                        #FAIL!

   Things that didn't work out in social media research -

                and what we can learn from them

                     1st #FAIL! workshop (#fail2015a)

         at Web Science Conference 2015 (#websci15)

                                 June 29, 2015

                                   Oxford, UK

http://failworkshops.wordpress.com/

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THEME: Things that didn't work out in social media research - and what
we can learn from them

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Have you ever tried approaches in social media research that did not
quite work out? Now is the time to share these experiences!

We would like everyone to submit their individual stories of "failed"
research approaches in the field of studying social media and social
media users. We are looking for examples from all phases of the research
process (e.g. data collection, data processing, data analysis, data
sharing, also including administrative tasks, research ethics and legal
challenges) that did not work out as expected.

Presented case studies should help other researchers in the field to
advance research methodology by identifying unsuccessful approaches and
to inspire discussions on alternative solutions.

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IMPORTANT DATES

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Submission deadline: May 16, 2015 (23:59 Hawaii time – no extension)

Notification: May 26, 2015

Camera-ready: June 20, 2015

Workshop date: June 29, 2015

WebSci15 Conference dates: June 28 to July 1, 2015

Early bird registration for WebSci15: May 28, 2015

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SUBMISSIONS

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Submissions should be extended abstracts of 1,000 to 2,000 words.

Submissions will be made via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fail2015a

Please see the workshop website for details on how to prepare and submit
your proposal:
https://failworkshops.wordpress.com/fail-workshop-at-websci15/cfp/

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WORKSHOP STRUCTURE AT WEBSCI15

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The three hours workshop at WebSci15 will consist of short presentations
of about 15 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of discussions.

In the discussions we aim at collaboratively searching for alternative
solutions for the presented problems.

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OVERALL ORGANISATION

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We are planning to organize additional #FAIL! workshops at other
conferences in the future. In this way, we want to help to connect the
different communities engaged in studying social media. The second
workshop has recently been accepted at Internet Research 16 conference
(#IR16) by the Association of Internet Researchers. Watch out the
workshop website for updates on upcoming calls.

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ORGANISERS #FAIL2015A at WEBSCI15

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Katrin Weller, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany
(@kwelle, (katrin.weller /at/ gesis.org) <mailto:(katrin.weller /at/ gesis.org)>)

Luca Rossi, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (@lr, (lucr /at/ itu.dk)
<mailto:(lucr /at/ itu.dk)>)

Taha Yasseri, University of Oxford, UK (@tahayasseri,
(taha.yasseri /at/ oii.ox.ac.uk) <mailto:(taha.yasseri /at/ oii.ox.ac.uk)>)



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