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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:DE">Dear colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">We are inviting submissions to our open panel
<b>163.</b> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE"> Beyond Likes and Shares: Unpacking the Impact of Social Media on Underprivileged Areas
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">o be submitted to the 4S Conference (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#333333">Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">,
which will take place in Honolulu, </span><span lang="EN-US">Hawai’i</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"> on November 8 - 11, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE">Deadline for submission is
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE">May 26, 2023.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">Panel Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Social media has become an integral part of our daily lives, connecting people from different parts of the world, and facilitating the exchange of information and ideas. However, the impact of social media on underprivileged
areas remains a topic of concern. While social media can provide a platform for marginalized communities to voice their opinions and engage with others, it can also reinforce existing power structures and perpetuate inequalities, oppression, and discrimination.
As such, there is a need to critically examine the role that social media play in these areas, positively and negatively and specifically, how social media are being used as a research field. This open panel wants to bring together researchers to share their
insights and findings on the impact of social media in underprivileged communities and discuss the ethical considerations associated with conducting studies on social media in these contexts.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We welcome conceptual and empirical contributions that address the implications of social media usage in underprivileged or disadvantaged areas and communities and specifically, the implications of social media environments
as 'the research field'. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Overall, this open panel seeks to provide a platform for researchers to share their findings and insights about the impact of social media on underprivileged areas and being used within oppressed communities. We hope
to contribute to a better understanding of the role that social media play in reinforcing or challenging existing power structures in these communities and highlight the ethical considerations that researchers should consider when conducting studies on social
media.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE">Session Chairs:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE">Konstantin Aal (<a href="mailto:konstantin.aal@uni-siegen.de">konstantin.aal@uni-siegen.de</a>) and Sarah Rüller (<a href="mailto:sarah.rueller@uni-siegen.de">sarah.rueller@uni-siegen.de</a>)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Keywords: </b>University-Society Relations, Method and Practice, Decolonial and Postcolonial STS, Ethnography; Messiness; Authority<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE">Submissions:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE"> If you would like to participate in this session,
please submit your individual abstract of approx. 250 words and follow the instructions described here:
</span><a href="https://www.4sonline.org/call_for_submissions.php"><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE">https://www.4sonline.org/call_for_submissions.php</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:DE">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is an international, nonprofit association founded in 1975 that fosters interdisciplinary and engaged scholarship in social studies of science, technology, and medicine (a
field often referred to as STS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This year, 4S will be holding its annual meeting at the Honolulu Convention Center in Hawai’i, November 8-11, 2023. This year’s theme is “Sea, Sky, and Land: Engaging in Solidarity in Endangered Ecologies.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">More information can be found here: </span>
<a href="https://www.4sonline.org/meeting.php"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.4sonline.org/meeting.php</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">Konstantin Aal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">SFB 1187 "Medien der Kooperation"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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