Introduction to the 2016 International Conference on Social Media and Society

This paper is the Introduction to the 2016 Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Media and Society, an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 7th year, the 2016 conference is hosted at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK from July 11 to 13. The conference's intensive three-day program features 24 full papers, 65 work-in-progress papers, 8 workshops, 4 panels, and 34 posters. The Proceedings features 24 full papers grouped into five broad categories: Politics, Visual(izing) Social Media, Business, Places & Spaces, and Online & Offline Communities.