Session details: SONAMA - social network and media analysis track

With the advent of social network services such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, and Google+, the research on social network and media analysis has been greatly advanced. In recent years, the interactions among people, sharing of knowledge and experiences, community activities in social network services increase greatly, which would make the research on social networks more important. Furthermore, as social media contents within social network services are rapidly being produced and consumed, the social media contents now account for the majority of content published on the world wide web. Social media is differentiated from traditional media in many aspects such as its frequency, quality, usability, immediacy, and permanence, which leads to significant potential to the social media analysis research. The ACM SAC has been an important venue for the past 31 years, attracting computer scientists, computer engineers, software engineers, and application developers from around the world. The Social Network and Media Analysis (SONAMA) track of ACM SAC will provide a forum that brings together researchers and practitioners for exploring technologies, issues, experiences, and applications with a specific focus on the recent research trends and industrial needs in the related fields. Since social network and media analysis encompasses a variety of highly cross-disciplinary research issues, the SONAMA will foster collaborations and exchange of ideas and experiences among researchers working in various fields such as computer science, linguistics, statistics, sociology, geography, economics, and business.