Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Howard University
Interdisciplinary Research Building
1st Floor
2201 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20059
8:45 a.m.-9 a.m.Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 a.m.-9:05 a.m.Welcome
Dr. Gracie Lawson-Borders, Dean, Cathy Hughes School of Communications, Howard University
9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.Paper Session: Tackling Issues of Privacy and Security Online
-Data Access Rights Exploits under New Privacy Laws
Amber Welch, Schellman & Company
-Social Media: Dang’an and the Formation of Inversity
Tracy Whitaker, Derek Lloyd and Robert Cosby, Howard University
-The Impact of Social Media Privacy on Small Business Performance
Dorothy Najjuko, Saadat Nakyejwe Kimuli and Kasimu Sendawula, Makerere University
– Social Cybersecurity: An Emerging Area of Research
Ingrid Sturgis, Howard University
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.Paper Session: Politics and Civil Engagement
-Capturing Injustice: Using the Screenshot as a Tool for Surveillance
Bryan Jenkins and Emily Cramer, Howard University
-Social media in political engagements in Africa
Akwasi Boateng, University of KwaZulu-Natal
-Twitter as a Vehicle for Rappers to Address U.S. Racism
Dr. Tia C. M. Tyree, Howard University
-Persuasion, Manipulation and Deception in the Trinidad and Tobago Digital Public Sphere: The Case of Cambridge Analytica’s Involvement in the 2010 Trinidad And Tobago Elections
Kellon Bubb, Howard University
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.Paper Session: Challenges of Health and Wellbeing in Today’s World
-Social Media as a Tool for Health Literacy in Conflict and Developing Nations
Titilope Dokunmu, The Southern University Health Information Technology Laboratory and
and Senanu Okuboyejo, ICITD, Southern University and A&M
-What Motivates You?: Enterprise Social Media Use, Gratification, Job Performance and Wellbeing
Jeanetta Grover, Trident University International – California
- Continued –
12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.Keynote Speaker and Luncheon
Rebecca Goolsby, Technology Deployment Manager, Office of Naval Research
1:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.Panel: Reevaluating the Pedagogy of Social Media in the Global Security Agenda
Karen Kwok (Moderator), Howard University Student Health Center
Adam Fivenson, InterAction
Ben Bellows, Nivi Inc
Violet Tsagka, Creative Associates International
Bonnie Jenkins, Brookings Institution Fellow
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.Workshop: Using Google Tools for Verification, Data Visualization and Research
Maggie Farley, Teaching Fellow, Google News Initiative
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.Paper Session: Challenges of Health and Wellbeing in Today’s World
Newsmaking and Newsmakers in the Digital World
-Incels Online
Carolyn Byerly, Howard University
-Pairing Retro with Red-Hot: Using Old School Journalistic Canons and New School Investigative Technologies as Counters Against Disinformation
Beatrice Epwene, Pennsylvania State University – Harrisburg
-Social Media Information Systems: Development and Enhancement
Kamal Agarwal, Howard University
4:45 p.m.Closing Remarks
Kehbuma Langmia, Co-Founder of the Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop and Chair, Howard University, Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communications
Sponsors: Howard University Cyber Security Education and Research Center, School of Business (www.hucerc.com)
The Cyber Security Education & Research Center (aka “Cyber Center”), is a strategic interdisciplinary ecosystem creating awareness, train practitioners, and develop cybersecurity professionals.
Director: Rajni Goel (rgoel@howard.edu) Program Manager: Robert Burke (Robert.burke@howard.edu)
