Dear colleagues, as you may know, on July 1 the third international conference "Social Sciences and the Internet" takes place at Eindhoven University of Technology, organized by the Human-Technology-Interaction Group. The conference includes more than 20 research presentations and 2 Keynote presentations about social media, the Internet, privacy, gaming, and other digital technologies. The conference program including information about the exact venue (Strijp-S), the schedule, and more can be found at: http://ssi.ieis.tue.nl/program.html . We invite you to take part in the conference and the ongoing discussions of the presentations. Those who would like to visit the conference need to register via an email to conf2016tue@gmail.com. We ask you to pay a conference fee of 50,- Euro covering all costs for a lunch, coffee, cookies, and a borrel (=drinks and snacks) at the end of the conference program at 17:15. Should you have any questions about the conference, feel free to approach us. We are looking forward to meeting you on July 1 at Strijp-S near Eindhoven University of Technology. Uwe Matzat, Chris Snijders, Alain Starke ============================================================================== Uwe Matzat Sociology Section / Human-Technology Interaction Group School of Innovation Science Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands ----- editor International Journal of Internet Science http://ijis.net ------ web http://umatzat.net -------- new papers: - Matzat, U., & Vrieling, E.M. (2016). Self-regulated learning and social media – a ‘natural alliance’? Evidence on students’ self-regulation of learning, social media use and student-teacher relationship <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439884.2015.1064953#.Vaeh6vkd_m5>. Learning, Media and Technology, 1, 73-99. - Matzat, U. & Sadowski, B. (2015). Access to specific social resources across different social media: divergent consequences of the time spent with new contacts <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1021270#abstract>, Information, Communication, & Society, 18, 1139-1157. - Matzat, U. & Rooks, G. (2014). Styles of moderation in online health and support communities: An experimental comparison of their acceptance and effectiveness <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563214001654>, Computers in Human Behavior, 36, 65-75. ===============================================================================