Hello all, Please see the following info on an upcoming ICWSM workshop that might be of interest to folks on this list - we'd love to have you join us in Germany! - Nicholas ----- CfP: Workshop on Challenges and Futures for Ethical Social Media Research ICWSM 2016 - Cologne, Germany May 17-20, 2016 Overview: Social media and user-generated content platforms have opened up new possibilities for communication and creativity while also providing huge amounts of information about people and their online behavior. The evolution of technology and research methods presents ongoing ethical challenges to studying people and their digital traces. These challenges are a continuing source of discussion within the research community and also a topic of public discourse as social media scholarship gains greater visibility. This workshop is aimed at exploring difficult and unanswered ethical questions, touching on issues such as consent, privacy, and responsibility, as well as developing a set of best practices for social media and big data research. Format and Dates: This will be a one-day workshop taking place Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 in Cologne, Germany. Our focus will be the evolving ethical challenges of studying people online, and we welcome a variety of perspectives. This workshop is part of ICWSM (the International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media). Below are the important dates related to submitting proposal papers to the workshop: Proposal Submission: February 27, 2016 Proposal Notification: March 11, 2016 Camera Ready Due: March 17, 2016 More info (plus focus areas) at https://icwsmethics2016.wordpress.com. You can reach the organizers at icwsmethics2016@gmail.com. ----- Nicholas Proferes Postdoctoral Scholar at the EViD Lab College of Information Studies University of Maryland, College Park proferes@umd.edu