Wednesday January 8, 2025
8:00am – 9:30am at Queen’s 4

The Digital and Social Media Track will again host a special session of short talks that identify opportunities for the future. The “Ignite” presentation is a structured, high-energy, short talk in which you share your passion for and creative ideas about digital and social media research. If you are excited about a new perspective, issue or practice related to Digital and Social media, this session is a place to get others excited about it as well.

The short talk will use the Ignite format, an approach that gets out of the traditional academic box. Ignite is formed around a formalism: you must create a “deck” of 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds (5 minutes total). This mode represents a radical departure from the traditional paper presentation, and is focused on telling an enlightening story, making an argument, and inciting an audience to come to your way of thinking and action. The presenters are encouraged to keep the logos, but add drama: pathos, humor, wit and rhetorical (and physical) stunts to the talk.

Ignite Talks at HICSS-58 include:

  • Governing Misinformation from the Ground Up | Madelyn Sanfilippo
  • Echoes of Change: Social Media and the Legacy of Bodø 2024 | Anastasiya Henk
  • Bridging the Gap: Advancing AI to Detect Covert Harms in Online Environments | Geetanjali Bihani
  • Goodbye Crystal Ball: Rethinking Social Media and Sentiment Analysis in the Age of Polycrises | Jonas Fegert
  • Emotional Resonance in Cyber Deception: How Digital Personas Shape Decision-Making | Marshall Rich
  • From Harm to Charm: Strategies to Transform Social Media into a Tool for Healthy Diet Habit and a Sustainable Healthy Behavior | Victoria Chen
  • From NCAA Hawai’i College Golfer to Doctoral Researcher in the Field of Celebrities – How Social Media Has Me Given a Platform to Pursue My Passion. | Susanna Sarkki Ekestubbe
  • Synthetic Personae | Jeff Nickerson
  • The Future is Theirs: Empowering the Next Generation with Scenario-Driven Digital Twins | Tolga Karayel
  • Nexus of Skills: Esports and the Evolution of Workplace Competencies | Tobias Scholz
  • Fake News & True News: The Value of Discursive Evidence In Judging Veracity | Abayomi Baiyere
  • Matched and (Insecurely) Attached: How Romantic Attachment Influences Your Dating App Experience | Cassandra Alexopoulos
  • Doxing Defender or Anti-Hero?: External Appraisals of Bystanders’ Engagement with a Dox | Mattie Bryant
  • Can AI (Please) Replace My Boss?! | Elizabeth Fennimore
  • Deskilling and Upskilling with AI Systems | Kevin Crowston

More information of the Ignite format can be found at
* http://www.ignitetalks.io/
* http://scottberkun.com/2009/how-to-give-a-great-ignite-talk/
* http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/ignite-presentations/

Inquiries:
Please direct your inquiries to Kevin Crowston <crowston@syr.edu>