The Center for Human Dynamics and Mobile Age (HDMA) at San Diego State University Organized four paper sessions focusing on “Social Media and Big Data” with total 17 papers on April 13th, (Friday), 2018, in the 2018 AAG meeting at New Orleans. Please join us to learn more about the research related to Human Dynamics , Social Media and Big Data!

064 Symposium on New Horizons in Human Dynamics Research: Social Media and Big Data I

Date & Time: 4/13/2018 (Friday) 08:00 AM - 09:40 AM

Location: Bayside A, Sheraton, 4th Floor

Chair: Ming-Hsiang Tsou

08:00 AM:

  • Author(s): Michal Rzeszewski & Piotr Luczys - Adam Mickiewicz University
  • Abstract Title: Why should we care? Indifference toward the locational data grabbing practices

08:20 AM:

  • Author(s): *Chen Xu - University of Wyoming
  • Abstract Title: Smart Sensors, Cyborgs, and Cybernetics: A critical reading of smart city technologies

08:40 AM:

  • Author(s): Bo Zhao - Oregon State University, Yuanyuan Tian - East China Normal University, Shoazeng Zhang - Oregon State University
  • Abstract Title: Stand with #Standing Rock: Location spoofing in social media in the post-truth era

09:00 AM:

  • Author(s): *Ming-Hsiang Tsou - San Diego State University
  • Abstract Title: How to Conduct Spatial Social Network Analysis using Social Media (Twitter) Data?

09:20 AM:

  • Discussant: Daniel Sui - The Ohio State University

064 Symposium on New Horizons in Human Dynamics Research: Social Media and Big Data II

Date & Time: 4/13/2018 (Friday) 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM

Location: Bayside A, Sheraton, 4th Floor

Chair: Atsushi Nara - San Diego State University

10:00 PM:

  • Author(s): *Monica Stephens - University at Buffalo
  • Abstract Title: From Hate Groups to Hateful Rhetoric: Mapping Racism on Twitter

10:20 PM:

  • Author(s): *Zoe Hamstead - University at Buffalo
  • Abstract Title: Geolocated social media as a rapid indicator of park visitation and equitable park access

10:40 PM:

  • Author(s): *JaeHee Park - San Diego State University
  • Abstract Title: Analyzing Public Voice in Social Media: A Twitter Case Study of Charlottesville Attack

11:00 PM:

  • Discussant: May Yuan - University of Texas

064 Symposium on New Horizons in Human Dynamics Research: Social Media and Big Data III

Date & Time: 4/13/2018 (Friday) 1:20 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Bayside A, Sheraton, 4th Floor

Chair: Chanwoo Jin

1:20 PM:

  • Author(s): Chanwoo Jin - San Diego State University, Atsushi Nara - San Diego State University
  • Abstract Title: Characterizing Human Flows Extracted from Geotagged Social Media using Spatial Structural Similarity Index

1:40 PM:

  • Author(s): Ming-Hsiang Tsou - San Diego State University, Qingyun Zhang - San Diego State University, Atsushi Nara - San Diego State University, Jean Mark Gawron - San Diego State University
  • Abstract Title: Building Dynamic Ontological Models for Place Names using Social Media Data from Twitter and Sina Weibo

2:00 PM:

  • Author(s): Chi-Feng Yen - San Diego State University, Chris Allen - San Diego State University, Ming-Hsiang Tsou - San Diego State University
  • Abstract Title: Assessing Neighborhood Conditions using Aerial Imagery, Google Street View and GIS Data

2:20 PM:

  • Discussant: Atsushi Nara - San Diego State University

064 Symposium on New Horizons in Human Dynamics Research: Social Media and Big Data IV

Date & Time: 4/13/2018 (Friday) 3:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Location: Bayside A, Sheraton, 4th Floor

Chair: Nana Luo

3:20 PM:

  • Author(s): *Atsushi Nara - San Diego State University
  • Abstract Title: Examining fine-scale human mobility extracted from geotagged social media data

3:40 PM:

  • Author(s): Olle Järv - University of Helsinki, Henrikki Tenkanen - University of Helsinki, Tuuli Toivonen - University of Helsinki, Tuomo Hiippala - University of Helsinki
  • Abstract Title: Revealing the origins of social media users: a critical evaluation of measuring techniques

4:00 PM:

  • Author(s): Nastaran - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Pourebrahim - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Selima Sultana - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Abstract Title: Exploring Mobility Patterns in Cities through Twitter

4:20 PM:

  • Author(s): *Nana Luo - San Diego State University
  • Abstract Title: Microsimulation of Human Daily Activities Integrating Social Media and Survey Data

4:40 PM:

  • Discussant: Shih-Lung Shaw - University of Tennessee