ABWFA Blog Social Media

Blogging and Social Media are rapidly growing entities that are used for multiple purposes; networking for jobs, expression of thoughts and feelings, political advancement, and meeting with people utilizing avenues that are inexpensive and readily available.

In this 1st Global Session on Blogging & Social Media, you are invited to submit your abstract and subsequent full length (8-10 page) paper discussing your knowledge, thoughts, and points of view on the following topics. If you have another topic that would easily compliment these, please feel free to submit on that as well.

1. Blogging Sites – Ease of Use 2. The History of Social Media 3. Social Media as a Means of Healing 4. Trust Issues in a Cyber World 5. Meeting New People Online 6. Blogging and Social Media for Political Advancement 7. Propaganda, Online Style 8. Advertising and SEO Standards in Blogs and Social Media 9. Around the World in Seconds, The Advancement of Forwarding the News 10. Children and Social Media

Use this FORM to book your participation in the forum and submit your abstract. Your abstract should be about 300 words in length and give the overall feel for your full-length 8-10 page paper that will be submitted. For more information on this procedure, see our General Information page.

Once your abstract and payment is received, your abstract will be published on this website under the corresponding session page. You will receive confirmation of the receipt of your abstract.

Upon the deadline, all abstract posts will close for new entries and the next deadline becomes due. This is for the presentation of your 8-10 page paper based on your abstract. This is the paper that will become a part of the full-length eBook which contains all papers from all participants.

Next, you will be expected to provide a discussion on at least one of the other papers that is presented in the forum by the next deadline. Don’t worry; we’ll help you keep track of all of this by sending you an email that the deadline is approaching.

Lastly, we will send you the evidentiary package that includes transcripts from forum discussions, a copy of your paid invoice, and a copy of the eBook. These eBooks will eventually be available for download by the public on this site as well. Within this evidentiary package you will be also asked to participate in the production of a hard copy version of this forum proceeding. You will need to supply an expanded version of your 8-10 page paper that is 16-24 pages in length.

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