Publications
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
J21. Wu, Q., Semaan, B. (2023). “How Do You Quantify How Racist Something Is?”: Color-Blind Moderation in Decentralized Governance. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2023).
J20. Simpson, E., Dalal, S., Semaan, B. (2023). “Hey, Can You Add Captions?: The Critical Infrastructuring Practices of Neurodiverse People on TikTok. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2023).
J19. Wu, Q., Williams, L., Simpson, E., Semaan, B. (2022). Conversations Crime: Re-enforcing and Fighting Against Platformed Racism on Reddit. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2022).
J18. Simpson, E., Hamann, A., Semaan, B. (2022). How to Tame “Your” Algorithm: LGBTQ+ Users’ Domestication of TikTok. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: ACM International Conference on Supporting Groupwork (GROUP 2022).
J17. Das, D., Osterlund, C., Semaan, B. (2021). “Jol” or “Pani”?: How Does Governance Shape a Platform’s Identity? In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2021).
[Honorable Mention for Best Paper (top 5% of submissions)] [Recognition for Contributions to Diversity & Inclusion]
J16. Introne, J, Munoz, I, Semaan, B. (2021). The Narrative Tapestry Design Process: Weaving Online Social Support from Stories of Stigma. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2021).
[Recognition for Contributions to Diversity & Inclusion]
J15. Simpson, E.A, Semaan, B. (2021). For you, or For “You”?: Everyday LGBTQ+ Encounters with TikTok. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2021).
J14. Introne, J., Erickson, I., Semaan, B., Goggins, S. (2020). Designing Sustainable Online Support: Examining the Effects of Design Change in Forty-Nine Online Health Support Communities. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST).
[Best Paper Award (awarded to one submission in 2021)]
J13. Dosono, B., Semaan, B. (2020). Decolonizing Tactics as Collective Resilience: Identity Work of AAPI Communities on Reddit. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human- Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2020).
[Best Paper Award (top 1% of submissions)]
J12. Britton, L., Barkhuus, L., Semaan, B. (2020). ‘Mothers as Candy Wrappers’: Critical Infrastructure Supporting the Transition into Motherhood. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human- Computer Interaction: ACM International Conference on Supporting Groupwork (GROUP 2020).
J11. Semaan, B. (2019). ‘Routine Infrastructuring’ as ‘Building Everyday Resilience with Technology’: When Disruption Becomes Ordinary. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2019).
J10. Dym. B., Fiesler, C., Brubaker, J., Semaan, B. (2019). ‘Coming Out Okay’: Community Narratives for LGBTQ Identity Recovery Work. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2019).
J9. Nelimarkka, M., Rancy, J.P., Grygiel, J., Semaan, B. (2019). (Re)Design to Mitigate Political Polarization: Reflecting Habermas’ Ideal Communication Space in the United States of America and Finland. In Proceedings of the ACM (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2019).
J8. Dosono, B., Rashidi, Y., Akter, T., Semaan, B., Kapadia, A. (2018). Challenges in Transitioning from Civil to Military Culture: Hyper-Selective Disclosure through ICTs. In Proceedings of the ACM Journal (PACM): Human-Computer Interaction: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2018).
J7. Tanupabrungsun, S., Hemsley, J., Semaan, B. (2018). Information affordances: Studying the information processing activities of the core Occupy actors on Twitter. First Monday, 23(2).
J6. Hemsley, J., Semaan, B., Tanupabrungsun, S., Stromer-Galley, J. (2018). Tweeting to the Target: Candidates Use of Strategic Messages and @Mentions on Twitter. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 15(1), 3-18.
J5. Robertson, S., Semaan, B., Douglas, S., Maruyama, M. (2016). Social media mixed with news in political candidate judgement: Order effects on knowledge and affect. Information Polity, 21 (3).
J4. Uchida, O., Rokuse, T., Tomita, M., Kajita, Y., Yamamota, Y., Toriumi, F., Semaan, B., Robertson, S., Miller, M. (2015). Classification and Mapping of Disaster Relevant Tweets for Providing Useful Information for Victims During Disasters. Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan, 3 (2).
J3. Douglas, S., Raine, R.B., Maruyama, M., Semaan, B., Robertson, S. (2015). Community Matters: How Young Adults use Facebook to Evaluate Political Candidates. Information Polity, 20 (2, 3).
J2. Robertson, S., Douglas, S., Maruyama, M., Semaan, B. (2013). PoliticalDiscourse on Social Networking Sites: sentiment, in-group/out-group orientation and rationality. Information Polity, 18 (2).
J1. Semaan, B., Mark, G. (2011). Technology-Mediated SocialArrangements to Resolve Breakdowns in Infrastructure During Ongoing Disruption. Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 18 (4). New York: ACM.
Conference Proceedings (Peer Reviewed)
C45. Wu, Q., Romero, T., Semaan, B. (2024). Negotiating Sociotechnical Boundaries: Moderation Work to Counter Racist Attacks in Online Communities. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024). Honolulu, Hawaii. New York: ACM.
C44. Das, D., Guha, S., Brubaker, J., Semaan, B. (2024). The “Colonial Impulse” of Natural Language Processing: An Audit of Bengali Sentiment Analysis Tools and Their Identity-based Biases. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024). Honolulu, Hawaii. New York: ACM.
C43. Simpson, E., Semaan, B. (2023). Rethinking Creative Labor: A Sociotechnical Examination of Creativity & Creative Work on TikTok. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023). Hamburg, Germany. New York: ACM.
C42. Lalone, N., Toups Dugas, P., Semaan, B. (2023). The Technology Crisis in US-based Emergency Management: Toward a Well-Connected Future. In Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-56) (Digital and Social Media Track).
C41. Das, D., Semaan, B. (2022). Collaborative Identity Decolonization as Reclaiming Narrative Agency: Identity Work of Bengali Communities on Quora. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022). New Orleans, LO. New York: ACM.
C40. Akter, T., Dosono, B., Ahmed, T., Kapadia, A., Semaan, B. (2020). “I Am Uncomfortable Sharing What I Can’t See”: Privacy Concerns of the Visually Impaired with Camera Based Assistive Applications. In Proceedings of the ACM USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX 2020).
C39. Dosono, B., Semaan, B. (2019). Moderation Practices as Emotional Labor in Sustaining Online Communities: The Case of AAPI Identity Work on Reddit. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019). Glasgow, Scotland. New York: ACM.
C38. Nelimarkka, M., Laaksonen, S-M. , Semaan, B. (2018). Social Media is Polarized, Social Media is Polarized: Towards a New Design Agenda for Mitigating Polarization. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2018). Hong Kong. New York: ACM.
C37. Dosono, B., Semaan, B. (2018). Identity Work as Deliberation: AAPI Political Discourse in the 2016 US Presidential Election. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018). Montréal, Canada. New York: ACM.
C36. Franco, Z., Hooyer, K., Roushan, T., O’Brien, C., Johnson, N., Watson, B., Smith-Watson, N., Semaan, B., Flower, M., Tasse, J., Iqbal Ahmed, S.. (2018). Detecting and Visualizing Crisis Events in Human Systems: An mHealth Approach with High Risk Veterans. In Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2018). Rochester, NY.
C35. Peterman, G., Semaan, B. (2018). Narrating Resilience with Technology: Healing from Moral Injury. In Proceedings of the Veterans in Society Conference (ViSC 2018). Roanoke, VA.
C34. Bratt, S., Semaan, B., Britton, L., Dosono, B., Franco, Z. (2017). Translation in Personal Crises: Opportunities for Wearable ICT Design. In Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2017). Albi, Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée, France.
C33. Kou, Y., Semaan, B., Nardi, B. (2017). A Confucian Look at Internet Censorship in China. In Proceedings of the Technical Committee 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2017). Bombay, India. Springer.
C32. Hemsley, J., Tanupabrungsun, S., Semaan, B. (2017). Call to Retweet: Negotiated diffusion of strategic political messages.In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Social Media and Society (SM&S 2017). Toronto, Canada. New York: ACM.
C31. Jackson, S., Zhang, F., Boichak, O., Bryant, L., Li, Y., Hemsley, J., Stromer-Galley, J., Semaan, B., McCracken, N. (2017). Identifying Political Topics in Social Media Messages: A Lexicon-Based Approach. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Social Media and Society (SM&S 2017). Toronto, Canada. New York: ACM.
C30. Zhang, F., Tanupabrungsun, S., Hemsley, J., Robinson, J., Semaan, B., Bryant, L., Stromer-Galley, J., Boichak, O., Hedge, Y. (2017). Strategic Temporality on Social media During the General Election of the 2016 US Presidential Campaign. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Social Media and Society (SM&S 2017). Toronto, Canada. New York: ACM.
C29. Britton, L., Semaan, B. (2017). Manifesting the Cyborg through Techno-Body Modification: From Human-Computer Interaction to Integration. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017). Denver, CO. New York: ACM.
C28. Nelimarkka, M., Salovaara, A., Semaan, B., Jacucci, G. (2017). Theory-driven Collocated CMC: A Study on Collocated Mediated Interaction as a Public Sphere. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017). Denver, CO. New York: ACM.
C27. Semaan, B., Dosono, B., Britton, L. (2017). Impression Management in High Context Societies: Saving Face with ICT. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2017). Portland, OR. New York: ACM.
C26. Semaan, B., Britton, L., Dosono, B. (2017). Military Masculinity and the Travails of Transitioning: Disclosure in Social Media. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2017). Portland, OR. New York: ACM.
C25. Maruyama, M., Robertson, S., Douglas, S., Semaan, B. (2017). ‘Social Watching’ a civic broadcast: Understanding the effects of positive feedback and other users’ opinions. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2017). Portland, OR. New York: ACM.
C24. Rossini, P. G. C., Stromer-Galley, J., Dobreski, B., Kenski, K., Hemsley, J., Semaan, B. (2016). 2014 Gubernatorial Online Campaigns in Context: The interplay between public opinion polls and campaign communication strategies on Facebook and Twitter. In Proceedings of the 69th Annual Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR). Austin, Texas.
C23. Wang, Y., Li, Y., Semaan, B., Tang, J. (2016). Space Collapse: Reinforcing, Reconfiguring and Enhancing Chinese Social Practices through WeChat. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICSM 2016).
C22. Semaan, B., Britton, L., Dosono, B. (2016). Transition Resilience with ICTs: ‘Identity Awareness’ in Veteran Reintegration. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016). San Jose, CA. New York: ACM.
C21. Introne, J., Semaan, B., Goggins, S. (2016). A Sociotechnical Mechanism for Online Support Provision. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016). San Jose, CA. New York: ACM.
C20. Kow, Y.M., Kou, Y., Semaan, B., Cheng, W. (2016). Mediating the Undercurrents: Using Social Media to Sustain a Social Movement. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016). San Jose, CA. New York: ACM.
[Honorable Mention for Best Paper (top 5% of submissions)]
C19. Stromer-Galley, J., Zhang, F., Tanupabrungsun, S., Hemsley, J., Semaan, B. (2016). Tweeting the attack: Predicting gubernatorial candidate attack messaging and its spread. In Proceedings of the 66th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA 2016), Fukuoka, Japan.
C18. Tanupabrungsun, S., Hemsley, J., Semaan, B., Stromer-Galley, J. (2016). Noisy Candidates and Informative Politicians: Analyzing Changes in Tweet Behavior using Tweet Quality Assessment Framework. In Proceedings of the iConference (iConference 2016). Pittsburgh, PA.
[Lee Dirk’s Award for Best Paper Finalist]
C17. Semaan, B., Hemsley, J. (2015). Maintaining and Creating Social Infrastructures: Towards a Theory of Resilience. In Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2015). Kristiansand, Norway: ISCRAM.
C16. Semaan, B., Faucett, H., Robertson, S., Maruyama, M., Douglas, S. (2015). Designing Political Deliberation Environments to Support Interactions in the Online Public Sphere. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2015). Seoul, Republic of Korea. New York: ACM.
[Best Paper Award (top 1% of submissions)]
C15. Semaan, B., Faucett, H., Robertson, S., Maruyama, M., Douglas, S. (2015). Navigating Imagined Audiences: Motivations for Participating in the Online Public Sphere. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2015). Vancouver, BC, Canada. New York: ACM.
C14. Semaan, B., Tang, C., Chen, Y., Roberson, J. (2015). Restructuring Human Infrastructure: The Impact of EHR Deployment in a Volunteer-Dependent Clinic. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2015). Vancouver, BC, Canada. New York: ACM.
C13. Douglas, S., Maruyama, M., Semaan, B., Robertson, S. (2014). Politics and Young Adults: The Effects of Facebook on Candidate Evaluation. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Digital Government Society (d.go). Mexico City, Mexico. New York: ACM.
C12. Semaan, B., Robertson, S., Douglas, S., Maruyama, M. (2014). Social Media Supporting Political Deliberation Across Multiple Public Spheres: Towards Depolarization. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2014). Baltimore, MD. New York: ACM.
C11. Maruyama, M., Robertson, S., Douglas, S., Semaan, B., Faucett, H. (2014). Hybrid Media Consumption: How Tweeting During a Televised Political Debate Influences the Vote Decision. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2014). Baltimore, MD. New York: ACM.
C10. Robertson, S., Semaan, B., Douglas, S., Maruyama, M. (2013). Mixed Media: Interactions of Social and Traditional Media in Political Decision Making. In Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-46).
C9. Semaan, B., Mark, G. (2012). ‘Facebooking’ Towards Crisis Recovery and Beyond: Disruption as an Opportunity. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2012). Seattle, WA. New York: ACM.
C8. Semaan, B., Mark, G. (2011). Creating a Context of Trust with ICTs: Restoring a Sense of Normalcy in the Environment. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2011). Hangzhou, China. New York: ACM.
C7. Al-Ani, B., Mark, G., Semaan, B. (2010). Blogging through Conflict: Sojourners in the Age of Social Media. In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC 2010). Copenhagen, Denmark. New York: ACM.
C6. Semaan, B., Mark, G., Al-Ani, B. (2010). Developing Information Technologies for Citizens Experiencing Disruption: The Role of Trust and Context. In Proceedings of the Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Conference (ISCRAM 2010). Seattle, WA, USA.
C5. Al-Ani, B., Mark, G., Semaan, B. (2010). Blogging in a Region of Violent Conflict: Supporting the Transition to Recovery. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2010). Atlanta, GA, USA. New York: ACM.
[Honorable Mention for Best Paper (top 4% of submissions)]
C4. Mark, G., Al-Ani, B., Semaan, B. (2009). Repairing Human Infrastructure in War Zones. In Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2009). Gothenburg, Sweden.
C3. Mark, G., Al-Ani, B., Semaan, B. (2009). Resilience Through Technology Adoption: Merging the Old and the New in Iraq. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009). Boston, MA, USA. New York: ACM.
C2. Mark, G., Semaan, B. (2009). Expanding a Country’s Borders During War: The Internet War Diary. In Proceedings of the ACM International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration (IWIC 2009). Palo Alto, CA, USA. New York: ACM.
C1. Mark, G., Semaan, B. (2008). Resilience in Collaboration: Technology as a Resource for New Patterns of Action. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2008). San Diego, CA, USA. New York: ACM.
Editorials
E1. Hooyer, K., Franco, Z., Ruffalo, L., Semaan, B., Frey, R.A. (2019). Special Issue on Collaborative Research Approaches for Veterans Health and Wellbeing, Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
Book Chapters (Peer Reviewed)
B1. Semaan, B., Mark, G., Al-Ani, B. (2011). The Effects of Continual Disruption: Technological Resources Supporting Resilience in Regions of Conflict. In Hagar, C. (2011). Crisis Information Management: Communication and Technologies. Chandos Publishing, Oxford, UK.
Short Papers (Peer Reviewed)
SP7. Das, D., Semaan, B. (2020). Quoras: A Python API for Quora Data Collection to Increase Multi-Language Social Science Research. In the Conference Companion Publication of the 2020 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’20).
SP6. Dobreski, B., Semaan, B. (2017). Blogging as Recovery: The Use of Blogs by Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST).
SP5. Dosono, B., Semaan, B., Hemsley, J. (2017). Exploring AAPI Identity Online: Political Ideology as a Factor Affecting Identity Work on Reddit. In the Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017) Extended Abstracts. Denver, CO. New York: ACM.
SP4. Franco, Z., Hooyer, K., Rizia, R., Patwary, K., Armstrong, M., Semaan, B., Kuziemsky, C., Ahmed, I. (2016).Crisis Warning Signs in mHealth for Military Veterans: A Collaborative Design Approach. In Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2016). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: ISCRAM.
SP3. Hemsley, J., Tanupabrungsun, S., Semaan, B., Stromer-Galley, J. (2015). Attack and Position: U.S. Gubernatorial Candidate Direct Campaign Dialogue on Twitter. In Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR 2015). Phoenix, AZ, USA: AoIR.
SP2. Stromer-Galley, J., Kenski, K., Hemsley, J., Bryant, L., Xu, H., Semaan, B. (2015). How It Begins and How It Ends: U.S. Gubernatorial Campaign Messaging on Social Media Over Time. In Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR 2015). Phoenix, AZ, USA: AoIR.
SP1. Larsson, A. O., Bruns, A., Highfield, T., Stromer-Galley, J., Kenski, K., Hemsley, J., Bryant, L., Xia, H., Semaan, B., Rossi, L., Giglietto, F. (2015). Adoption and Adaptation: Diachronic Perspectives on the Growing Sophistication of Social Media Uses in Elections Campaigns. Internet Research 16: The 16th Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers. Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Organized Workshops (Peer-Reviewed)
W3. Haimson, O., Semaan, B., Dym, B., Hsiao, J., Herron, D., Moncur, W. (2019). Life Transitions and Social Technologies: Research and Design for Times of Life Change. In the Companion of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2019).
W2. Heffernan, K., Vetere, F., Britton, L., Semaan, B., Schiphorst, T. (2016). Insertable and Implantable Digital Devices: Voluntarily Under the Skin. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2016). Melbourne, Australia. New York: ACM.
W1. Heffernan, K., Vetere, F., Britton, L., Semaan, B., Schiphorst, T. (2016). Insertable and Implantable Digital Devices: Voluntarily Under the Skin. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016). San Jose, CA. New York: ACM.
Posters (Peer-Reviewed)
PT10. Sengupta, S., Semaan, B. (2021). ‘A Guiding Light in a Virtual Haven’: A Preliminary Analysis of Conversations Around Navigating and Repairing Self-worth in an Online Professional Community for Women. To Appear in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2021).
PT9. Akter, T., Dosono, B. , Ahmed, T. , Kapadia, A., Semaan, B. (2019). Privacy Implications of Assistive Tools for Visually Impaired People. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS).
PT8. Lu, J., Corrales, C., Semaan, B. (2019). Designing for Separation: Participatory Design with United States Military Veterans. In Proceedings of the iConference (iConference’19). Washington D.C.
PT7. Dosono, B., Lee, J., Britton, L., Dobreski, B., Bratt, S., Peterman, G., Bova, K., Sharma, K., Semaan, B. (2017). Transition Resilience Amongst Veterans. In Proceedings of the Wisconsin Warrior Summit (WWS 2017). Milwaukee, WI.
PT6. Dosono, B., Britton, L., Semaan, B. (2016). Regaining Normalcy After War: ICT-enabled ‘Transition Resilience’ in Veterans and Refugees. In Proceedings of the iConference (iConference 2016). Pittsburgh, PA.
PT5. Tanupabrungsun, S., Hemsley, J., Semaan, B., Stromer-Galley, J. (2016). GOPDebate: What the Public is “Talking” on Instagram. In Proceedings of the iConference (iConference 2016). Philadelphia, PA.
PT4. Tanupabrungsun, S., Hemsley, J., Semaan, B., Stromer-Galley, J. (2015). Gubernatorial @mentioning Message Strategy on Twitter. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Social Media & Society, Toronto, Canada.
PT3. Semaan, B. (2010). Technology as a Resource for Reconstituting the Social World: Life in a War Zone. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Supporting Groupwork (GROUP 2010). Sanibel Island, FL. New York: ACM.
PT2. Semaan, B., Mark, G. (2009). Resilience in Collaboration: Technology as a Resource for New Patterns of Action. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Workshop on Emergency Management. San Diego, CA.
PT1. Semaan, B., Mark, G. (2008). Collaboration Resilience: Technology as a Resource for New Patterns of Action. Presented at the Institute for Software Research (ISR 2008) Graduate Student Research Symposium. Irvine, CA.
Position Papers (Peer Reviewed)
P6. Simpson, E., and Semaan B. (2019). Resisting Identity Invalidation: Exploring Danger in Assumed Safe Spaces Online Amongst Transgender Women. Workshop on Digital Wellbeing for Marginalized Communities, held in conjunction with the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2019), Austin, TX. New York: ACM.
P5. Semaan, B. (2018). The Resilience of Sociotechnical Systems. The Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST 2018). Ann Arbor, MI.
P4. Hughes, A.L., Starbird, K., Levitt, A., Keegan, B., and Semaan, B. (2016). Information Movement Across Social Media Platforms During Crisis Events. Presented at the Following User Pathways: Cross Platform and Mixed Methods Analysis in Social Media Studies Workshop at the 2016 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016), San Jose, CA.
P3. Semaan, B. (2014). Citizen ICT Appropriation in Critical Civic Contexts: Ongoing Disruption and Political Deliberation. The Consortium for Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST 2014). Columbia, MO.
P2. Mark, G., Semaan, B. (2011). Building Resilience in Disrupted Environments with ICTs. Workshop on Social Media for Development, held in conjunction with the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2011). Hangzhou, China. New York: ACM.
P1. Semaan, B. (2010). Technology as a Resource for Reconstituting the Social World: Life in a War Zone. Doctoral Colloquium, held in conjunction with the ACM Conference on Organizational Computing and Groupware Technologies (GROUP 2010). Sanibel Island, FL, USA. New York: ACM.
Panels
PA1. Kaye, J., Fiesler, C., Kumar, N., Semaan, B. (2017). Policy Impacts on the HCI Research Community. Panel held at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017). Denver, CO. New York: ACM.
Dissertation
Semaan, B. (2011). Recovery, Resilience and Beyond: ICT Use During Ongoing Disruption. Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Irvine.