This page will host our posts about conference presentations, covering SMAC members’ presentations, moderations, and experiences! Keep and eye out as we update this site.

We regularly submit to and attend major national and international conferences, including:

• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
• International Communication Association (ICA)
• National Communication Association (NCA)

2026 Submissions

NCA (November 19-22 in New Orleans, LA, USA)

• “If Something Happens, They’ll Know”: Location Sharing, Peer Networks of Accountability, and What Colleges Can Learn from Student Safety Practices
• Permeable Boundaries in Motion: How the Visibility of Location Sharing Shapes Interpersonal Dynamics
• Mapped Lives: Location Sharing in a Hyper-Connected Future

AEJMC (August 5-8 in New Orleans, LA, USA)

• Permeable Boundaries in Motion: How the Visibility of  “Someone’s Always Watching (for You)”: Location Sharing, Peer Networks of Accountability, and College Safety Practices Sharing Shapes Interpersonal Dynamics
• Always on the Map: The Dark Side of Location Sharing

2025

NCA (November 20-23 in Denver, CO, USA)

• Innovation or Infiltration? The U.S. Media and Public Reactions to China’s DeepSeek

AEJMC (August 7-10 in San Francisco, CA, USA)

• From Headlines to Hashtags: Comparing U.S. News and User Discourses on China’s DeepSeek AI [Extended Abstract]
• Digital Archive Collective Memory and The End of TikTok