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Developing a mixed methods approach to analysing interactions on Facebook (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamilton, J., & Pennington, D. R. (2019, July). Developing a mixed methods approach to analysing interactions on Facebook. Paper presented at SMSociety '19: International Conference on Social Media and Society, Toronto ON Canada

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An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, L., & Pennington, D. (2018, August). An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints. Presented at Twelfth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance, Dundee

The ability to allow users to create online communities of interest and to share a variety of personal information, collectively referred to as social media, is gradually being built into an expanding range of applications. Some of these applications... Read More about An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints.

Measuring passive engagement with health information on social media (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhayan, F., Pennington, D., & Ayouni, S. (2018). Measuring passive engagement with health information on social media. In 2018 21st Saudi Computer Society National Computer Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/NCG.2018.8593032

Little to no consensus exists on the definition of “engagement” on social media platforms. A myriad of management tools are available to measure behavioral interactions with social media. However, the majority of social media users engage with the co... Read More about Measuring passive engagement with health information on social media.

Addressing self-harm via digital innovation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicol, E., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018, November). Addressing self-harm via digital innovation. Poster presented at ‘Tomorrow’s World: The Next 10 Years of Mental Health Research’, Annual Scientific Meeting of NHS Research Scotland’s Mental Health Network, Edinburgh

Student wellbeing: Managing your PhD journey (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018, July). Student wellbeing: Managing your PhD journey. Paper presented at 10th Annual Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance PhD Conference (SICSA Conference 2018), Aberdeen

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Relationship status: Libraries and linked data in Europe (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D., & Cagnazzo, L. (2018, July). Relationship status: Libraries and linked data in Europe. Paper presented at 15th International ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) Conference, Porto, Portugal

Libraries shared metadata long before the advent of the Internet by utilising standards such as MARC and AACR to enable interoperability (Tallerås, 2013). A difficulty with their use in the networked environment has been the inability to exchange dat... Read More about Relationship status: Libraries and linked data in Europe.

What is research evidence? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. M. (2018, July). What is research evidence?. Paper presented at CILIP Conference 2018, Brighton

It is time to dispel the myth that only ‘researchers’ or ‘academics’ in the information profession can and should do research. All information professionals have a place in collecting and examining data to improve their services, resources, and space... Read More about What is research evidence?.

Social media for learning and teaching: Examining the landscape (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. M. (2018, June). Social media for learning and teaching: Examining the landscape. Presented at University of Strathclyde's 4th Annual Learning and Teaching in an International Technological University Conference, Glasgow

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"Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world": Resolving musical emotional ambiguity in U2's POPVision (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018, June). "Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world": Resolving musical emotional ambiguity in U2's POPVision. Paper presented at The U2 Conference 2018 - POPVision, Belfast

Semantic ambiguity complicates finding desired information. Additionally, the same music elicits different emotions in different people, which makes it difficult to find music online that meets our emotional desires. I operationalise this as “musical... Read More about "Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world": Resolving musical emotional ambiguity in U2's POPVision.

Youth mental health and information engagement (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018, May). Youth mental health and information engagement. Paper presented at Engage 2018: Digital Health Citizen Engagement Network: Changing Care Together, Glasgow

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Searching for the right feelings: Emotional metadata in music (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018, April). Searching for the right feelings: Emotional metadata in music. Presented at Information Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (UK & Ireland Branch) Annual Study Weekend, Edinburgh

This paper will move beyond the bounds of bibliographic description and to discuss research about emotions shared by music fans online and how they might be used as metadata for new approaches to search and retrieval.

New formats, new information environments, new methodologies (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pennington, S. (2017, July). New formats, new information environments, new methodologies. Paper presented at Roundtable facilitated at information: interactions and impact (i3), Aberdeen

The ubiquitous availability of virtual information has changed how people seek and use it. The increasing existence of smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices has made virtual information environments available almost everywhere. Initial Internet... Read More about New formats, new information environments, new methodologies.

Making emotional information retrieval a reality (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2017, April). Making emotional information retrieval a reality. Paper presented at #IRFest2017, Glasgow

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Faculty perceptions on publishing research (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pennington, D. R., Swanson, A., Akwaowo, E., & Zobisch, P. (2016, September). Faculty perceptions on publishing research. Presented at 19th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, Belfast

Today’s researchers have not only the traditional publications, but the open access publishing method whereby research papers can be published via the Internet as well as print publications. Researchers must carefully scrutinize the open access publi... Read More about Faculty perceptions on publishing research.

Supporting workplace information needs of people with dementia (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pennington, D. (2016, October). Supporting workplace information needs of people with dementia. Presented at ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dementia, a broad term for a range of brain diseases that are generally characterised by memory loss, aphasia, decreased social inhibition, and other symptoms, has no cure and is not a normal part of ageing. It is, however, an international epidemic.... Read More about Supporting workplace information needs of people with dementia.

Small data and big data controversies and alternatives (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bonneau, C., Gruzd, A., Hand, M., Latzo-Toth, G., Millette, M., Quan-Haase, A., Pennington, D., Sloan, L., Vatrapu, R., & Zeller, F. (2016, July). Small data and big data controversies and alternatives. Presented at International Conference on Social Media & Society (SMSociety), London, UK

The workshop will provide an overview of critical themes to be covered in the Sage Handbook of Social Media Research Methods to be published in 2016. The Handbook is the first book to cover not only the entire research process in social media researc... Read More about Small data and big data controversies and alternatives.

Analysing found non-text social media data (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2016, July). Analysing found non-text social media data. Paper presented at International Conference on Social Media & Society, London

This paper is based on a chapter entitled "Coding of non-text data" (Rasmussen Pennington, in press) that has been accepted for publication in The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. The chapter outlines the special concerns associated wi... Read More about Analysing found non-text social media data.