This special issue aims to build bridges between scholarly communities engaging in the study of digital media. The result of a partnership between the International AAAI Conference on the Web and Social Media (ICWSM) and the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media (JQD:DM), this effort provides both journal space and physical space for strengthening our interdisciplinary community. The eight articles in this volume showcase the diversity of data, methods, and contributions being made in the study of digital media. As editors, we are pleased at this collaborative forum for such interdisciplinary conversation, and it is our privilege to present the first set of articles — of many more to come.
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