An ad hoc committee will organize presentations and discussion on the impact of social media on research, the research enterprise, and the workforce as the focal point of the fall (October 4-5, 2011) meeting of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR). The event, which is planned to be held in conjunction with and to inform the GUIRR meeting, is initiated under the following premise: There is tremendous power in social networking, with many positive prospects for science education, innovation, and research. The purpose of this meeting is to consider the myriad uses of these online tools, in and by universities, businesses, government, and elsewhere, but to also examine some of the questions raised through this expanding usage. For example: Can the growing power of the Internet and social media alter and/or influence research priorities? Is scientific information (with Wikipedia, as one example) being increasingly dispersed by a process that is the inverse of peer review? Is crowdsourcing a legitimate indication for determining drug benefits and risks? With all the hype associated with crowdsourcing, in what ways do we need to be skeptical? What is the potential "dark side" of social media? A brief, individually-authored Workshop Summary of the meeting will be issued.