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Subject: [AISWorld] Call for Papers AMCIS 2019 Mini track: Fake News,
Rumors and Other Unintended Consequences of Engagement in Virtual
Communities
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 17:49:29 +0000
From: Vikas Jain <VJAIN(a)ut.edu>
To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org>
AMCIS 2019 Mini track: Fake News, Rumors and Other Unintended
Consequences of Engagement in Virtual Communities
We invite submissions to the new mini track titled "Fake News, Rumors
and Other Unintended Consequences of Engagement in Virtual Communities"
under the "Virtual Communities and Collaboration" track.
Mini-track description
Virtual communities enabled by social media are providing new
opportunities for people to engage with each other. Such engagements
span across personal, political, social, or economic spheres. Recently,
such engagements have been exploited to spread fake news, rumors, biased
reporting, or for promoting unsupported viewpoints. Some other
unintended effects include cyberbullying, suppression of alternate
viewpoints, or promotion of narratives disconnected from facts. These
reflect unintended consequences of engagement in virtual communities
that have the potential to significantly influence the discourse of
social, political, moral, or economic debate. It cannot be denied that
virtual communities hold a lot of potential for beneficial and positive
engagement among the community members but there is a need to examine
some of these unintended consequences prevalent in virtual communities.
Call for Papers:
The objective of this mini-track is to provide a forum for discussion
and presentation of original research highlighting some of these
unintended consequences and subsequent challenges/or solutions to deal
with them. In alignment with the New Frontiers in Digital Covergence
theme of AMCIS 2019, we are pleased to invite submission of completed
research papers and research-in-progress. We welcome both quantitative
and qualitative studies that explicate the theoretical, conceptual and
empirical nature of similar unintended consequences of virtual
communities. In addition, papers that model and analyze impacts, spread
and drivers of factors across similar topic areas are welcome.
The papers in this mini-track could include, but not limited, to the
following areas:
* Cyberbullying, cyber-aggression, and unwanted contact
* Harassment, intimidation and stalking
* Damaged reputation due to rumors or gossips
* Online deception
* Sex and violence
* Inadvertent disclosure of private information
* Changes to relationships between public and private sphere
* Suppression of alternate viewpoints
* Promotion of narratives disconnected from facts
* Data mining in virtual communities for malicious intent
* Use of personal data by third-parties, hacking and identify theft
Mini-track chairs:
Vikas Jain, The University of Tampa, FL, USA, E-mail:
vjain(a)ut.edu<mailto:vjain@ut.edu>
Vishal Midha, Illinois State University, IL, USA, Email:
vmidha(a)ilstu.edu<mailto:vmidha@ilstu.edu>
Important Dates:
* January 7, 2019: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2019 begin
* March 1, 2019: AMCIS manuscript submissions (completed research and
Emergent Research Forum (ERF)) close for authors at 10:00am PST
* March 7, 2019: All papers have assigned reviewers
* April 15, 2019: Track Chairs recommendations are due
* April 24, 2019: Camera-ready papers are due
Best Regards,
Vikas Jain, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Technology Management
Sykes College of Business
Office: JS 213 Box O
Phone: 813-257-3968
The University of Tampa
401 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606
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