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Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2021 CFP: Minitrack - The Dark Side of Social
Media
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:59:19 +0000
From: Qin Weng <QWeng(a)walton.uark.edu>
To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org>
CALL FOR PAPERS
AMCIS 2021
Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Montréal, Canada
August 5-7, 2021
MINI-TRACK: The Dark Side of Social Media
TRACK: Social computing
DESCRIPTION
The challenges and problems of social media have drawn increasing
scholarly attention in recent years, such interest is further fueled by
more people turning to social media with the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak
and the social distancing. There are pressing questions that remain
unanswered and call for further investigation. This min-track invites
papers that identify and address the dark side of social media, the
aspects of social media that negatively impact people’s personal lives,
disrupt the operation of organizations, and mangle the social fabrics.
The goal is to raise awareness of the negative aspects of social media
use, address the challenges of maintaining a safe and productive
environment, and create social wellbeing for the greater good.
Empirical, theoretical, or position papers are welcome in this track.
Topics of interests include, but are not limited to the following:
- Privacy concerns and social media
- Cyberbullying
- Social media addiction and isolation
- Social media and security
- Impact of social media on physical and mental health
- Social media and productivity/job performance
- Effect of social media on education
- Social media on business communication
- Impact of social media on democracy
- Impact of social media on public opinion polarization
- Impact of social media on law enforcement
- Social media and personal relationship
- Social media and politics
- Social media, face to face interaction, and personal fulfillment
- Social media and society
- Online identity, scam, hoax, and phishing
- Ethical, legal issues and freedom of speech in social media
SUBMISSION TYPES
• Full papers must not exceed 10 pages (approx. 5,000 words)
• Emergent Research Forum (ERF) papers must not exceed 5 pages (approx.
2,500 words)
All submissions must conform to the AMCIS 2021 submission template and
will be peer-reviewed using a double-blind system.
TENTATIVE TIMELINES
* January 6, 2021: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2021 begin
* March 1, 2021: Completed research and ERF submissions are due at 5pm EST
* March 26, 2021: Reviews are due
* April 8, 2021: Mini-track chair recommendations are due
MINI-TRACK CHAIRS
Dr. Qin Weng
qweng(a)walton.uark.edu
University of Arkansas
Dr. Wendy Wang
wendy_phoenix(a)hotmail.com
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