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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@ut.edu<mailto:vjain@ut.edu>
Vishal Midha, Illinois State University, IL, USA, Email:
vmidha@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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