********** SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2018 **********
After the World-Wide Web and e-commerce, the evolution of
social software is often referred to as the third generation
of the Internet. Various forms of social information systems
have emerged since with online communities, collaborative
technologies, blogs, wikis and sites for crowdsourcing being
among the well-known. It may be observed that Social
information systems have profound implications on the way
individuals communicate, be it in private or professional
interactions, and the way economic processes are organized.
For example, the so-called "Gig-economy" posits that
crowdsourcing platforms have the power to change hierarchical
coordination towards more market-like and fluid forms where
individuals bring in their competencies for specific
projects, I.e. "gigs". Social information systems are the new
"glue" among individuals outside as well as inside
organizations.
>From this definition, four characteristics of social
information systems may be derived: weak ties, social
production, egalitarianism and mutual service provisioning.
Weak-ties are spontaneously established contacts between
individuals that create new views and allow combining
competencies. Social Production is the creation of artifacts,
by combining the input from independent contributors without
predetermining the way to do this. Egalitarianism is the
attitude of handling individuals equally. Social information
systems overcome the separation of the service provider and
consumer by introducing the idea, that service provisioning
is a mutual process of service exchange and thus co-creation
of value.
The objective of the Minitrack “Social Information Systems” is
to promote the scientific exchange on social information
systems. The Minitrack shall explore how social information
systems are designed, implemented, operated and improved. It
shall also contribute to the understanding regarding the
interaction with their environment and the impact on economic
coordination structures.
In the “Social Information Systems” Minitrack we seek papers
that explore how social information systems are designed,
implemented, operated and integrated.
Possible topics are:
- New methods for developing and understanding social
information systems
- Insights how communication and innovation can be fostered by
social information systems
- Impact of weak ties, social production, egalitarianism and
mutual service provisioning
- Businesses processes enabled by social information systems
- Link of social business processes and other business
processes
- Modeling of social processes for social information systems
- New technologies and architectures for social information
systems
- Data creation and analytics within social information
systems
A fast track opportunity at "Electronic Markets - The
International Journal on Networked Business" (Impact Factor:
1.864,
http://www.electronicmarkets.org/ ) will be provided
for selected high-quality papers of the Minitrack.
For further conference details, schedules and submission
guidelines, please see:
http://www.hicss.org
********** MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS **********
Rainer Schmidt (Primary Contact)
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Rainer.Schmidt@hm.edu
Rainer Alt
Leipzig University
rainer.alt@uni‐leipzig.de
Selmin Nurcan
University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
nurcan@univ‐paris1.fr