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Call for Papers
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS'20)
August 12-16, 2020
Salt Lake City, Utah
Track: Advances in Information Systems Research
Minitrack: Civic and Democratic Processes in Digital Age
Description:
The emergence of newer technologies such as smart devices social
media, or Internet of Things (IoT) has redefined how citizens
engage in civic and democratic processes. The recent events like
US presidential elections in 2016 or earlier events like Arab
Uprising demonstrate the profound impact that such newer
technologies can have in reshaping the democratic processes. With
the potential to influence millions of people across the world,
such new technologies have not only enabled new ways to engage
people in civic processes but have also posed challenges to
governments across the world in ensuring that citizens are
appropriately informed. It is an opportune time to engage in a
research discussion on how to leverage newer technologies to
strengthen existing civic and democratic processes and minimize
some of the unintended consequences.
The objective of this mini-track is to provide a forum for
discussion and presentation of original research highlighting role
of newer technologies like smart devices, social media, or
Internet of Things (IoT), in shaping the technical,
organizational, managerial and socio-economic aspects of civic and
democratic processes. We seek to invite papers that identify
emerging frameworks of democratic engagement enabled by these
newer technologies and highlight the opportunities/challenges
posed to governments across the world. We seek papers from a
theoretical, conceptual, or empirical perspective to set the stage
for future research direction for reshaping civic engagement using
newer technologies across countries. Both quantitative as well as
qualitative studies from developed and developing countries
perspectives are encouraged.
Potential topics may include (but are not limited to):
* Impact of social media on civic and democratic processes
* New civic and democratic engagement models/frameworks in digital
age
* Information bias and its impact on civic and democratic
processes
* Rumors and fake news in digital age and its impact on democratic
outcomes
* Civic engagement challenges in digital age
* Evaluation models for assessing impact of newer information
technologies on civic and democratic processes
* Data analytics strategies to expand civic and democratic
engagement
* Case studies documenting success/failure of information
technologies in expanding civic and democratic engagement
Paper submissions must be made electronically through AMCIS 2020
Manuscript Submission Site
https://new.precisionconference.com/ais
Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind system.
Important Dates:
Jan. 6, 2020: Submission system opens
Feb. 28, 2020: Completed Research and ERF submissions due
(5:00p.m. MST)
April 22, 2020: Camera-ready papers due (5:00p.m. MST)
More information is available at
https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-3
Or by contacting the minitrack chair.
Minitrack Chair:
Vikas Jain
Department of Information Technology and Management University of
Tampa, Tampa, FL
vjain@ut.edu
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