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CALL FOR PAPERS
AMCIS 2020, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, August 12-16
MINI-TRACK: The Dark Side of Social Media
TRACK: Social computing
DESCRIPTION
The widespread adoption of social media is accompanied by arising
challenges and problems. While the negative impacts and outcomes
of social media have attracted increasing scholarly attention in
recent years, the problems and risks in social media use remain
profound and therefore call for continued research. This
mini-track invites papers that identify and address the dark side
of social media, assembling a wide array of studies that examine
the aspects of social media that negatively impact people’s
personal lives or disrupt the operation of organizations and
societies. The goal is to raise awareness of the negative aspects
of social media use and to address the challenges of maintaining a
safe and productive environment for social computing.
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 safety
- 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 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 2020 submission template
and will be peer-reviewed using a double-blind system.
IMPORTANT DATES
January 6, 2020: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2020 begin
February 28, 2020: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes at 5:00pm
MST
March 5, 2020: All papers have assigned reviewers
April 13, 2020: Track Chair recommendations due
April 22, 2020: Notification of Workshop acceptance
April 22, 2020: Camera-ready papers are due at 5:00 pm MST
MINI-TRACK CHAIRS
Dr. Qin Weng
qweng@walton.uark.edu
University of Arkansas
Dr. Wendy Wang
wendy_phoenix@hotmail.com
Trident University International
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