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Mini-track: Information Processing and Decision Making in Online
Communities
Track: Virtual Communities and Collaboration
Description
Online communities consist of individuals who share a common
interest and
who use the internet to communicate with each other and work
together in
pursuit of shared interests. Individuals seek out information
online for
both utilitarian and hedonic reasons. Online forums are one
example of a
pervasive platform where individuals can submit and receive
answers to
questions as well as browse the experiences of others. Individuals
with
questions often turn to these forums, either directly or
indirectly
(through search engine results), to find answers to problems they
face.
While research has begun to address utilitarian and hedonic
seeking and
consumption of information, there is still much left unknown. This
mini-track focuses on research related to understanding
information
processing and decision making in the context of online
communities. The
following is a list of sample topics (non-exhaustive) that would
be a good
fit for this mini-track:
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How individuals search for, filter, or adopt online information
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Online decision making processes
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Cognitive processing related to consumption of online information
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Validation of online content
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Community based cues
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Evaluation of different cue types (e.g., upvotes, star ratings)
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Design elements of tools to support online communities
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Crowdsourced knowledge
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Approaches to increase contributions/engagement
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Novel approaches to support online communities
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)
Submission Deadline
February 28, 2020: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes at 5:00pm
MST
Mini-track Co-chairs
Tom Meservy, Brigham Young University,
tmeservy@byu.edu
Matt Jensen, University of Oklahoma,
mjensen@ou.edu
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