-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [WI] 3rd HICSS-52 CfP Minitrack SOCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS with FAST TRACK opportunity at Electronic Markets Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 07:59:39 +0000 From: Keller, Barbara barbara.keller@hm.edu Reply-To: Keller, Barbara barbara.keller@hm.edu To: wi@lists.kit.edu wi@lists.kit.edu

**********  CALL FOR PAPERS **********

SOCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS MINITRACK

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-52) Conference Date: January 8-11, 2019, Grand Wailea, Maui

Track:  Digital and Social Media http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-52/digital-and-social-media/

**********  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

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