-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP - AMCIS 2020 Minitrack: Civic and Democratic Processes in Digital Age Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 16:51:43 +0000 From: Vikas Jain VJAIN@ut.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

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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