-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CALL FOR PAPERS: AMCIS 2020 MINI-TRACK: The Dark Side of Social Media Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 17:24:09 +0000 From: Qin Weng QWeng@walton.uark.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org CC: Qin Weng QWeng@walton.uark.edu

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 wide adoption of social media has shifted every aspect of people’s life from personal interaction to how organizations reach their customers. While the impacts and outcomes of social media have attracted increasing scholarly attention in recent years, the opportunities, 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 under researched areas in social media. By assembling a wide array of studies, this track aims to 1) identify new concepts and phenomenon of social media application, 2) explore the aspects of social media that negatively impact people’s personal lives or disrupt the operation of organizations and societies. 3) 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:

- Phenomenon of current social media application - Novice concepts as the result of social media use - Privacy and social media - Cyber bullying - Social media addiction and isolation - Social media and safety - Impact of social media on physical and mental health - Social media and productivity/job performance - Social media and 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 templatehttps://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/submissions/types-of-submissions/ 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 5:00pm MST

MINI-TRACK CHAIRS Dr. Qin Weng qinweng@uark.edumailto:qinweng@uark.edu University of Arkansas

Dr. Wendy Wang wendy_phoenix@hotmail.commailto:wendy_phoenix@hotmail.com Trident University International

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