-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP - AMCIS 2020 Social computing Minitrack: The Dark Side of Social Media Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:06:48 +0000 From: Wendy Wang wendy_phoenix@hotmail.com To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

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 _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org