[AISWorld] Final CFP Social Media Track at ISCRAM 2014

[Linda]

Please post the following final CFP:


  *TRACK:  Social Media in Crisis Response and Management*

FINAL CALL FOR LONG PAPERS

DUE BY NOV 15

CONFERENCE THEME: Empowering Citizens and Communities through 
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

*iscram* <http://iscram2014.org/>*2014.* <http://iscram2014.org/>*org* 
<http://iscram2014.org/>**

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*Conference Dates: May 18-21 2014*

*Penn State University**, USA***

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*Appropriate Topics: (non-exhaustive list)*

Papers are invited that provide rich description and/or evaluation of 
the actual use of Social Media for collaboration and/or widespread 
participation in any phase of crisis management, from initial planning 
and preparedness, through detection, response, and recovery phases. This 
might include, among others:

  * Studies of the use of social media in crises, either for information
    sharing that can provide useful information for managers, as a pull
    technology, or for dissemination of information to the public as a
    push technology.  We particularly seek accounts of innovations in
    design or use of social media that solve potential problems such as
    issues of information overload, assessment of information
    trustworthiness, or ethical issues such as privacy.
  * Studies of virtual teams or virtual communities employing "social
    software" in the design or use of emergency management information
    systems, with data collection methods ranging from laboratory or
    field experiments to qualitative case studies.
  * Studies on improving the collaborative resilience of organizations,
    cities and communities by means of social media. This particularly
    includes collaborative and/or participatory development and
    improvement of IT infrastructures for crisis management and disaster
    response.
  * Issues and techniques for mining and analyzing Social Media data.
  * Practitioner case studies of issues and benefits of use of Social
    Media by agencies or NGOs are of great interest to this track.
  * Studies or reports of crowdsourcing and other new practices such as
    the use of "digital volunteers" that engage the public and connect
    communities.

*Planned journal special issue*:

We are submitting a proposal for a special issue of ISJ ( Information 
Systems Journal) on*Empowering Citizen Participation in Emergency 
Management*. Authors of outstanding full papers from the Social Media 
and Planning and Foresight tracks would be invited to submit an expanded 
version of their papers for that issue.

*Contributions*

ISCRAM2014 invites two categories of papers. All paper submissions must 
be relevant to ISCRAM, make a new and significant contribution to the 
body of knowledge on information systems for emergency management, 
support their contribution with valid arguments, and be clearly 
structured and well written.

?/Research papers/presenting valid, original, relevant cutting edge 
research that will be reviewed to the highest academic standards. 
Reviewing will pay additional attention to the application of the 
related scientific literature and theory, to the use of an appropriate 
research methodology, and to technical, mathematical and statistical 
correctness. This will be complemented by a review from a member of the 
Scientific Committee (SC).

?/Insights from the Practice of Emergency Management//papers/presenting 
new developments in emergency management and policy making, discussing 
approaches, methods, tools, (best) practices and standards. These papers 
should focus on practical issues and concerns and raise challenges for 
future research, and will be reviewed to the highest practice-oriented 
standards.

According to the completeness of work, authors can choose to submit 
their work as

?/Full papers/presenting completed work. Such papers should be no more 
than 10 pages including figures & tables (~5000 words). Due by Nov. 15

?/Short papers/presenting work in progress and novel approaches that are 
being developed. Such papers should be no more than 5 pages with figures 
& tables (~2500 words). Due by Jan. 13.

?/(Proposals for panels are also due by Nov. 15, see conference website 
for template)/

For each type of paper, submissions are welcome from academics, 
researchers, practitioners, technical or other experts, policy makers, 
or other professionals in the emergency management domain. The 
proceedings will identify the type of submission and reviewing process 
chosen.

TO SUBMIT A PAPER:

1.Authors must submit papers electronically through the conference 
system. https://www.conftool.com/iscram2014/ 
<https://www.conftool.com/iscram2014/>

2.All papers must use the ISCRAM paper template and follow the ISCRAM 
house style. The template will be available through the conference 
homepage or directly 
athttp://iscram2014.org/sites/default/files/misc/ISCRAM2014_PaperTemplate.doc 
<http://iscram2014.org/sites/default/files/misc/ISCRAM2014_PaperTemplate.doc>.

*ISCRAM 2014*

Contact:iscram <mailto:iscram2014 at iscram.org>2014@ 
<mailto:iscram2014 at iscram.org>iscram <mailto:iscram2014 at iscram.org>. 
<mailto:iscram2014 at iscram.org>org <mailto:iscram2014 at iscram.org>

Conference Chair: Andrea Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University

Program Chair: Starr Roxanne Hiltz, NJIT

  Track Chairs

Linda Plotnick*

lplotnick at jsu.edu <mailto:lplotnick at jsu.edu>

Jacksonville State University

Roxanne Hiltz

Roxanne.hiltz at gmail.com <mailto:Roxanne.hiltz at gmail.com>

NJIT (Distinguished Professor Emerita)

Volkmar Pipek

volkmar.pipek at uni-siegen.de <mailto:volkmar.pipek at uni-siegen.de>

University of Siegen

Kate Starbird

kstarbi at uw.edu <mailto:kstarbi at uw.edu>

Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE)

University of Washington

Amanda Hughes

hughesal at colorado.edu <mailto:hughesal at colorado.edu>

Utah State University




/*Corresponding Chair/


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