[AISWorld] AMCIS'14 CFP: Echo-Boomers: Growing Up with Social Networking Sites

[Xu, David]

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*CALL FOR PAPERS**

20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Savannah, GA, August 7-10, 2014
Track: Social Computing
Minitrack: Echo-Boomers: Growing Up with Social Networking Sites
Submission deadline: March 1, 2014
Submission website:  http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014
For additional information see http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers

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The current young adults (age 17-24) constitute an important group in the American population. They belong to “echo-boomers (age 17-31),” the children of baby-boomers. The echo-boomers account for 25% of the US population, the largest population in the US history since the baby boomers (Mature Market). They are on the way to become the most educated generation in the US history: In 2009, 56% of eco-boomers have college degrees or higher (Pew Research, 2009), and this percentage will become higher as more echo-boomers will reach the college age. Also, this cohort is a generation of heavy users of social network websites (SNS): 75% of echo-boomers use some forms of SNS (Pew Research). The echo-boomers constitute the earliest generation that spends much of their adolescence patronizing SNS. Facebook, the representative of SNS, began its exponential growth among the general public around 2006-2008, the time period that coincides with many of echo-boomers’ adolescence. Adolescence is where one forms his or her self-concept, which in turn affects life choices, interpersonal relationship developments, and professional successes throughout life. The objective of this mini-track is to develop theoretical insight and understanding on topics and issues that address the impact of SNS on the development of young adults’ self-concept. The discussion from this mini-track will provide insights into future cohorts who are expected to grow up with social technologies. We welcome theoretical and empirical papers that enrich our understanding of the social and psychological issues of online social networks. All methodological approaches are welcome.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Identity development and SNS
2. Life developmental tasks and SNS
3. SNS use across age cohorts (adolescents, young and mature adults, seniors)
4. Processes whereby SNS transform the way people work, communicate, and play
5. Impact of SNS on echo-boomers’ self-efficacy
6. Impact of SNS on echo-boomers’ interpersonal relationships
7. Impact of SNS on echo-boomers’ regulation of emotions
8. Impact of SNS on echo-boomers’ career decision-making
9. Self-presentation behaviors across socio-economic groups (including socially marginalized groups and visual minorities)
10. Privacy concerns of social presentation in SNS

11.  Multiple identities of echo-boomers in social computing

12.  Temporal states or static characteristics of social-selves in SNS

13.  Utilization of social computing in workplaces

14.  Risk and ethical issues in social presentation

15.  Network effects of SNS in career development

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Minitrack Co-chairs

Young Anna Lee, Fordham University, eyolee at fordham.edu<mailto:eyolee at fordham.edu>
David Xu, Wichita State University, david.xu at wichita.edu<mailto:david.xu at wichita.edu>
Ben Liu, City University of Hong Kong, ben.liu at cityu.edu.hk<mailto:qianqliu at cityu.edu.hk>
Kang, Hyunjeong, Hongik University, hjkang at hongik.ac.kr
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