[AISWorld] The contents of the latest issue of IJSSOE

[Zhaohao Sun]

The contents of the latest issue of:
*International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering (IJSSOE)*
Volume 6, Issue 2, April - June 2016
Indexed by: INSPEC, ACM, DBLP, etc
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1947-3052; EISSN: 1947-3060;
Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA
www.igi-global.com/ijssoe
<http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-systems-service-oriented/1155>

Editor-in-Chief: Dickson K.W. Chiu (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

*Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted
to the International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering
(IJSSOE). All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review
editorial process.*

*GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE*

Special Issue on Social Media Systems and Services

Kevin K. W. Ho (School of Business and Public Administration, University of
Guam, Mangilao, Guam), Eric W. K. See-To (Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong)

To obtain a copy of the Guest Editorial Preface, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=153676&ptid=131954&ctid=15&t=Special Issue
on Social Media Systems and Services
<http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=153676&ptid=131954&ctid=15&t=Special%20Issue%20on%20Social%20Media%20Systems%20and%20Services>

*ARTICLE 1*

Ethics and Social Networking: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Evaluating
Online Information Disclosure

Ludwig Christian Schaupp (Department of Accounting, College of Business &
Economics West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA), Lemuria Carter
(Department of Information Systems, School of Business, Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA)

Thanks to recent technological advancements, social networking has seen
unprecedented growth. Services such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have
evolved from niche communities to active cyber-societies. In addition to an
increase in the diffusion of social media, there has also been an increase
in the amount and type of information that participants share in these
online environments. In this paper, the authors integrate decision making
research from three disciplines -marketing, theology and information
systems - to explain information disclosure in online communities. They use
these disciplines to provide a comprehensive review of existing literature
and present innovative recommendations for research and practice. In
particular, the authors recommend Potter's Box as a useful framework for
evaluating the ethical implications of online information disclosure.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/ethics-and-social-networking/153679

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=153679

*ARTICLE 2*

Towards Effective Structure-Based Assessment of Proposals and Arguments in
Online Deliberation

Sanja Tanasijevic (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe,
Germany), Klemens Böhm (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe,
Germany)

Deliberation, i.e., discussing and ranking different proposals and making
decisions, is an important issue for many communities, be they political,
be they boards of experts for a scientific issue. Online deliberation
however has issues, such as unorganized content, off-topic or repetition
postings, or aggressive and conflicting behavior of participants. To
address these issues, based on a relatively simple argumentation model and
on feedback of different type, the authors propose to weight community
members in an elaborate manner; this in turn is used to score arguments and
proposals. Given such a scoring scheme, it is important to examine to which
extent individuals have understood and accepted the approach, to identify
characteristics of ‘good' discussants and of strong arguments and
proposals, and to study the robustness of the approach with regard to minor
changes. To this end, the authors have carried out an experiment with a
real-world community which had to make subjective decisions on issues
relevant to them, and they have analyzed the data generated by it
systematically, covering the different layers of their approach. The
authors' takeaway is that the approach proposed here is promising to
improve deliberation in many settings.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/towards-effective-structure-based-assessment-of-proposals-and-arguments-in-online-deliberation/153680

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=153680

*ARTICLE 3*

Applications of Social Media in Academic Library Services: A Case of the
Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library

Elaine Wei San Kong (Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pok
Fu Lam, Hong Kong), Dickson K. W. Chiu (Faculty of Education, The
University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong), Kevin K.W. Ho (School of
Business and Public Administration, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam)

In recent years, social media have had a vast number of users and attracted
academic libraries to use this new media to connect with their user
communities. It allows librarians to communicate and share information
with, and even provide services to users. This study examines the Pao
Yue-kong Library at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyUL) that has
been using social media to promote their information resources and
services. However, throughout websites observations and tracking records on
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube of the PolyUL, it was found users are not as
numerous as other commercial organizations. Some recommendations were
suggested to the PolyUL for enhancing communication with its users.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/applications-of-social-media-in-academic-library-services/153681

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=153681

*ARTICLE 4*

Social Media Effects in Virtual Brand Communities: The Case of Facebook and
Twitter

Eric W. K. See-To (Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hong
Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong), Pablo Alejandre Del Rio
(The Business School, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK), Kevin K.W. Ho (School of Business and Public
Administration, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam)

Social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook and Twitter are emerging as
major communication channels for organizations looking for new ways of
customer engagement. Although this new scenario is having a massive impact
on consumer behavior and marketing strategies, very little is known about
users' intentions to participate in online social networks, and the
potential benefits that online social interaction could generate. This
research presents a new framework integrating the advantages of two
well-known approaches, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Theory of
Planned Behavior (TPB), to understand the intention to participate in the
SNSs. The TAM focuses more on volitional factors, while the TPB considers
external influences such as social factors. The authors' framework
integrates both models, and extended them with two key elements in online
communication and E-commerce: privacy and trust. The framework also
reflects the effects of interaction between brands and consumers on
Facebook and Twitter. The new theoretical framework was tested through two
cross-sectional surveys in Facebook and Twitter. The results indicate that
high levels of trust, attitude and perceived usefulness can be good
indicators of the adoption of a SNS. Individually, Twitter was found to be
a powerful word of mouth tool, and Facebook is a good interactive channel.
These findings can provide a better picture of how practitioners should
develop their strategies in both platforms in order to maximize their
potential.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/social-media-effects-in-virtual-brand-communities/153682

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=153682
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*CALL FOR PAPERS*

Mission of IJSSOE:

The mission of the *International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented
Engineering (IJSSOE)* is to provide a forum for researchers, academicians,
and practitioners to advance the practice and understanding of contemporary
theories and empirical analysis in the perspective of systems engineering
in achieving service excellence under the current globalized
service-oriented economy.

Indices of IJSSOE:

   - ACM Digital Library
   - Bacon's Media Directory
   - Cabell's Directories
   - DBLP
   - Google Scholar
   - INSPEC
   - JournalTOCs
   - MediaFinder
   - The Standard Periodical Directory
   - Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

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Dr. Zhaohao Sun, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Business Studies

PNG University of Technology, Lae, PNG

Phone: +675 473 4406

Email: zsun at dbs.unitech.ac.pg <zsun at dbs.initech.ac.pg> or
zhaohao.sun at gmail.com (private)

&

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

School of Engineering and Information Technology

Federation University Australia, P.O. Box 663, Ballarat, Vic 3353, AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61-3-53279232

Email: z.sun at federation.edu.au, or zhaohao.sun at gmail.com (private)