[AISWorld] CALL FOR PAPERS - AMCIS2018(SIGEGOV)

[Lynn Shang]

Dear colleagues,

We invite you to submit a paper to 24th Americas Conference on Information
Systems (AMCIS) 2018, August 16-18, in New Orleans, LA, USA

Track: E-government (SIGEGOV)

Mini-Track: Civic and Democratic Processes in Digital Age



Mini-Track Description

The emergence of newer technologies such as smart devices social media, or
Internet of Things (IoT) has redefined how citizens engage in civic and
democratic processes. The recent events like US presidential elections in
2016 or earlier events like Arab Uprising demonstrate the profound impact
that such newer technologies can have in reshaping the democratic
processes. With the potential to influence millions of people across the
world, such new technologies have not only enabled new ways to engage
people in civic processes but have also posed challenges to governments
across the world in ensuring that citizens are appropriately informed. It
is an opportune time to engage in a research discussion on how to leverage
newer technologies to strengthen existing civic and democratic processes
and minimize some of the unintended consequences.

The objective of this mini-track is to provide a forum for discussion and
presentation of original research highlighting role of newer technologies
like smart devices, social media, or Internet of Things (IoT), in shaping
the technical, organizational, managerial and socio-economic aspects of
civic and democratic processes. We seek to invite papers that identify
emerging frameworks of democratic engagement enabled by these newer
technologies and highlight the opportunities/challenges posed to
governments across the world. We seek papers from a theoretical,
conceptual, or empirical perspective to set the stage for future research
direction for reshaping civic engagement using newer technologies across
countries. Both quantitative as well as qualitative studies from developed
and developing countries perspectives are encouraged.


Track topics are therefore focused on but not limited to the following list.



1.     Impact of social media on civic and democratic processes

2.     New civic and democratic engagement models/frameworks in digital age

3.     Information bias and its impact on civic and democratic processes

4.     Rumors and fake news in digital age and its impact on democratic
outcomes

5.      Civic engagement challenges in digital age

6.     Evaluation models for assessing impact of newer information
technologies on civic and democratic processes

7.     Data analytics strategies to expand civic and democratic engagement

8.     Case studies documenting success/failure of information technologies
in expanding civic and democratic engagement


IMPORTANT DATES:
*February 28, 2018*: Deadline for Completed Research and ERF (Emergent
Research Forum) submissions
*April 18, 2018:* Author notification
*August 16-18, 2018:* Conference

For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference,
visit the AMCIS 2018 website at http://amcis2018.aisnet.org

Mini-Track Co-Chairs:

Vikas Jain, vjain at ut.edu

Yanyan Shang, yshang at ut.edu