[AISWorld] CfP ACIS 2018 Track "Social Media"

[Stefan Stieglitz]

*Call for Paper: Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS)*

   - http://www.acis2018.org/
   - 30th July 2018 - Full and RIP Paper Submission Deadline - submission
   system closes
   - 15th October 2018 - Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Full and RIP
   Paper Submissions Due
   - 3rd - 5th December 2018 - ACIS2018 Conference


*Track: Social Media *
Over the last years, various social media have become part of the lives of
billions of Internet users. These platforms rely on individual users for
content creation and their success hinges on active user involvement and
participation. In addition, spurred by the pervasive use of smartphones,
social media facilitate paradigm shifts in the ways we develop
relationships, communicate with each other, collaborate, procure goods and
services, and exchange information. Also, new business models have been
developed which are based on the Internet and concepts of online
participation (such as Airbnb as an example for the sharing economy).
Alongside, public platforms that allow anyone to virtually disseminate
information to a global audience, enterprises have adopted social media to
connect their employees and to increase distribution of knowledge within
the organization. Despite the ubiquitous nature of social media use, we
still need to better understand the role and long-term consequences of this
phenomenon for digital transformation on individual, organizational and
societal levels. There are both positive and negative consequences that are
worth exploring in this context. One the one hand, social media can promote
the creation of social capital, resulting in increased interconnectedness,
or facilitate social support and collective action. As such, it is opening
up a new world of empowerment, in which previously concealed conditions are
openly discussed and even celebrated instead of being hidden. By
facilitating interpersonal communication and access to information, social
media can create significant benefits across a multitude of social and
individual layers. On the other hand, there are very real dangers of
intense social media involvement that need to be taken into account. The
sheer quantity and the sensitivity of the information users disclose gives
rise to strong privacy concerns and also gives rises to ethical questions
when it comes to collecting and analysing social media data. Moreover, the
spread of ‘Fakenews’ and #Hatespeech, as well as the rise of Social Bots,
has a strong influence on social media communication. Furthermore, the
impact of social media on users’ mental health has been questioned, with
empirical evidence hinting at such undesirable developments as addiction,
depression, mood disorders. We invite research that offers fresh
theoretical perspectives and novel empirical insights on ways of organizing
and collaborating enabled by social media. We also invite studies that
focus on different contexts of social media use and digital collaboration,
examining both positive and negative consequences. We welcome research that
uses a variety of methods.
We especially encourage research that reaches out beyond IS theories, is
grounded in multiple reference disciplines and applies new intriguing
perspectives to document and understand the transformative impact of social
media and social media-related smartphone use.

*Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: *

   - Social media and theories about digital collaboration
   - Digital leadership and virtual teams
   - Enterprise knowledge sharing and collaborative work
   - Personal knowledge management and social media
   - Blurring boundaries of private and business (e.g. Consumerization,
   Shadow IT)
   - Social media-enabled business models
   - Organizational networking with social media and collaboration
   technologies
   - Use of social media for citizen and political participation
   - Development and use of social media analytics
   - Identification and effects of Fakenews and Social Bots
   - Digital methods for understanding social media collaboration (e.g.
   design science approaches, the computational turn; big data methods)
   - Critical perspectives on social media (e.g. social and information
   overload; Technostress)
   - Intersection of Social media and culture/gender/generations
   - Value co-creation in Social media contexts
   - Use of Social Media during crisis situations

*Track Chairs*

   - Stefan Stieglitz, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
   - Alexander Richter, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
   - Shahper Richter, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

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*Prof. Dr. Stefan Stieglitz*

*University of Duisburg-Essen*
Professor for Professional Communication in Electronic Media / Social Media
Director of Competence Center Connected Organization

Department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science
Forsthausweg 2, Room LE310, 47057 Duisburg, Germany


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