[AISWorld] AMCIS 2019 CFP: Minitrack: The Dark Side of Social Media

[Qin Weng]

AMCIS 2019, Cancun, Mexico, August 15-17, 2019. 

MINI-TRACK: The Dark Side of Social Media
TRACK: Social computing

DESCRIPTION

The widespread adoption of social media is accompanied with arising challenges and problems. While the negative impacts and outcomes of social media have attracted increasing scholarly attention in recent years, the problems and risks in social media use remain profound and therefore call for continued research. This mini-track invites papers that identify and address the dark side of social media, assembling a wide array of studies that examine the aspects of social media that negatively impact people’s personal lives or disrupt the operation of organizations and societies. The goal is to raise awareness of the negative aspects in social media use, and to address the challenges of maintaining a safe and productive environment for social computing.

Empirical, theoretical, or position papers are welcome in this track. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to the following:

- Privacy concerns and social media
- Cyber bullying 
- Social media addiction and isolation
- Social media and safety 
- Impact of social media on physical and mental health 
- Social media and productivity/job performance
- Effect of social media on education
- Social media on business communication
- Impact of social media on democracy
- Impact of social media on law enforcement
- Social media and personal relationship
- Social media and politics
- Social media, face to face interaction, and personal fulfillment
- Social media and society
- Online identity, scam, hoax, and phishing
- Ethical, legal issues and freedom of speech in social media

SUBMISSION PROCESS

Full paper submissions (<5000 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) and Emergent Research Forum (ERF) papers (<3500 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) must be made electronically through Manuscript Central. Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind system.

IMPORTANT DATES

January 7, 2019: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2019 begin.
March 1, 2019: AMCIS 2019 manuscript submissions close for authors at 10:00am PST.
April 24, 2019: Camera-ready papers are due.

MINI-TRACK CHAIRS

Dr. Qin Weng
qweng at walton.uark.edu
University of Arkansas

Dr. Wendy Wang
wendy_phoenix at hotmail.com
Trident University International

More information is available at https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org or by contacting the Minitrack chairs (contact details above).