[AISWorld] AMCIS 2022 CFP: Minitrack - The Dark Side of Social Media

[Qin Weng]

CALL FOR PAPERS

AMCIS 2022 – Innovative Research Informing Practice
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
August 10-14, 2022

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

DESCRIPTION

The challenges and problems of social media have drawn increasing scholarly attention in recent years, such interest is further fueled by more people turning to social media with the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and the social distancing. There are pressing questions that remain unanswered and call for further investigation. This minitrack invites papers that identify and address the dark side of social media, the aspects of social media that negatively impact people’s personal lives, disrupt the operation of organizations, and mangle the social fabrics. The goal is to raise awareness of the negative aspects of social media use, address the challenges of maintaining a safe and productive environment, and create social wellbeing for the greater good.

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
    - Cyberbullying
    - Social media addiction and isolation
    - Social media and security
    - 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 public opinion polarization
    - 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
- Fake news and disinformation
    - Ethical, legal issues and freedom of speech in social media

SUBMISSION TYPES

    • Full papers must not exceed 10 pages.
    • Emergent Research Forum (ERF) papers must not exceed 5 pages.

All submissions must conform to the AMCIS 2022 submission template and will be peer-reviewed using a double-blind system.

IMPORTANT DATES


  *   January 21, 2022: Manuscript submissions begin
  *   March 1, 2022: Full papers and ERF submissions are due at 5pm EST
  *   April 15, 2022: Program Chair decisions are sent to authors

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