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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>18th Americas Conference on Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Seattle, Washington, August 9-12, 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TRACK: Social Issues and Social Inclusion Track<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MINI-TRACK: Social Aspects of Social Networking<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Description:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Social Networking, as exemplified in the ‘Web 2.0 concept’ by online applications such as MySpace, Facebook, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Flickr, LinkedIn, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Gather, 43 Things, etc., have been making headlines in the national <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>newspapers (Lanchester, 2006), not only for their high profile acquisition by major media companies, but also <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>for their ability to potentially create a whole new revenue stream, create a new exploitation route or even <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>influence the outcome of the US presidential nomination race (Stelter, 2008). However, the interesting <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>question is whether these are the future of the Internet (as the Web 2.0 badge implies), or merely the latest <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>‘dot.com’ bomb (as has also been implied in some parts of the media, eg. Wood, 2005). What is it about these <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>systems that appear to have caught the current zeitgeist? Are they just another of the fleeting fancies that <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the media have hyped, or are there more substantial factors supporting the creation of these networks? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Equally can the huge networks (such as MySpace and Facebook) really be sustained in the longer term, and how <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>might they be appropriated by industry, for example the possible rise of Enterprise 2.0 and its implications <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>for future forms of social networks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At the desktop end of the spectrum, Windows Vista© business edition has Windows Meeting Space, a social <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>collaboration technology for small groups of users built-in, while Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 has <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>‘Groove’, a collaboration software program in it, and now there are ‘cloud’ computing offerings, such as <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Google Docs and Windows Live. Will these elements become ubiquitous and facilitate, constrain or alter the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>development and sustenance of business social networks. How are organisations coping with the tensions of <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>collaboration versus gossip; privacy versus publication? How will these considerations affect the future form <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and direction of Internet research and development? How does our understanding of the past help us to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>understand what might happen in the future?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While the technology is important, as without this the whole phenomena would not exist, the interesting and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>challenging element of social networking is what people do with it, ie. the social aspect. This track aims to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>bring together related articles (theoretical and empirical papers, including survey and case/field study <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>research papers) that address the concept of social networking and related phenomena.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suggested topics:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Analysis of social networking patterns and trends<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Business value and the strategic impact of social networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Frameworks and models of best practice for developing/sustaining/integrating social networking systems <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Enterprise 2.0 business models and case studies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Issues of privacy and trust; information credibility <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Management of the ‘chatter’ of multiple social networking channels (ie. the new ‘information overload’)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Mobile social networking<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• New and alternative approaches to social networking systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Positivist, interpretivist and critical approaches to social networking<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• User adoption and diffusion of social networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mini-track chairs:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Laurence Brooks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: Laurence.Brooks@brunel.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>School of Information Systems Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University, UK <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: +44 (0) 1895 266010<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Roman Brandtweiner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: Roman.Brandtweiner@wu.ac.at<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Institute of Information Management & Control, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: +43 (0) 1 313364774<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Howard Rosenbaum<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: hrosenba@indiana.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, 1320 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1801, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Submission Procedure:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Submit your manuscript using the manuscript central system at - http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* January 2, 2012: Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* March 1, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): Deadline for paper submissions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* April 2, 20012: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* April 20, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>_______________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Laurence Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Past President, UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS) President, UK Systems Society (UKSS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Course Director, MSc Information Systems Management (ISM)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>(<a href="http://www.brunel.ac.uk/siscm/disc/postgraduates/masters/information-systems-management"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.brunel.ac.uk/siscm/disc/postgraduates/masters/information-systems-management</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Lecturer, Department of Information Systems and Computing School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics Brunel University Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Tel: +44 (0)1895 266010 (direct)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Fax: +44 (0)1895 251686<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Mobile: +44 (0)7866 726928<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:laurence.brooks@brunel.ac.uk"><span style='color:blue'>laurence.brooks@brunel.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Skype: laurencebrooks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Web: <a href="http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~csstllb/"><span style='color:blue'>http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~csstllb/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>UKAIS: <a href="http://www.ukais.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ukais.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>UKSS: <a href="http://www.ukss.org.uk"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ukss.org.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>