<font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">CALL FOR PAPERS<br><br>
18th Americas Conference on Information Systems</font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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Seattle, Washington, August 9-12, 2012<br><br>
Track: Social Issues and Social Inclusion</font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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Minitrack: The Dark Side of Social Networking -- Social and Ethical Issues<br><br><br>
DESCRIPTION</font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</font><p style="text-align:justify;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Online social networks
are web-based services, platforms, or sites that <span><i>“</i></span><span><span style="font-weight:normal">allow individuals
to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2)
articulate a list of other users within whom they share a connection, and (3)
view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within
their system</span></span><span><i>” </i></span>(Boyd and Ellison, 2008). By
facilitating the establishment and maintenance of social relations as well as the
sharing of interests and activities within individual networks, social
networking sites (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube, and more
recently Google+) have become increasingly integrated in our modern culture, changing
the way we work, study, play and socialize, and how we spend time and money.</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="text-align:justify;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Notwithstanding the many
personal, educational, and work benefits offered by online social networks,
their use raises a variety of social and ethical concerns (e.g., privacy and
security threats, cyber-bullying, addiction, deception, censorship and
surveillance). The objective of this mini-track is to develop theoretical insight
and understanding on topics and issues that address the <b><i>troubling</i></b> or <b><i>dark</i></b>
side of online social networks. We welcome conceptual, theoretical, and
empirical papers that enrich our understanding of the social and ethical issues
of online social networks. </font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
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</font><p style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><font>Topics
of interest include, but are not limited to:</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span>-- Privacy
risks</font><font><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">-- </span></span>Security
vulnerabilities</font>
</p><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Cyber-bullying
and cyber-stalking</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Social
network addiction</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Risk
to child safety</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Risk
to reputation and confidentiality</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Violations
of intellectual property right</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Ethical
issues in social network analysis and mining</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Risk
of identity theft</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Deception
on social networks</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Reduction
in productivity and disruption to working environment</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Negative
impact of social networking on relationships (e.g., social isolation and
distraction from quality relationships)</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Negative
health consequences (e.g., personality and brain disorder) associated with the
use of social networking sites</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- </span>Social
network surveillance</font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">
</font><p style="margin-left:18pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span>-- <span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span>Social
network censorship</font></p>
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January 2, 2012 Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions<br>
March 1, 2012 Deadline for paper submissions<br>
April 2, 2012 Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date<br>
April 20, 2012 For accepted papers, camera-ready copy due<br>
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</font><p style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><font>Bo
Sophia Xiao <br>
Computing & Information Systems, Department of Computer Science<br>
Hong Kong Baptist University<br>
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:%2B852%203411%205818" target="_blank">+852 3411 5818</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:boxiao@comp.hkbu.edu.hk" target="_blank">boxiao@comp.hkbu.edu.hk</a><br>
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Christy M.K. Cheung<br>
Department of Finance and Decision Sciences, School of Business<br>
Hong Kong Baptist University<br>
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:%2B852%203411%202102" target="_blank">+852 3411 2102</a><br>
Fax: <a href="tel:%2B852%203411%205855" target="_blank">+852 3411 5855</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:ccheung@hkbu.edu.hk" target="_blank">ccheung@hkbu.edu.hk</a><br>
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</font><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Matthew K.O. Lee<br>
College of Business, City University of Hong Kong<br>
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:%2B852%202%20788%207348" target="_blank">+852 2 788 7348</a><br>
Fax: <a href="tel:%2B852%202%20788%208192" target="_blank">+852 2 788 8192</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:ismatlee@cityu.edu.hk" target="_blank">ismatlee@cityu.edu.hk</a></font></span>