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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt">CALL FOR PAPERS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:14.0pt">21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> June 5-8, 2013, Utrecht University, Netherlands https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:14.0pt">TRACK: SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIETY</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/the-conference/tracks-and-keynotes/track-social-media-and-society<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> *** Deadline for paper submission: December 7th, 2012 ***<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">DESCRIPTION<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A myriad of social media platforms have emerged in recent years on the Internet and became popular (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, etc). These platforms rely on individual users for content creation and their success hinges
on active user involvement and participation. As social media permeates all spheres of our lives, these applications transform the society we live in today: they change the way we develop friendships, communicate with each other, work, procure goods and services,
obtain information and spend our free time. Recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa showcased the power of social media to incite political and social change.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Despite the ubiquitous nature of social media, the role and long-term consequences of these individual and societal transformations are not clear. On the one hand, proponents argue that digitally-enabled social media applications promote
creation of bridging and bonding social capital, result in increased interconnectedness, and create unprecedented opportunities for collective action. Overall, by facilitating interpersonal communication and access to information, social media can create significant
benefits at both individual and societal levels. On the other hand, opponents express strong concerns over the dangers of intense social media involvement. For example, looking at the sheer quantity and the sensitivity of the information users disclose, stakeholders
express strong privacy concerns, fearing the potential misuse of the user data by various parties. Indeed, marketers, insurance companies, security agencies, human resource departments, stalkers and crooks can get access to the information one shares and use
it to the detriment of the users. Even Facebook “friends” can inadvertently (or often on purpose) share one’s private details across their social graph. Beyond threatening user privacy, participation in social applications, sharks user free time, results in
workplace cyberloafing, breeds envy and jealousy towards one’s friends and partner; causes feelings of inadequacy, depression, alienation, and can even lead to study underperformance, overspending and drug abuse.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Considering both positive and negative impacts of social media, policy-makers find themselves confronted with a complex choice of whether these platforms should be regulated and, if so, how. Even though a broad stream of research has emerged
in recent years examining individual and organizational use of social media, the variety of social media applications continues to grow as does their use. In line with the overall conference theme “Beyond borders” this track seeks submissions examining the
role social media plays in individual lives and beyond in the society at large. 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 consequences (both negative and positive) and impact of social media use on society and individual. All methodological approaches are welcomed, including, but not limited to, qualitative studies, case studies, empirical studies, longitudinal studies as
well as conceptual papers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Full and research-in-progress papers can be submitted to this track. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and society<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• privacy management on social media<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and public policy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and addiction<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and school performance<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and envy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and jealousy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and cyberloafing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and information overload<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• dark sides of social media<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media in organizations<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and new social norms<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and consumer behaviour<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and social capital<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media and civil action<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• online communities and social support<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• social media trends and issues<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Track Chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hanna Krasnova, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, krasnovh@wiwi.hu-berlin.de<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Natasha Veltri, University of Tampa, United States of America, nveltri@ut.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christy Cheung, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, ccheung@hkbu.edu.hk<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Editors<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ammeter, Tony, University of Mississippi, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aschoff, Robinson, University of Zurich, Switzerland <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Blanchard, Anita, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Brandtzæg, Petter Bae, SINTEF, Norway<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Brauer, Claudia, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chang, Ludwig, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dwyer, Catherine A., Pace University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eckhardt, Andreas, Frankfurt University, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Friesike, Sascha, Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Germany
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<p class="MsoNormal">Goswami, Suparna, Technische Universität München, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gürses, Seda, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hercheui, Magda, Westminster Business School, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hertzberg Kaare, Birgit, University of Oslo, Norway<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hsu, Carol, National Taiwan University, Taiwan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ilie, Virginia, California Lutheran University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Klier, Mathias, Universität Regensburg, Germany <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kummer, Tyge-F., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">McNab, Anna, Niagara University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Parrish, James, Nova Southeastern University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patil, Sameer, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pogrebnyakov, Nicolai,Copenhagen Business School <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Richter, Alexander, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Riemenschneider, Cindy, Baylor University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Riemer, Kai, The University of Sydney, Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stefan Seidel, Universität Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shen, Xiao-Liang, Wuhan University, China<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shim, J.T., Louisiana Tech University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sprondel, Johanna, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stanoevska-Slabeva, Katarina, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Strano, Michele, Bridgewater College, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thadani, Dimple, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Trkman, Peter, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Von Stetten, Alexander, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Widjaja, Thomas, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Winkler, Till, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Xiao, Bo Sophia, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Zhang, Kem Z.K. University of Science and Technology of China, China<o:p></o:p></p>
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