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</head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">19th Americas Conference on Information Systems</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">Chicago, Illinois, August 15-17, 2013</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">Track: eGovernment</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">Mini-track: Social Media in the Public Sector</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">Description:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This mini-track invites papers that use case studies, surveys or other methods to advance our understanding of social media in the public sector. In particular, we welcome papers that attempt to provide new insights through theories, models or online research data collection methods and social media analytics.
During the last few years, public sector organizations have experimented with the broad spectrum of social media applications. Social networking sites, blogging, microblogging, wikis and Web 2.0/3.0 tools have been deployed to support the work of public administration and enhance the creation and delivery of value to the public. These tools have been considered as a source of significant innovation that can even enable new types of relationships with citizens and other government stakeholders. The objectives and value proposition of social media in the public sector seem to be dynamically evolving along the social and technical characteristics of the tools themselves. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; ">
</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suggested topics:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
• Social media in the creation and delivery of public value such as openness and transparency.
• Theoretically grounded case studies that demonstrate the negative or positive impact of social media in the public sector in the context of specific events or initiatives.
• The role of social media in emergency management and communication with the public.
• Studies focused on the impact of social media in public health care.
• Strategies and policies for the planning and implementation of social media in the public sector.
• Social, legal and ethical issues of social media in the public sector, including theoretical perspectives on the concept of Government 2.0 and its practical implications.
• Cost/benefit perspectives and further managerial issues related to evaluating social media in the public sector.
• Theories and models of citizen-government relationships on social media.
• New perspectives on researching social media in the public sector, specifically approaches using online data collection techniques and social media analytics.
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</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Paper submission deadline: 22 February 2013 11:59 p.m. Central Time</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">For more information about submissions please visit <a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org</a>/ </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">We welcome discussions about paper submissions.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Mini-track chairs:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Laurence Brooks</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Email: Laurence.Brooks@brunel.ac.uk</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Brunel University, London, UK </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Panos Panagiotopoulos</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Email: Panagiotis.Panagiotopoulos@brunel.ac.uk</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Brunel University, London, UK </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Rony Medaglia</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Email: rm.itm@cbs.dk</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Copenhagen Business School, Denmark</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Dr Panos Panagiotopoulos<br>Part time Lecturer in Information Systems<br>Brunel University, London<br>Office line: +44 (0) 1895 266861<br>Website: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/837lmgn" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://tinyurl.com/837lmgn</a></span></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Twitter: @DrPanPan</span></div></div></div></body></html>