19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013)<br>
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Chicago Illinois, USA<br>
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15-17 August 2013<br>
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Mini-track: The <span class="il">Dark</span> <span class="il">Side</span> of Social Networking -- Social and Ethical Issues<br>
Track: Social-Technical Issues and Social Inclusion<br>
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Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of online social networking<br>
sites that ?allow individuals to (1) construct public or semi-public<br>
profiles within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users<br>
within whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list<br>
of connections and those made by others within their system? (Boyd and<br>
Ellison, 2008). By facilitating the establishment and maintenance of social<br>
relations as well as the sharing of interests and activities within<br>
individual networks, social networking sites (such as Facebook, Twitter,<br>
LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube, and more recently Google+) have become<br>
increasing integrated in our modern culture, changing the way we work,<br>
study, play and socialize, and how we spend time and money.<br>
Notwithstanding the many personal, educational, and work benefits offered<br>
by online social networks, their use raises a variety of social and ethical<br>
concerns (e.g., privacy and security threats, cyber-bullying, addiction,<br>
deception, censorship and surveillance). The objective of this mini-track<br>
is to develop theoretical insight and understanding on topics and issues<br>
that address the troubling or <span class="il">dark</span> <span class="il">side</span> of online social networks. We<br>
welcome conceptual, theoretical, and empirical papers that enrich our<br>
understanding of the social and ethical issues of online social networks.<br>
All methodological approaches are welcome.<br>
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<br>
-- Addiction and compulsive use<br>
-- Cyber bullying, stalking, and harassment<br>
-- Security vulnerabilities<br>
-- Risk to privacy and confidentiality<br>
-- Fraud and deception on social networking sites<br>
-- Information overload on social networking sites<br>
-- Violations of intellectual property right<br>
-- Cybersmearing<br>
-- Cyberslacking and cyberloafing<br>
-- Negative impact of social networking on relationships (e.g., social isolation and distraction from quality relationships)<br>
-- Negative health consequences (e.g., personality and brain disorder) associated with the use of social networking sites<br>
-- Social network surveillance and censorship<br>
-- Ethical issues in social network analysis and mining<br>
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Mini-track Chairs:<br>
Bo Sophia Xiao<br>
Computing & Information Systems<br>
Department of Computer Science<br>
Hong Kong Baptist University<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:boxiao@comp.hkbu.edu.hk">boxiao@comp.hkbu.edu.hk</a><br>
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Christy M.K. Cheung<br>
Department of Finance and Decision Sciences<br>
School of Business<br>
Hong Kong Baptist University<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:ccheung@hkbu.edu.hk">ccheung@hkbu.edu.hk</a><br>
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Matthew K.O. Lee<br>
College of Business<br>
City University of Hong Kong<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:ismatlee@cityu.edu.hk">ismatlee@cityu.edu.hk</a><br>
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Important Dates:<br>
January 4, 2013: Paper submissions open on Bepress<br>
February 22, 2013: Deadline for paper submissions at 11:59 p.m. CST<br>
April 17, 2013: Notification of paper acceptance<br>
May 9, 2013: Camera-ready copy due<br>
Instructions for authors can be found at AMCIS website:<br>
<a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org" target="_blank">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org</a>