[AISWorld] AMCIS minitrack "Social Media and Society"

[Stefan Stieglitz]

*25th Americas Conference on Information Systems*

*Minitrack: Social Media and Society*
*Track: Social Computing*


*Minitrack Co-Chairs*

   - Stefan Stieglitz, stefan.stieglitz at uni-due.de, University of
   Duisburg-Essen
   - Adriana Amaral, adriamaral at unisinos.br, UNISINOS
   - Milad Mirbabaie, milad.mirbabaie at uni-due.de, University of
   Duisburg-Essen


*Description of Minitrack*
Social media have become an important way for private persons, politicians,
media/journalists and organizations to communicate publicly. This offers
new potentials for societies (e.g. transparency, consensus building) but
also challenges such as misinformation, fake news or manipulation. Hence,
there is an urgent need for comprehensive concepts as well as methods which
exist independent of particular current platforms and applications.
Therefore, in this mini track we are looking for research that investigates
the impact of social media on welfare of societies. Moreover, current
developments in data science, user behavior, privacy, and trust in the
context of society could be considered in articles submitted to the mini
track. In this minitrack we are looking for empirical studies (quantitative
and qualitative) as well as conceptual papers and design orientated
articles.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

   - fandom in social media
   - social movements in social media
   - crisis situations (and communication) in social media
   - political communication in social media
   - impact of social media on the welfare of societies
   - negative effects: fake news, mis- and disinformation, rumours
   - automated accounts/social bots
   - social capital and social support
   - impact of social media on equality and inequality (e.g. of minorities,
   genders) within societies

*Important Dates*

   - January 7, 2019: Manuscript submissions open
   - March 1, 2019: 10 am PST Deadline for paper submissions
   - April 15, 2019: Authors will be notified of decisions
   - April 24, 2019: Camera-ready submissions due

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*Prof. Dr. Stefan Stieglitz*

*University of Duisburg-Essen*
Professor for Professional Communication in Electronic Media / Social Media
Director of Competence Center Connected Organization

Department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science
Forsthausweg 2, Room LE310, 47057 Duisburg, Germany


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