[AISWorld] AMCIS 2024 CFP -Unintended Consequences of Engagement in Virtual Communities

[Vikas Jain]

We invite you to submit your papers to minitrack on Unintended Consequences of Engagement in Virtual Communities at AMCIS, 2024,



AMCIS 2024: Salt Lake City, Utah- August 15-17, 2024

Mini track: Unintended Consequences of Engagement in Virtual Communities

Track: Virtual Communities and Collaboration



Virtual communities enabled by social media are providing new opportunities for people to engage with each other. Recently, such engagements have been strengthened using artificial intelligence tools such as Chatbots. In view of the virtual nature of interactions, it is relatively easier to spread fake news or spread rumors, do biased reporting, or scam users by exploiting their trust. Such interactions have the potential to significantly influence the discourse of social, political, moral, or economic debate. It cannot be denied that virtual communities hold a lot of potential for beneficial and positive engagement among the community members but there is a need to examine some of these unintended consequences prevalent in virtual communities.



The objective of this minitrack is to provide a forum for discussion and presentation of original research highlighting some of these unintended consequences and subsequent challenges/or solutions to deal with them. We seek papers that address the nature of unintended consequence of engagements in virtual communities from a theoretical, conceptual, or empirical perspective. Both quantitative and qualitative studies are welcome. The papers in this mini track could include, but not limited, to the following areas:



*             Cyberbullying, cyber-aggression, and unwanted contact

*             Harassment, intimidation and stalking

*             Damaged reputation due to rumors or gossips

*             Online deception

*             Inadvertent disclosure of private information

*             Changes to relationships between public and private sphere

*             Suppression of alternate viewpoints

*             Promotion of narratives disconnected from facts.

*             Data mining in virtual communities for malicious intent

*             Use of personal data by third parties, hacking, and identify theft.



Mini-track co-chairs:

Vikas Jain, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida, USA,

vjain at ut.edu<mailto:vjain at ut.edu>



Vishal Midha, The Illinois State University, Illinois, USA

vmidha at ilstu.edu<mailto:vmidha at ilstu.edu>



We look forward to receiving your submissions. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the minitrack co-chairs.



Important Dates:

January 5, 2024              Manuscript submissions begin

March 1, 2024               Submissions are due at 10 a.m. EST

May 8, 2024                   TREO, PDS, Workshop, and Panel submissions are due at 10 a.m. EDT



Submission Instructions: https://amcis2024.aisconferences.org/submissions/call-for-papers/


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ITM Department
Sykes College of Business
The University of Tampa
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