CFP: Hawaii International Conference on System Science

This HICSS minitrack has been ongoing since 2003 under various titles. Papers address the interrelationship between social media and communities in all aspects of our (online and offline) lives.

Papers should address issues of online communities of practice, inquiry and interest created in the interest of political, educational, business, social and/or gaming pursuits, and with attention to how online community building and management contribute to success in these endeavors. Papers are welcomed that address wholly online communities, as well as those that address the interplay between online and offline means of interaction; the use of single media, as well as those that address the way different media support community practice; and community, as well as crowd-based collectives online.

Examples of possible interdisciplinary topics of interest in these contexts include, but are not limited to the following:

Social, political and/or economic impact of social media
Crowds and Communities as sociological phenomenon in the digital economy
Community development and community informatics
Design, development, and user studies of social media
Design of online crowds and/or communities of practice, inquiry or interest
Online learning communities: structures, implementations, and practices
Serious leisure online
Organizational behavior of communities
Behavior in online gaming communities
Social network studies and analyses of online crowds and communities
Mobile applications, services and use for and by online communities
Case studies and topologies of online communities
Case studies and analyses of the rise and fall of social network sites and online communities
Theoretical models of online crowds and communities, social media use, etc.
Models and cases of synergies and/or conflicts between offline and online worlds
Critical perspectives on social media and local and/or virtual community
Research methods for the study of social networking and community

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PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2013 via the HICSS conference system
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