Call for Papers
 

The World Wide Web has migrated from information space into opportunities for social communication. Social Media
are growing rapidly and play an increasingly important role in the development of Online Communities. They are all
about identity, reputation, presence and relationships. Web based communities announce themselves both in your
professional and private life through several new media such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Plaxo, etc. In order to keep you up
to date with the pace of these new technological developments this IADIS Conference offers a dedicated overview
and informative discussion on today’s most relevant issues in new media for social life on the web.

 Social media allow dynamic roles in participation, virtual presence and online communities. These new ways to
communicate via online social media are having great societal effects and are motivating the creation of best practices
to help individuals, corporations and authorities to make the best of it. Marketers are already aware of the growing
impact of social media and the influence of web based communities in today’s consumer behaviour and governments
are following. Many organizations spend an increasing share of their budget in online social marketing strategies.

The mission of this conference is to publish and integrate scientific results and act catalytically to the fast developing
culture of web communities, while helping to disseminate and understand elements in social media: co-creation,
communities, customer reviews, micro blogging, social branding, social networking, social profiling with systems like
Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook etc. The conference invites original papers, review papers, technical reports and case
studies on the emerging role of so-called WWW-Based Communities. The conference also focuses on the design,
evaluation and the strategic embedding of new media for social communication via the web and aims to raise
awareness in terms of the latest developments in social media, create the opportunity to reflect on (social media)
theories and provide advice about the design, evaluation and the strategic embedding of social media in
communication practices.
 

Format of the Conference
 

The conference will comprise invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in
the form of a book and a CD-ROM with ISBN. The better papers will be candidate for the "International Journal of Web
Based Communities" (IJWBC);  ISSN: 1477 - 8394 [4 issues per year]

Topics of submission/Subject indications (but not limited to):

The History, Architecture and Future of Virtual Communities

• From Mobility to Connectivity
• Strategic Investment in Social Networks
• Identity and Augmented Ideologies
• Visionary Web Architectures, Implanted Computers
• Network Revolutions, Post-Colonial and Post-Modern Societies
• Escaping from Reality, Virtual Reality and Multi-User Games
• Towards Alternative Ways of Presence
 

Group Processes and Self-Organization

• Tele-Democracy, Morality, Netiquette 
• Social Networks, Tribal and Open Communities, Peace Education
• Computer Mediated, Hyper and Narrative Communication, Woven Stories
• MUDs, MOOs and Avatars
• Hosting Web-Based Communities
• Nationalities, Ethnicities and Gender Effects

Cyborgs, Teleworking, Telemedicine, Art Games and Learning Communities

• Fading Hierarchies and Epistemic Dictatorship
• Distributed Cognition, the Electronic Cortex and Constructivism
• Community Directories
• Mechanic World, Organic Computer
• Agents and the Vectorized Self
• Beyond Metaphors: Imagining and Representation
• Communizing as a Marketing Approach
 

Expanding Markets Through Virtual Communities

• The WWW as Digital Market Place
• The Enterprise as a Learning Community
• The Learning as a Road Map for Business
• Universities as Online Communities
• Business-to-Business Communication in Profit and non Profit Sectors
 

Virtual Communities for People with Special Needs

• Access to Public Spaces
• Accessibility and Long-Term Disabilities
• Virtual Communities in Health Care
 

Social Media

• Monitoring Trends in Social Media
• After Facebook, Myspace and LinkedIn?
• Effects of Web Experience on Consumer Choice
• Profiles of Social Networking Sites
• Adoption of Social Networking
• Connecting Small and Medium Enterprises
• Social Media for B2B Marketing
• Multicultural Organizations
• Social Networking at Work
• Social Media, Trust, Reputation and Public Opinion
 

Types of submissions

The Conference will be composed of several types of contributions:

• Full Papers – These include mainly accomplished research results and have 8 pages at the maximum (5,000 words).

• Short Papers – These are mostly composed of work in progress reports or fresh developments and have 4 pages
  at maximum (2,500 words).

• Reflection Papers – These might review recent research literature pertaining to a particular problem or
  approach, indicate what the findings suggest, and/or provide a suggestion - with rationale and justification -
  for a different approach or perspective on that problem. Reflection papers might also analyze general trends or
  discuss important issues in topics related to the conference. These have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words).

• Posters / Demonstrations – These contain implementation information or work-in-progress and have two pages
  at maximum (1,250 words) besides the poster itself (or demonstration) that will be exposed at the conference.

• Tutorials – Tutorials can be proposed by scholars or company representatives. A proposal of maximum 250 words
  is expected.

• Invited Talks – These will be made of contributions from well-known scholars and company representatives.
  An abstract will be included in the conference proceedings.

• Panels – Discussions on selected topics will be held. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.

• Doctoral Consortium - A Doctoral Consortium will discuss in group, individual projects and on going work of
  PhD students. Prospective students should send a report of their PhD projects and work so far with a maximum
  of 4 pages (2,500 words).

• Corporate Showcases & Exhibitions – The former enables companies to present recent developments
  and applications, inform a large and qualified audience of your future directions and showcase company’s
  noteworthy products and services. There will be a time slot for companies to make their presentation in a room.
  The latter enables companies the opportunity to display its latest offerings of hardware, software, tools, services
  and books, through an exhibit booth. For further details please contact the publicity chair - secretariat@mccsis.org

This is a blind peer-reviewed conference.

Important Dates:

- Submission Deadline (2nd call): 29 April 2011
- Notification to Authors (2nd call): 30 May 2011
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call) : Until 25 March 2011
- Late Registration (1st call): After 25 March 2011
- Conference: Rome, Italy, 22 to 24 July 2011

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