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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 are growing rapidly and play an increasingly
important role in the development of Online Communities.
Social Network Sites
and Web-based communities announce themselves both in your
professional and private life through new media such as
Facebook,
LinkedIn, Twitter, Plaxo, etc. Social media allow more dynamic
roles in participation, virtual presence and online
communities. These new
ways to communicate via online social media have great
societal effects and are motivating the creation of best
practices to help
individuals, corporations and authorities to make the best of
it. It raises the awareness of the growing impact of social
media and the
influence of web based communities in today’s users /
consumers behavior; 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
the latest developments social media and their impact.
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 Virtual 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
The Conference will be composed of several types of
contributions:
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Full Papers – These include mainly accomplished
research results and have 8 pages at the maximum (5,000
words).
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Short Papers – These are mostly composed of work in
progress reports or fresh developments and have 4 pages at
maximum
(2,500 words).
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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).
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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.
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Tutorials – Tutorials can be proposed by scholars or
company representatives. A proposal of maximum 250 words is
expected.
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Invited Talks – These will be made of contributions
from well-known scholars and company representatives. An
abstract will be
included in the conference proceedings.
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Panels – Discussions on selected topics will be held.
A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
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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).
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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 (new date): 27 February 2012
- Notification to Authors (new date): 28
March 2012
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st
call):
Until 26 March 2012
- Late Registration (1st call): After 26 March 2012
- Conference: Lisbon, Portugal, 19 to 21 July 2012
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