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Content Analysis of Historical Tweet Set
by f hodgkins 29 May '18

29 May '18

All- I am working on a qualitative content analysis of a historical tweet set from CrisisNLP from Imran et al.,(2016). http://crisisnlp.qcri.org/lrec2016/lrec2016.html I am using the California Earthquake dataset. The Tweets have been stripped down to the Day/Time/ Tweet ID and the content of the Tweet. The rest of the Twitter information is discarded. I am using is NVIVO- known for its power for content analysis -- However - I am finding NVIVO unwieldy for a data of this size (~250,000 tweets). I wanted each unique Tweet to function as its own case. But - Nvivo would crash everytime. I have 18G RAM and a Raid Array. I do not have a server - although I could get one. I am working and coding side by side in Excel and in NVIVO with my data in 10 large sections of .csv files, instead of individual cases- and this is working (but laborious). QUESTION: Do you have any suggestions for software for large-scale content analysis of Tweets? I Do not need SNA capabilities. Thank you very much, Fran Hodgkins Doctoral Candidate (currently suffering through Chapter 4) Grand Canyon University USA

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Two PhD positions on addressing misinformation on social media at the Cyprus University of Technology
by Eleni Kyza 29 May '18

29 May '18

Dear all, the Department of Communication and Internet Studies at the Cyprus University of Technology announces two Ph.D. positions on the following topics: *One (1) post on the topic: The design of Behavior Change Technologies for misinformation-resilient citizens* *One (1) post on the topic: Misinformation, fake news, and disinformation: Investigation of citizens’ perceptions and practices regarding the assessment of the credibility of online news.* The Ph.D. stu dies will take place in the context of the Horizon 2020 project *Co-Inform* (*Co-Creating Misinformation-Resilient Societies*). Successful candidates will be employed by Co-Inform for the duration of the project . More information can be found here <https://www.cut.ac.cy/faculties/comm/cis/degrees/doctoral-studies/?language…> (or keep reading). The last date to apply for the post below is *14th of June 2018*. Submit your application online here <https://www.cut.ac.cy/studies/phd/Submission+of+application/>. ----------------- *One (1) post on the topic: The design of Behavior Change Technologies for misinformation-resilient citizens* Description: The Ph.D. thesis will focus on the user-centered design and evaluation of interactive tools (e.g., a browser plugin) that employ theoretically-grounded behavior change techniques to nudge users towards certain behaviors (e.g., reconsider re-posting of fake news on Facebook). This work will be conducted in the context of the European research project Co-Inform (Co-Creating Misinformation-Resilient Societies), which is being funded by Horizon 2020. Co-Inform is a 3-year, interdisciplinary research program, which seeks to develop technologies and examine those personal, social, and technological practices that characterize how three stakeholder groups (citizens, fact-checkers/journalists, policy makers) address online misinformation, fake news, and disinformation. Qualifications: To be considered, candidates should have completed an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Social Sciences or Design. A graduate degree in Human-Computer Interaction will be considered an advantage. Candidates should demonstrate an interdisciplinary background with strong design and prototyping skills and an ability to read and integrate social science literature in the design process. Prior demonstrated research experience will be considered an advantage. Candidates should be proficient in spoken and written English. Candidates should submit full proof of their qualifications. In addition, the submission of a detailed CV, along with a 2-page description of relevant background and research interests, to assess the fit with the proposed research topic, is requested. Candidates should also submit two recommendation letters from academic referees. Candidates who are short-listed will be invited for a personal interview by the third week of June. Financial Support: The successful candidate will be employed as a research assistant in the Co-Inform project. Employment may be offered on a probation basis, with the possibility for renewal on a full-time basis until the conclusion of the Co-Inform project. More information can be provided during the interviews. The position requires full-time, physical presence at the premises of the Cyprus University of Technology in Limassol. *Research Advisor: Evangelos Karapanos, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Internet Studies, evangelos.karapanos [at] cut.ac.cy <http://cut.ac.cy>* ________________________________ *One (1) post on the topic: Misinformation, fake news, and disinformation: Investigation of citizens’ perceptions and practices regarding the assessment of the credibility of online news.* Description: This Ph.D. thesis will investigate citizens’ perceptions of the credibility of online news, and their respective practices when using online social media, with an emphasis on controversial, socio-scientific news distributed via online media. The research work will be conducted in the context of the European research project Co-Inform (Co-Creating Misinformation-Resilient Societies), which is funded by Horizon 2020. Co-Inform is a 3-year, interdisciplinary research program, which seeks to develop technologies and examine those personal, social, and technological practices that characterize how three stakeholder groups (citizens, fact-checkers/journalists, policy makers) address online misinformation, fake news, and disinformation. Qualifications: To be considered, candidates should have completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology, and a graduate degree in the same area, or in the broader area of the social sciences, preferably awarded with honors. They should be able to work independently, but also work in teams, and should be able to self-regulate their work. Candidates should demonstrate a strong methodological background, preferably using mixed methods. Prior demonstrated research experience will be considered an advantage. Candidates should be proficient in spoken and written English. Knowledge of spoken and written Greek language is preferred, but not required. Candidates should submit full proof of their qualifications. In addition, the submission of a detailed CV, along with a 2-page description of relevant background and research interests, to assess the fit with the proposed research topic, is requested. Candidates should also submit two recommendation letters from academic referees. Candidates who are short-listed will be invited for a personal interview by the third week of June 2018. Financial Support: Depending on qualifications, the successful candidate may be funded during their studies (partial cover of tuition and fees, plus living expenses). Employment with the Co-Inform project may be offered on a probation basis, with the possibility for renewal on a full-time basis until the conclusion of the Co-Inform project. More information can be provided during the interviews. The position requires full-time, physical presence at the premises of the Cyprus University of Technology in Limassol. *Research Advisor: Eleni A. Kyza, Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Internet Studies, Eleni.Kyza [at] cut.ac.cy <http://cut.ac.cy>*

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2 Associate Professor & 1 Post-Doc position in Informations Science at the University of Bergen
by Christoph Trattner 28 May '18

28 May '18

At the Department of Information Science and Media Studies (InfoMedia) at the University of Bergen (Norway), we have TWO permanent Associate Professor positions and ONE 4-year Post-Doc position available in Information Science. ** Positions ** 1.) Associate Professor in Information Science Topical areas: Information Systems, Information System Development and/or Software Development Link: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/153454/associate-professor-i… 2.) Associate Professor in Information Science Topical areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Link: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/153458/associate-professor-i… 3.) 4-year Post-Doc position in Information Science Topical areas: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or Distributed Ledger Technology Link: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/153492/postdoctoral-research… Closing date for position 1.) and 3.) is August 15th, 2018. Closing date for position 2.) is August 18th, 2018. Detailed information about the position can be obtained by contacting: Head of Department, Professor Leif Ove Larsen, Phone 55 58 41 16, E-mail: leif.larsen(a)uib.no. Practical questions about the application process should be directed to senior executive officer Bodil Hægland, E-mail: bodil.hagland(a)uib.no or Phone +47 55 58 90 53. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Associate Professor University of Bergen Department of Information Science and Media Studies Fosswinckelsgt. 6, 5007 Bergen, Norway E-mail: christoph.trattner(a)uib.no Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info -------------------------------------------------------

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FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Institute (FSCI2018): Learn about the latest trends in Scholarly Communications from the thought leaders!
by gimena del rio riande 28 May '18

28 May '18

*** Apologies for cross posting**** The Second Annual FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Institute (FSCI2018) University of California, San Diego July 30-August 3, 2018 http://www.force11.org/fsci/2018. FSCI2018 is a week long summer school on the latest trends in Scholarly Communications. Classes are taught by leaders in the field to participants of all levels, from absolute beginners to advanced at scholarly communication. If you are a scholar/researcher, librarian, institution administrator, funding agency manager, publishing administrator/editor, data manager, student, or anyone else who participates in scholarly communication, you will benefit from attending FSCI. FSCI2018 Course list: - Inside Scholarly Communications Today - Reproducible Research Reporting and Dynamic Documents with Open Authoring Tools: Toward the Paper of the Future - Collaboration, Communities and Collectivities: Understanding Collaboration in the Scholarly Commons - Community, Collaboration, and Impact: Open Scholarly Communication for Humanities and Social Sciences - Building an Open,Fair and Sustainable Information-Rich Research Institution - Data in the Scholarly Communications Life Cycle - The Basics and Beyond: Developing a Critical, Community-Based Approach to Open Education - Research Reproducibility in Theory and Practice - The Art of Transforming a Research Paper into a Lay Summary - Open South: The Open Science Experience in Latin America and the Caribbean - Pre- and Post-Publication Peer Review: Perspectives and Platforms - Detection of Questionable Publishing Practices: Procedures, Key Elements and Practical Examples - Open Data Visualization - Tools and Techniques to Better Report Data - Public Humanities as Scholarly Communication - Integrating Wikidata with Your Research and Curation Workflows - How Much Does Open Access Cost? A Hands-on Approach to Tracking and Analysing Article Processing Charges - Publishing Reproducible Code and Data: A Hands-on, Bring-Your-Own-Code Course - Opening the Research Enterprise: Partnering to Support Openness in Grant-Funded Faculty Research - Implementing Software Citation - Mentoring the Next Generation of Open Scholars: Approaches, Tools & Tactics - Structural Biology: A Prototypical Case for Publishing Big Data Contact: Stephanie Hagstrom fsci-info(a)force11.org FSCI is organized by FORCE11 (The Future of Research Communication and e-Scholarship) in collaboration with the University of California San Diego Library. Force11 is a community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers, and research funders who study and facilitate new developments in knowledge creation and communication. Membership is open to all who share this interest! Dra. Gimena del Rio Riande Investigadora Adjunta. IIBICRIT, CONICET (Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas y Crítica Textual) - http://www.iibicrit-conicet.gov.ar/ <http://www.iibicrit-conicet.gov.ar/> Twitter: @gimenadelr Asociación Argentina de Humanidades Digitales: http://aahd.net.ar Coordinadora Humanidades Digitales CAICYT Lab: http://www.caicyt-conicet.gov.ar/micrositios/hd/ <http://www.caicyt-conicet.gov.ar/micrositios/hd/> Marcelo T. de Alvear 1694 (1060). Buenos Aires - Argentina (54)-11-4129-1158 [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> Remitente notificado con Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> 28/05/18 15:59:54

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(no subject)
by Julie Grinberg 27 May '18

27 May '18

http://pleasure.iamcollege.com Julie Grinberg

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CFP: Towards an Ethics of Community Management
by Scott Wright 26 May '18

26 May '18

Apologies for cross-posting. Towards an Ethics of Community Management: SWARM Research Symposium 2-5pm Friday 31st August 2018, The Dream Factory, Melbourne, Australia Over the past two years, the role of social media and online communities has come under increased scrutiny. Whether this be about the implications of interface and algorithmic design, the toxicity of communities, the spread of false information, or the use of psychographic data to micro-target individuals, it has become clear that we need to reconsider the public responsibility of social media platforms. This includes imagining new and more ethical approaches to effective online community management. The Swarm Research Symposium, hosted by the Media and Communications Program at the University of Melbourne, is designed to bring together academic and industry thinkers to exchange ideas and research on the topic of ethical community management. The symposium will be capped off with a keynote presentation from Associate Professor Tarleton Gillespie<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/tarleton/>, currently Principal Researcher at Microsoft in the Social Media Collective<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/social-media-collective/>. Professor Gillespie will talk on his new book: Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, content moderation and the hidden decisions that shape social media. We invite academics and practitioners to submit 2-400 word abstracts for papers on the symposium theme: ‘Towards an Ethics of Community Management’. Specific areas of interest include: * Humane technology design * Measures for establishing healthy online communities * The processes of online content management * The power of platforms and algorithms in shaping online community * Human, automatic and AI-based moderation and management processes * The ethics of algorithms, including gender, racial and political bias * Inclusion and diversity in online communities There is no registration fee for the research symposium. Proposals are due by 22 June and successful applicants will be informed by the start of July. Please send proposals to: Dr Jennifer Beckett jennifer.beckett(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:jennifer.beckett@unimelb.edu.au> or Associate Professor Scott Wright scott.wright(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:scott.wright@unimelb.edu.au> SWARM is Australia’s online community management conference. It was founded in 2011, and runs over two days. More details about the conference can be found here: https://www.swarmconference.com.au/. The Media and Communications Program at the University of Melbourne is top-ranked in Australia (QS 2018) and is a research leader in online community management. www.scott-wright.net Associate Professor Scott Wright Deputy Head, Media and Communication Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC, 3010 Australia https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=VzWDwiEAAAAJ&hl=en https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person640922

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Re: [Air-L] Content Analysis of Historical Tweet Set
by Kevin Driscoll 25 May '18

25 May '18

Hi Fran, NVivo might still do the trick if you can shrink the size of your population. Depending on the questions you are trying to answer with the content analysis, perhaps you can find a way to collapse some of these 250,000 tweets into a smaller set and then sample from the resulting subpopulation(s). (My hunch is that you may not need to load up every single message to get a robust account of the discourse.) Without knowing the details of your sample, here are some questions that have helped me to reduce my sample in the past: - Are all of the tweets "original" or are some of them "retweets"? Can you analyze retweets separately from original messages? - Are there other redundant or duplicate messages in your corpus? Automatically generated messages sometimes follow patterns that are (relatively) easy to spot. For example, a weather bot or a news aggregator might spit out an update every 60 minutes. Is it necessary to code everyone one? - Can you group the tweets around certain URLs or meaningful phrases or @-mentions and then treat these groups as single cases? Ideally, these preliminary/exploratory analyses will reduce the size of the corpus without sacrificing the validity of your sample. I hope this is helpful. Please do let us know what you find! Best of luck! Kevin Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 21:22:52 -0500 > From: f hodgkins <frances.hodgkins(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Content Analysis of Historical Tweet Set > Message-ID: > <CAGoEHPopBGpopncbYBEnTpUw-LC7QLhF72uuHUQyaZq=wxNW1Q@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > All- > I am working on a qualitative content analysis of a historical tweet set > from CrisisNLP from Imran et al.,(2016). > http://crisisnlp.qcri.org/lrec2016/lrec2016.html > I am using the California Earthquake dataset. The Tweets have been stripped > down to the Day/Time/ Tweet ID and the content of the Tweet. The rest of > the Twitter information is discarded. > > I am using is NVIVO- known for its power for content analysis -- > > However - I am finding NVIVO unwieldy for a data of this size (~250,000 > tweets). I wanted each unique Tweet to function as its own case. But - > Nvivo would crash everytime. I have 18G RAM and a Raid Array. > I do not have a server - although I could get one. > > I am working and coding side by side in Excel and in NVIVO with my data in > 10 large sections of .csv files, instead of individual cases- and this is > working (but laborious). > > QUESTION: Do you have any suggestions for software for large-scale content > analysis of Tweets? I Do not need SNA capabilities. > > Thank you very much, > Fran Hodgkins > Doctoral Candidate (currently suffering through Chapter 4) > Grand Canyon University > USA >

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[mostly for French speakers] Video of talk on Internet infrastructure
by Francesca Musiani 25 May '18

25 May '18

Dear colleagues, Hope you are well! Just wished to share this: some time ago, I did a TED-type talk on the theme of Internet infrastructures as a 'parallel world'. The video of the talk is now available. I hope the French speakers among you will find it interesting and maybe useful for courses or other outreach activities: https://vimeo.com/270642822 Please do not hesitate to share! Kind regards Francesca -- Francesca Musiani (ph.d.) associate research professor (*chargée de recherche*), CNRS, ISCC <http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/> associate researcher, i3, CSI <http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/>, MINES ParisTech vice-chair, CPT <http://iamcr.org/s-wg/section/cp-t>, IAMCR academic editor, @PolicyR <http://policyreview.info/> on the web <http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article1960> | on twitter <https://twitter.com/franmusiani>

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New Book: Networked Press Freedom (MIT Press)
by Mike Ananny 25 May '18

25 May '18

Hello, Please excuse the cross-postings, but I'm excited to share that my new book is now shipping: */Networked Press Freedom: Creating Infrastructures for a Public Right to Hear/* (MIT Press) Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Networked-Press-Freedom-Creating-Infrastructures/dp/… Read introduction for free: http://mike.ananny.org/ananny_introduction_networkedPressFreedom_2018.pdf The full description and endorsements are below, but the book essentially asks: * What does press freedom mean today, and why does it matter? * As lines blur between publishers and platforms, how can we think about what the networked press /should/ be? * As news organizations, philanthropists, regulators, and technologists all jockey for power to create the networked press, how do their moves create particular types of press freedom, and publics? * How can a reinterpretation of the First Amendment and press freedom history offer new ways to think about the press freedom journalists and technologists are creating today? I tried to make the book accessible not only to media and technology scholars, but also to students, journalists, policy-makers, philanthropists, technologists, and regulators looking for new ways to think about the press, its freedoms, and journalism's relationships to technology. I'd be extremely grateful if you could please help spread the word, and share with folks you think might be interested. All the best, -- Mike. ***** *NETWORKED PRESS FREEDOM* /Creating Infrastructures for a Public Right to Hear/ By Mike Ananny Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Networked-Press-Freedom-Creating-Infrastructures/dp/… Read introduction for free: http://mike.ananny.org/ananny_introduction_networkedPressFreedom_2018.pdf *Key questions:* * What does press freedom mean today, and why does it matter? * As lines blur between publishers and platforms, how can we think about what the networked press /should/ be? * As news organizations, philanthropists, regulators, and technologists all jockey for power to create the networked press, how do their moves create particular types of press freedom, and publics? * How can a reinterpretation of the First Amendment and press freedom history offer new ways to think about the press freedom journalists and technologists are creating today? *OVERVIEW* In Networked Press Freedom, Mike Ananny offers a new way to think about freedom of the press in a time when media systems are in fundamental flux. Ananny challenges the idea that press freedom comes only from heroic, lone journalists who speak truth to power. Instead, drawing on journalism studies, institutional sociology, political theory, science and technology studies, and an analysis of ten years of journalism discourse about news and technology, he argues that press freedom emerges from social, technological, institutional, and normative forces that vie for power and fight for visions of democratic life. He shows how dominant, historical ideals of professionalized press freedom often mistook journalistic freedom from constraints for the public’s freedom to encounter the rich mix of people and ideas that self-governance requires. Ananny's notion of press freedom ensures not only an individual right to speak, but also a public right to hear. Seeing press freedom as essential for democratic self-governance, Ananny explores what publics need, what kind of free press they should demand, and how today's press freedom emerges from intertwined collections of humans and machines. If someone says, "The public needs a free press," Ananny urges us to ask in response, "What kind of public, what kind of freedom, and what kind of press?" Answering these questions shows what robust, self-governing publics need to demand of technologists and journalists alike. *ABOUT THE AUTHOR* Mike Ananny is Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism in the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California and a Faculty Affiliate in USC’s Science, Technology, and Society initiative and a Fellow with Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism. *ENDORSEMENTS* "By interrogating the public's right to hear as a critical complement to speech rights, Networked Press Freedom offers one of the most original accounts of the power and possibilities of journalism. Ananny masterfully blends a wide array of literatures and a textured understanding of the news. The result is a must-read text poised to make a major contribution for decades to come." --- *Pablo J. Boczkowski*, Professor, School of Communication, Northwestern University; coauthor of The News Gap; author of Digitizing the News and News at Work "This book is a brilliant analysis of how to interpret freedom of the press in the age of the real-time social web. At a time when technology companies, press institutions, and the public are mired in confusion as to their rights and roles in preserving democracy, Networked Press Freedom is a beacon of clarity, shedding light and bringing definition to this foggy landscape." --- *Emily Bell*, Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Journalism School ***** *--- MIKE ANANNY* + /NEW BOOK:/ "Networked Press Freedom: Creating Infrastructures for a Public Right to Hear" [Amazon <https://www.amazon.com/Networked-Press-Freedom-Creating-Infrastructures/dp/…> | MIT Press <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/networked-press-freedom>] + /Associate Professor of Communication & Journalism/ | Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California + /Faculty Affiliate/ | Science, Technology, and Society, University of Southern California + /Fellow/ | Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism mike.ananny.org <http://mike.ananny.org> | ananny(a)usc.edu <mailto:ananny@usc.edu> | @ananny

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15th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS 2018): Last Mile
by Announce Announcements 25 May '18

25 May '18

*** Last Mile *** 15th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS 2018) St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 4-5 October, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline: 31 May, 2018 (firm) *** The European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) is an annual research event addressing the IS discipline with regional as well as global perspective. EMCIS has successfully helped bringing together researchers from around the world in a friendly atmosphere conducted to free exchange of innovative ideas. EMCIS was founded in 2004 by Brunel University research Group ISEing and it is an annual event. A number of respected collaborations were made with different local universities across the destinations chosen each year and EMCIS still proves to attract many further partnerships. EMCIS is one of the premier conferences in Europe and Middle Eastern region for Information Systems academics and professionals, covering technical, organisational, business and social issues in the application of Information Technology. EMCIS is dedicated to the definition and establishment of Information Systems as a discipline of high impact for the methodical community and IS professionals - focusing on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of measurable impact. The EMCIS proceedings are published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing book series. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Zahir Irani, University of Bradford, UK "An Enterprise View of Food Security: A Puzzle, Problem or Mess for a Circular Economy" Claudia Loebbecke, University of Cologne, Germany "Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Meet Human Brain" TOPICS The topics of interest are grouped into the following tracks: · Big Data and Analytics · Blockchain Technology and Applications · Cloud Computing · Digital Services and Social Media · e-Government · Enterprise Systems · Science Communication in the Digital Public Sphere · Information Systems Security and Information Privacy Protection · Healthcare Information Systems · Management and Organisational Issues in Information Systems · IT Governance · Innovative Research Projects · Immersive Technologies in IT/IS A full list of subtopics for each track can be found on the conference web site. PAPER SUBMISSION Submissions should be original, not published or being considered elsewhere for publication. Authors should not add their details (names, affiliation, email etc.) in the document they submit for review. All papers should be submitted via the Easy Chair conference management system (the URL is available on the conference web site) and adhere to the format for Springer Lecture Notes publications. The papers must be submitted as a single PDF document and should not exceed 5,000 words (recommended length is 14 pages). Please note that the working language is English. Papers go through a 'double-blind review' process that evaluates their significance, originality, contribution and clarity. Upon acceptance please make sure that at least one author registers to secure a slot for their presentation in the conference program. When preparing the camera-ready version of a paper, authors should add their details (names, affiliation, email, etc.) on the first page of the paper and indicate which is the corresponding author. Along with the camera-ready version of their paper, authors should fill, sign and submit the copyright form. The form shall be sent by email to info[at]emcis.eu. IMPORTANT DATES · Electronic Submission Deadline: 31 May, 2018 (*** firm ***) · Notification of Acceptance to Authors: 30 June, 2018 · Camera Ready Copy: 10 July, 2018 · Early-bird Registration: 10 July, 2018 · Author Registration Deadline: 10 July, 2018 EMCIS ORGANIZATION Conference Chair · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Conference co-Chair · Angelika Kokkinaki, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Conference Executive Committee · Vincenzo Morabito, Bocconi University, Italy, (Program Chair) · Marinos Themistocleous, University of Piraeus, Greece (Program Chair) · Gianluigi Viscusi, École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (Publications Chair) · Muhammad Kamal, Brunel University, UK (Public Relations Chair) International Committee http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…

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