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We kindly invite you to submit your manuscripts to <i>Rhetoric, Technology, and (Dis)information</i> minitrack and the <i>User experience, Human-computer interaction,
and Design of (dis)information</i> minitrack, under the Information
Security and Privacy track of the 2019 AMCIS conference (</span><font color="#212121" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Americas Conference on Information Systems)</span></font><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">, which will
take place on 15-17 August, 2019 in Cancun, Mexico. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Submission deadline is March
1, 2019. Following is a short description of each minitrack.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Rhetoric, Technology, and (Dis)information</span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> minitrack</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Minitrack Chair:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> James Melton, Central Michigan
University, </span><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:melto1jh@cmich.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">melto1jh@cmich.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">This minitrack seeks to explore the
relationship between rhetoric, social media platforms, and disinformation. One
of the ways to deal with disinformation and to avoid exacerbating biases is to
have a general population trained in rhetoric. Because the
discipline of rhetoric studies the effects of persuasion on audiences, it can
help make those audiences more aware of mechanisms of spreading disinformation.
For example, researchers have studied how to inoculate people against
misinformation by asking them to play roles such as “clickbait monger” seeking
to get clicks themselves or to act as “conspiracy theorist." It was found
that when made aware of the ease that misinformation could be spread, people
were more likely to be critical of it in the future (Roozenbeek et al. 2018;
van der Linden et al. 2017). Such interventions demonstrate that rhetorical
awareness of mechanisms that enable the spread of disinformation can help
combat bias through awareness. <br>
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We welcome papers at the intersection of rhetoric, psychology, and information
systems that attempt to solve the problem of disinformation from an
interdisciplinary standpoint.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">This mini-track
welcomes all types of empirical and theoretical contributions. Possible
topics include but are not limited to:</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">- Political persuasion
using technology </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">-
Safeguards against "fake news"</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">- Technical
solution(s) to identify and combat disinformation</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">- Impact of
dis/misinformation on an individual, group, and societal levels</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">- Changes in the very
meaning of "facts"</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">- Interaction of
disinformation and supposed "self-expertise" (e.g., Dunning-Kruger
Effect)</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">- Technical traps set
up by bots to entice social media users, and its behavioral impacts</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">- Frameworks to combat
disinformation/misinformation</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">References: </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Roozenbeek, J., &
van der Linden, S. (2018). The fake news game: Actively inoculating against the
risk of misinformation. <i>Journal of
Risk Research</i>, DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2018.1443491</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">van der Linden, S.,
Maibach, E., Cook, J., Leiserowitz, A., & Lewandowsky, S.
(2017). Inoculating against misinformation. <i>Science</i>, 358(6367), 1141-1142.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">User experience, Human-computer interaction,
and Design of (dis)information</span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> minitrack</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Minitrack Chair:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> Gustav Verhulsdonck, Central Michigan
University, <a href="mailto:verhu1g@cmich.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);text-decoration-line:none">verhu1g@cmich.edu</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">This mini track seeks papers at
the intersection of User Experience (UX) design, Human-Computer Interaction
(HCI) and disinformation. Design for user experiences is one way to
tackle the problem of disinformation. Today’s technological devices may promote
the engagement of a user by designers utilizing deep knowledge of the
user’s behavior and psychology (Choi & Kim 2004; Chou & Ting
2003). Persuasive design and design for behavior motivate users to stay
longer on a platform by “gaming” their behavior or decisions through the design
of an interface (Fogg 2002; Lockton et al. 2010). It can range from simplifying
a design with a clear call-to-action so that the user makes a purchase, coax
them into staying on the platform, or from deceptive practices where
threatening language is used to prevent users from opting in/out
of policies (aka “confirmshaming”). Often, design practices can
serve to clarify things for the user, but they may also utilize disinformation
and serve the underlying economic motive of the platform. What mechanisms can
help prevent disinformation from a design point of view? Which
design practices should UX designers consider to counter disinformation and
develop more transparent, ethical design for users?</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">We encourage all types of papers dealing with
the design of disinformation exploring issues of agency,
platforms, and design in light of the challenges of user experience.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">This mini-track
welcomes all types of empirical and theoretical contributions. Possible
topics include but are not limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">- Business models of
internet companies and their relation to disinformation/misinformation<br>
- Political and societal impacts of disinformation/misinformation<br>
- Efficacy of measures to counter disinformation/misinformation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Link to the track/minitrak: </span><u><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org/submissions/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-24" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org/submissions/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-24</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">References: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Choi, D., & Kim,
J. (2004). Why people continue to play online games: In search of critical
design factors to increase customer loyalty to online contents. <i>CyberPsychology & Behavior</i>,<i> 7</i>(1), 11-24.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Chou, Y.J., &
Ting, C. C. (2003). The role of flow experience in cyber-game
addiction. <i>CyberPsychology &
Behavior, 6</i>(6), 663-675.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Fogg, B.J.
(2002). <i>Persuasive technology: Using
computers to change what we think and do (interactive technologies)</i>. San
Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann.<br>
Lockton, D., Harrison, D., & Stanton, N.A. (2010). <i>Design with intent: 101 patterns for
influencing behaviour through design v.1.0</i>.Windsor: Equifine.</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> * January 7, 2019:
Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2019 begin</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> * March 1,
2019: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors
at 10:00am PST</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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Notification of initial decisions on Completed and ERF paper submissions</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> * April 24, 2019:
Camera-ready papers are due</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">We look forward to receiving your best works
for the mini-track. Feel free to contact us in case of any question.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Best,</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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