[NORSLIS] CfP: Dark Side of Information Technology Use, at Academic MindTrek.

[Tuomas Harviainen (TAU)]

Dear colleagues,

we're hosting a track on darker sides of information technology use as part of the Academic MindTrek conference in Tampere, Finland, on 3rd – 6th October, 2023. Formal call below. Several potential topic areas are very relevant to LIS scholars, so consider submitting a paper. Proceedings come out via ACM, and have historically become quite well cited, as this is an event that combines industry people, HCI, information systems, media studies, and so forth.

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The 26th International Academic Mindtrek conference will take place between the 3rd and 6th of October 2023, in Tampere, Finland.
www.mindtrek.org

-Tuomas

J. Tuomas Harviainen, PhD, MBA
Professor of Information Studies and Interactive Media
Tampere University

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Dark Side of Information Technology Use

Chairs: J. Tuomas Harviainen (Tampere University), Henri Pirkkalainen (Tampere University) and Kristian A. Bjørkelo (University of Bergen)

Description: Many potentials of information technologies (IT) relate to increased productivity and performance as industries adopt new ways of working due to digitalization. IT use has nevertheless also been associated with a number of negatively-associated outcomes and side effects. The term “dark side of IT use” refers to a “collection of ‘negative’ phenomena that are associated with their use, and that have the potential to infringe the well-being of individuals, organizations and societies”. Prior literature in the work-related context has examined aspects of employee’s technostress, security and privacy concerns, information load, IT interruptions and deviant workplace behaviors. In non-work related context, researchers have examined phenomena such as technostress and well-being strains in the use of social networking sites, excessive IT use, coping strategies for negative IT experiences, fake news, illicit content, alienation in smart homes, affording extremist and racist discourse and organization, fomenting civil strife, toxic discourse, and cyberbullying, as well as algorithmic bias, surveillance and ethical issues.

As new technologies emerge, so do more and varied negative impacts. We invite submissions that explore new, emerging phenomena, advance prior literature and apply/develop new measures, methods and insights related to the dark side of IT use. Thus, we invite theoretical/conceptual articles, empirical research (e.g., in-depth case/field/interview studies, surveys, experiments, longitudinal studies), meta-analyses and others embedded in work and non-work-related contexts.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

    Negative outcomes or side-effects of using emerging technologies
    Issues on interacting with Artificial Intelligence
    Deception and malicious use of IT (e.g., disinformation)
    Technostress and strains • IT addiction, IT dependence and problematic IT use
    Multitasking • The effects related to privacy and security concerns
    Toxic discourse, cyberbullying and internet stalking
    Work surveillance
    Polarization of society
    Extremist content
    Memetic Warfare
    Algorithmic bias
    Rebound effects of digital sustainability technologies
    The Dark Web, illicit content, and disnormative information practices
    Dark patterns in the monetization of digital services
    Power misuse with the Internet of Things technologies
    Ethical issues with blockchain applications

Schedule:
The submission opens on: the 8th of May
Deadline for full papers and workshops submissions: June 8th, 2023
Notification of acceptance (full papers and workshops): August 10th, 2023
Deadline for posters, demonstration proposals and doctoral consortium submissions: August 17th, 2023
Notification of acceptance (posters, demonstrations, and doctoral consortium): August 26th, 2023
Camera-ready paper submission: September 1st, 2023
Conference registration and Copyright forms submission: September 5th, 2023

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