Dear colleagues: HICSS has several mini-tracks of interest to CITAMS; here is a reminder of ours. Deadline is not under our control. ----------------------------- Social Media and Communities -- a "mini-track" at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS-51) January 3-6, 2018, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii Full paper submission deadline, June 15 We call for papers that address social networks and communities supported and/or complemented by social media for work, learning, socializing, economic and/or political processes, and/or that address theory, design, practices, use or evaluation of such social media use. ‘Communities’ is taken in a broad sense, including communities of practice, epistemic communities, or communities of inquiry, as well as fully virtual communities, and social media use that supports or complements geographically based community. We particularly encourage papers that: * advance our understanding of social network growth, formation, structure and outcomes through social media; * explore how socio-technical affordances relate to social media use and outcomes; * evaluate design of social media technologies and practices for effective community development and maintenance; and * develop theories, models and principles of social media design, use and outcomes. We encourage the submission of exploratory and theoretical papers, as well as empirical studies. HICSS 51 and the "Big Island" The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, in its 51st year, is one of the longstanding scientific conferences and is highly ranked among information systems conferences. Diverse disciplines unified by a focus on information technologies are woven together in a matrix structure of tracks and themes. By attending HICSS you are not only reaching the audience of your track and mini-track; you also have the opportunity to learn about what is happening in related fields and meet leaders in those fields. Other mini-tracks within the Digital and Social Media track are particularly relevant: see http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-51/digital-and-social-media/ <http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-51/digital-and-social-media/> With five of the world's seven climate zones, and a mixture of Hawaiian and immigrant cultures, the "Big Island" of Hawaii offers diverse outdoor activities, good food, and cultural activities. Please see http://www.hicss.org/ <http://www.hicss.org/> for conference, venue and submission information. Papers are due June 15, 2017 Minitrack Co-Chairs: Dan Suthers (Primary Contact) University of Hawaii at Manoa suthers@hawaii.edu <mailto:suthers@hawaii.edu> Karine Nahon Interdisciplinary Centre Herzliya(IDC) and University of Washington karineb@uw.edu <mailto:karineb@uw.edu>