[ecrea] CFP for special issue of Information Research (JCR)

Call for papers:

The management of personal information: an interdisciplinary approach

The management of personal information has become a central issue in
contemporary societies. Ubiquitous information environments, involving
mobile ecosystems, the Internet of things, and intensive data
utilisation (big and small data Internet), constitute a source of
challenges related to the collection and use of personal information in
different but converging spheres:

In the field of economics, personal information management is
increasingly regarded as a key function with specific economic value and
a driver for business model innovation and organizational transformation.

In the sphere of law and public policy, it is at the centre of the
current debate about the limits of privacy and security, and about how
to enhance transparency, accountability and consumer protection.

In the field of media and cultural industries, increasing personal
information management capabilities are radically changing both how
media relate to their audiences and how audiences use media. How
strategic value is conferred on digital media content, as a source of
access to personal data, in the context of digital and other industries,
is another key issue.

 From a sociological and psychological point of view, the management of
personal information is becoming the driving factor for the
transformation of social interactions, identity management behaviour and
community making.

At the bottom of all these changes lies the challenge of understanding
how personal information is shared, handled and used by and between
institutions, collectives and organizations. In this regard an
information science perspective allows us to integrate the contributions
from other disciplines and, consequently, Information Research can
greatly contribute to articulating a compelling interdisciplinary
conversation on this topic.

Within the framework outlined above, we invite investigators to
contribute original research papers as well as review papers to
stimulate the continuing efforts to explore the implications of the
management of personal information from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

*Definitions and conceptual implications.

*Management of personal information and personal, consumer, and social
behaviour.

*Big Data and information management evolution

*Personal information economics

*The role of personal information management, business model innovation
and organizational transformation

*Profiling and personalization systems

Personal information and digital identity: from digital footprints to
the quantified self.

*Programmatic advertising and/or other personal information management-
based transformations in the advertising systems

*Impact of personal information in media industries and practices:
content curation, revenue models, audience metrics, media usage, etc.

*Regulatory challenges and debates.

*Privacy, security, transparency, accountability and consumer protection.

*Social and interactional implications of personal information management

*Mobile communications and personal information

Editors:

Juan Miguel Aguado. University of Murcia

Claudio Feijóo. Technical University of Madrid and Tongji University, China.

José Luis Gómez Barroso, UNED, Spain

José Vicente Rodríguez. University of Murcia

Publication date:

The thematic issue is planned for publication in June 2017. On average,
papers take approximately eleven months from submission to publication.
This means that papers should be submitted through the journal
management system by the end of August 2016.

More info: http://www.informationr.net/ir/CfpPMI.html

Information Research (http://www.informationr.net/ir/) is an open
access, international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, dedicated to
making accessible the results of research across a wide range of
information-related discipline.

Information Research is indexed in:

* Social Science Citation Index

* Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences

* ISI Alerting Services

* Social Scisearch

* Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition

For further information or queries, please do not hesitate to contact

Juan Miguel Aguado (University of Murcia, Spain)

(jmaguado /at/ um.es) <mailto:(jmaguado /at/ um.es)>



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