Social Informatics can be defined as a discipline of informatics that studies how information systems can realize social goals, use social concepts, or become sources of information about social phenomena. This book presents these research directions. It is suitable for graduate students working in the area of informatics and the social sciences.
Social Informatics can be defined as a discipline of informatics that studies how information systems can realize social goals, use social concepts, o...
As information technology became ubiquitous, it did not take long for prac- cally minded ICT specialists to realize the technology s potential for supporting and enhancing our social activities. Today, it is a truism to say that information technology has a social dimension and a social impact it is enough to consider such applications as Facebook, LinkedIn, or Wikipedia. Proponents of the social applications of ICT will go further and claim that information technology is - shaping the way we are doing business, working, learning, playing, and making friends or enemies. They will say that,...
As information technology became ubiquitous, it did not take long for prac- cally minded ICT specialists to realize the technology s potential for sup...
This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of two workshops held at the 5th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2013, in Kyoto, Japan, in November 2013: the First Workshop on Quality, Motivation and Coordination of Open Collaboration, QMC 2013 and the First International Workshop on Histoinformatics, HISTOINFORMATICS 2013. The 11 revised papers presented at the workshops were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They cover specific areas of social informatics. The QMC 2013 workshop attracted papers on new algorithms and methods to improve the...
This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of two workshops held at the 5th International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2013, in ...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference and School of Network Science, NetSci-X 2016, held in Wroclaw, Poland, in January 2016.
The 12 full and 6 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. The papers deal with the study of network models in domains ranging from biology and physics to computer science, from financial markets to cultural integration, and from social media to infectious diseases.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference and School of Network Science, NetSci-X 2016, held in Wroclaw, ...
