Buch, Englisch, 108 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services
Buch, Englisch, 108 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services
ISBN: 978-1-62705-436-2
Verlag: MORGAN & CLAYPOOL
This book describes the evolution of SI research and identifies challenges and opportunities for future research. In what might be seen as an example of socio-technical ""natural selection,"" SI emerged in six different locations during the 1980s and 1990s: Norway, Slovenia, Japan, the former Soviet Union, the UK and, last, the U.S. As SI evolved, the version popularized in the US became globally dominant. The evolution of SI is presented in five stages: emergence, foundational, expansion, coherence, and transformation. Thus, we divide SI research into five major periods: an emergence stage, when various forms of SI emerged around the globe, an early period of foundational work which grounds SI (Pre-1990s), a period of expansion (1990s), a robust period of coherence and influence by Rob Kling (2000–2005), and a period of transformation (2006–present).
Following the description of the five periods we discuss the evolution throughout the periods under five sections: principles, concepts, approaches, topics, and findings. Principles refer to the overarching motivations and labels employed to describe scholarly work. Approaches describe the theories, frameworks, and models employed in analysis, emphasizing the multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary nature of SI. Concepts include specific processes, entities, themes, and elements of discourse within a given context, revealing a shared SI language surrounding change, complexity, consequences, and social elements of technology. Topics label the issues and general domains studied within social informatics, ranging from scholarly communication to online communities to information systems. Findings from seminal SI works illustrate growing insights over time and demonstrate how repeatable explanations unify SI. In the concluding remarks, we raise questions about the possible futures of SI research.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Emergence of Competing Sources of Social Informatics
- The Evolution of Social Informatics
- Principles
- Approaches and Methods
- Concepts
- Topics
- Findings
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Author Biographies