Sanfillippo, Madelyn and Fichman, Pnina . The Evolution of Social Informatics Research (1984-2013): Challenges and Opportunities., 2013 In: Social Informatics: Past, Present and Future. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (In Press) [Book chapter]
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This chapter discusses the changes and growth experienced in the domain of social informatics research. Social informatics has grown from a small group of researchers seeking to reject technological determinism to a broad and interdisciplinary area of research in which the interactions between social and technical variables are considered in a variety of contexts. Four primary periods are identified and defined, including: foundational work, development and expansion, coherence and cooperation, and diversification. Significant concepts and findings are discussed, as well as the tensions within the field and their implications for the future.
| Item type: | Book chapter |
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| Keywords: | social aspects of technology, social informatics, social determinism, technological determinism, Rob Kling |
| Subjects: | A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AB. Information theory and library theory. B. Information use and sociology of information G. Industry, profession and education. > GA. Information industry. |
| Depositing user: | Amanda Ferrara |
| Date deposited: | 07 Oct 2013 15:41 |
| Last modified: | 02 Oct 2014 12:28 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/20331 |
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