Research activities related to social informatics (SI) are expanding, even as community
fragmentation, topical dispersion, and methodological diversity continue to increase …

Social informatics (SI) is “the interdisciplinary study of the design, uses and consequences of
information technology that takes into account their interaction with institutional and cultural …

The study of people, information, and communication technologies and the contexts in which
these technologies are designed, implemented, and used has long interested scholars in a …

Purpose–To extend the work of Rob Kling, whose research interests, and advocacy were at
the center of a movement in analytical inquiry and empirical research now known as “social …

Social informatics refers to the interdisciplinary study of the design, uses and consequences
of information and communication technologies (ICTs) that takes into account their …

by Alex Halavais evelopment of information and communication D technologies, especially
over the last decade, has been focused specifically on flexible tools that are designed to …

Social Informatics: Past, Present and Future is a collection of twelve papers that provides a
state-of-the-art review of 21st century social informatics. Two papers review the history of …

Social informatics is the body of research that examines the design, uses and consequences
of information and communication technologies in ways that take into account their …

The rapidly shifting ideological terrain of computing has a profound impact on Social
Informatics's critical and empirical analysis of computerization movements. As these …

A serviceable working conception of “social informatics” is that it identifies a body of
research that examines the social aspects of computerization. A more formal definition is …