Understanding and Communicating Social
Informatics
A Framework for Studying and Teaching the
Human Contexts of Information and Communication Technologies
By Rob Kling, Howard Rosenbaum,
and Steve Sawyer
Here is a sustained investigation into the human contexts
of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs),
covering both research and theory in this emerging field.
Authors Kling, Rosenbaum, and Sawyer demonstrate that
the design, adoption, and use of ICTs are deeply connected
to people’s actions as well as to the environments
in which they are used. In Chapters One and Two, they
define Social Informatics and offer a pragmatic overview
of the discipline. In Chapters Three and Four, they
articulate its fundamental ideas for specific audiences
and present important research findings about the personal,
social, and organizational consequences of ICT design
and use. Chapter Five covers Social Informatics education;
Chapter Six discusses ways to communicate Social Informatics
to professional and research communities; and Chapter
Seven provides a summary and look to the future.
2005/240 pp/hardbound
1-57387-228-8
Regular Price: $39.50
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