Communities and Technologies 2005: Proceedings of the Second Communities and Technologies Conference, Milano 2005
Peter van den Besselaar, Giorgio de Michelis, Jenny Preece, Carla Simone, "Communities and Technologies 2005: Proceedings of the Second Communities and Technologies Conference, Milano 2005"
Publisher: S–-r | ISBN 10: 140203590X | 2005 | PDF | 467 pages | 7.8 MB
Publisher: S–-r | ISBN 10: 140203590X | 2005 | PDF | 467 pages | 7.8 MB
This book includes 23 papers dealing with the impact of modern information and communication technologies that support a wide variety of communities: local communities, virtual communities, and communities of practice, such as knowledge communities and scientific communities. The volume is the result of the second multidisciplinary "Communities and Technologies Conference", a major event in this emerging research field. The various chapters discuss how communities are affected by technologies, and how understanding of the way that communities function can be used in improving information systems design. This state of the art overview will be of interest to computer and information scientists, social scientists and practitioners alike.