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Book review: Understanding and communicating social informatics [by R. Kling, H. Rosenbaum and S. Sawyer]

Corrall, Sheila (2006) Book review: Understanding and communicating social informatics [by R. Kling, H. Rosenbaum and S. Sawyer]. Ariadne, 47. ISSN 1361-3200

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Abstract

Review of Understanding and Communicating Social Informatics: A Framework for Studying and Teaching the Human Contexts of Information and Communication Technologies, by Rob Kling (who died in 2003), Howard Rosenbaum, and Steve Sawyer, presented as the first monograph on the subject, “an overview, designed to be short, readable in pieces, and directed to our colleagues and those who wish to engage with the concepts and issues of computing from a social perspective.” Social informatics (SI) is a recently named subject domain, referred to as an inter-, multi-, or trans-disciplinary field, and the book does not fit easily into any recognizable publication genre. Concludes that it is a landmark text that is easy to navigate and fills a gap, but its overt mission to promote and reposition the domain threatens to unbalance the content. It is recommended to anyone who wants a fuller understanding of SI research, its approaches and applications.


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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
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Corrall, Sheilascorrall@pitt.eduSCORRALL
Date: 30 April 2006
Date Type: Publication
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Journal or Publication Title: Ariadne
Volume: 47
Publisher: University of Bath Library
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Information Sciences > Library and Information Science
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: Social, computing, Social, informatics, Information, technologies, Interdisciplinary, research, Multidisciplinary, research, Transdisciplinary, research
ISSN: 1361-3200
Official URL: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue47/corrall-rvw
Article Type: Review
Date Deposited: 18 May 2015 15:53
Last Modified: 25 Aug 2017 04:59
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25235

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