Handbook Of Research On Social Interaction Technologies And Collaboration Software: Concepts And Trends (2 Vols.)

The rapid increase of Internet-based social networking sites has brought attention to the social software phenomenon and significantly influenced the way people interact with each other, acquire information, entertain, and learn. The Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends explores the origin, structure, purpose, and function of socially interactive technologies known as social software. An indispensible research collection for IT and sociology academicians as well as field practitioners, this book addresses electronic systems and tools designed to advance social interaction, collaboration, and sharing of information. We live in a time unparalleled in human history: a time of fundamental cultural, political, social, and economic change marked by an exponential growth in human powers to electronically collect, process, store, retrieve and disseminate information and create new knowledge. The Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends focuses on the latest explosion of Internet-based collaboration tools and platforms reaching end-users; it explores their origins, structures, purposes, and functions; and it muses over how SIT can expand human abilities and powers. This broad spectrum of applications and services includes: online social networking, blogs, wikis, podcasts, web feeds, folksonomies, social bookmaking, photo and video sharing, discussion forums, virtual worlds, and mashups intended to advance interaction, collaboration, and sharing online.

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