Communities and Technologies 2005: Proceedings of the Second Communities and Technologies Conference, Milano 2005

Name: Communities and Technologies 2005: Proceedings of the Second Communities and Technologies Conference, Milano 2005
Brand: Springer Netherlands
SKU: 9789048169047
Price: 197.99 USD
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Besselaar, Peter van den; Michelis, Giorgio de; Preece, Jenny; Simone, Carla

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.