Citation - Sawyer, S., & Eschenfelder, K.R. (2002). Social informatics: perspectives, examples, and trends. In B. Cronin & D. Shaw (Eds.), Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, v.36, p.392-425.

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• Introduction

• What is social informatics
  • The problem-oriented nature of social informatics
  • Empirical and theory-based focus
  • A means of linking
  • Ties to informatics
  • What social informatics is not

“Social informatics is the term we use to represent a field of research focusing on the relationships between information and communications technologies and larger social context in which those ICTs exist.” (p.428) 社會資訊學的 研究主題是 聚焦於 資訊傳播技術 與其社會脈絡 之間的關係

• The foundations of social informatics
  • The roles of the social context
  • Methodological pluralism

• Social informatics themes
  • Common finding #1: ICT uses lead to multiple and sometimes paradoxical effects
  • Common finding #2: ICTs shape thought and action in ways that benefit some groups more than others and theSe differential effects often have moral and ethical consequences
  • Common finding #3: A reciprocal relationship exists between ICTs/ICT practiCe context
    • Table 10.1 the treatment of shaping directionality in the social informatics literature
    • ConteXt shapes ICT design, implementation, and use
    • ICT design, implementation, and use shapes context
    • Bidirectional shaping between context and ICT design, implementation, and use
  • Context and levels of analysis in the social informatics literature

• Trends in social informatics research
  • Educational opportunities
  • Professional opportunities
  • Research opportunities

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