Social Capital and Information Technology - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262083310 ISBN 13 : 9780262083317

Editeur : MIT Press, 2004

Synopsis

A multidisciplinary examination of the interplay between social capital―the value derived from social ties―and information technology.

The concept of social capital, or the value that can be derived from social ties created by goodwill, mutual support, shared language, common beliefs, and a sense of mutual obligation, has been applied to a number of fields, from sociology to management. It is only lately, however, that researchers in information technology and knowledge management have begun to explore the idea of social capital in relation to their fields. This collection of thirteen essays by computer scientists, sociologists, communication specialists, economists, and others presents a multidisciplinary look at this particular intersection of information technology and social science and the need to adopt a sociotechnical perspective.For the most part the contributors take a positive view of the interplay of social capital, knowledge sharing, and community building. Some essays look at specific instances, including the on-line and face-to-face relationships of a community of athletes, the building of social capital among Iranian NGOs, and the Internet-based communities created by the open-source movement, while others discuss more general ideas of civic and personal communities. The last four essays examine computer applications that augment social capital, including topic- and member-centered communications spaces such as the Expert Finder and the Loops system and virtual repositories of knowledge such as the Answer Garden and Pearls of Wisdom.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Marleen Huysman is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Marketing and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Unversiteit Amsterdam.

Volker Wulf is Associate Professor at the University of Siegen, Senior Researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, and Head of the International Institute for Socio-Informatics, Bonn.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262083310
• ISBN 13: 9780262083317
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 424
• Éditeur: Huysman Marleen, Wulf Volker
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible