Handbook of research on socio-technical design and social networking systems

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Whitworth, Brian, 1949-, Moor, Aldo de.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Online social networks.; Internet > Social aspects.; Information technology > Social aspects.; Agent-based collaborative e-learning; Anti-social networking; Community collective efficacy; Community network research and design; Cyber security; Cybercrime variants; Integrated teams in virtual environments; Organizational and software structure; Participation in online communities; Remote participation in research; Social derivation of technical systems; Social networking systems; Social study of computer science; Social support for online learning; Socio-technical communities; Socio-technical design; Virtual collaboration and community; Workflows in software development
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (2 v. (xxxvii, 898, 19, 9 p.) : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781605662657 (ebook); 1605662658 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

"Every day throughout the world, people use computers to socialize in ways previously thought impossible such as e-mail, chat, and social networks due to emergences in technology. This book provides a state-of-the-art summary of knowledge in this evolving, multi-disciplinary field"--Provided by publisher.