Social software and Web 2.0 technology trends

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Deans, P. Candace.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Information technology > Management.; Web 2.0.; Online social networks.; Technological innovations > Management.; Collaboration enterprise blogs; Collective intelligence; Education-specific applications of social software; Infrastructure; Mobility-emergent Web applications; Organizational implications of social software; Podcasts; RSS; Social networks; Social software applications; Social software technologies; Telepresence; Unified communication; Virtual worlds; VoIP; Web logs; Wikis
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xx, 227 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-222) and index.
• ISBN: 1605661236 (ebook); 9781605661230 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Very little has been written to address the emerging trends in social software and technology. With these technologies and applications being relatively new and evolving rapidly, research is wide open in these fields. This book fills this critical research need, providing an overview of the current state of Web 2.0 technologies and their impact on organizations and educational institutions. Written for academicians and practicing managers, it presents business applications as well as implementations for institutions of higher education with numerous examples of how these technologies are currently being used.