Social Informatics

Social informatics examines how society is influenced by digital technologies and how digital technologies are shaped by political, economic, and socio-cultural forces. Chapters in this edited volume use social informatics approaches to analyse recent issues in our increasingly data-intensive society.

Sommario

Introduction; Section I: Theoretical Frameworks of SI; 1: Some reflections on the grounds of social informatics; 2: Social Informatics Thematic-Methodological Framework; Section II: Social Informatics Perspectives on Data; 3: From Innovative Methodologies to Creative Mythologies: Measuring GLAM Soft Power through Data-Driven Research; 4: Understanding Algorithmic Governance and Governance of Algorithms Through a Disinformation Policy Analysis; 5. Neutrality or Contextuality: Challenges for Sociotechnical Data Governance; Section III: Social Informatics Perspectives on Ethics and Social Justice; 6: Smart Governments: The Pitfalls of Big Data in Public Administration; 7: Augmenting Inequality: Socio-Technical Transformation of Medicine and Challenges to Digital Health Citizenship (DHC) in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI); 8: A Socio-Technical Interaction Network (STIN) Perspective on TikTok Fake News: The Case of the Russia-Ukraine War; Section IV: Opportunities and Challenges with Digital Technology Domestication; 9: Socio-ecological Model of Internet Challenges; 10: Role Expansion of social media groups: Example from the online activity for Roman Zadorov in Israel; 11: Social Media Affordances for Mediated Science Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Info autore

Noriko Hara is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Information & Library Science in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Pnina Fichman is a Professor of Information Science in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering and the Director of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Riassunto

Social informatics examines how society is influenced by digital technologies and how digital technologies are shaped by political, economic, and socio-cultural forces. Chapters in this edited volume use social informatics approaches to analyse recent issues in our increasingly data-intensive society.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Noriko (Indiana University Hara
• Con la collaborazione di: Pnina Fichman (Editore), Fichman Pnina (Editore), Noriko Hara (Editore), Hara Noriko (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032678504
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3267850-4
• Pagine: 234
• Serie: Global Perspectives on Library and Information Science
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Informatica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Commercio librario, biblioteconomia; Artificial Intelligence, COMPUTERS / Information Technology, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, Library & Information Sciences, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services, Library and information sciences / Museology, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects, COMPUTERS / Blockchain