Social information research
Information we receive from and create together with our social networks is becoming increasingly important. Social information has a great impact on our information behaviour and there are many possible angles and layers in studying social aspects in information science. This book presents some of...
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald,
2012.
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| Series | Library and information science (New York, N.Y.) ;
v. 5. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781780528335 |
| ISSN | 1876-0562 ; |
| DOI | 10.1108/S1876-0562(2012)5 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xii, 282 p.) : ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Introduction to social information research / Gunilla Widén, Kim Holmberg
- ch. 2. 'Ciphers to this great accompt' : the Shakespearian social sense-making of theatre professionals / Michael R. Olsson
- ch. 3. Usefully messy : how people use rich, complex descriptions to make sense in online renal discussion groups / Natalya Godbold
- ch. 4. Students' group work attitudes and experiences in collaborative wiki writing / Jannica Heinström, Eero Sormunen
- ch. 5. Social tagging in support of cancer patients' information interaction / Marit Kristine ôdland, Marianne Lykke
- ch. 6. Embracing Twitter as a research tool / Caitlin A. Bagley
- ch. 7. Information phenomena in game-related social media / J. Tuomas Harviainen, Richard D. Gough, Olle Sköld
- ch. 8. FOAF within UK academic web space : a webometric analysis of the semantic web / David Stuart
- ch. 9. Assessing the impact of online academic videos / Mike Thelwall ... [et al.]
- ch. 10. Using social media to extend and enrich practice in the information sector / Sally Burford
- ch. 11. Recommendation for social networking in academia / Tamara Heck.