On extending social informatics from a rich legacy of networks and conceptual resources

Information Technology & People

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-20

  Lamb, Roberta ^a   Sawyer, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Social change; Sociology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT); SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL INFORMATICS; SOCIOLOGY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 18844399666     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840510584595     Document Type: Article

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