Compulsory institutionalization: Investigating the paradox of computer-supported informal social processes

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 635-656

  De Souza, Clarisse Sieckenius ^a   Nicolaci Da Costa, Ana Maria ^a   Da Silva, Elton José ^b   Prates, Raquel Oliveira ^c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culture; Groupware; Latin American societies; Online communities; Semiotic engineering; The social technical gap

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE; INSPECTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS; SEMIOTICS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

CULTURES; LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETIES; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SEMIOTIC ENGINEERING; THE SOCIAL-TECHNICAL GAP;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 6344250584     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2004.07.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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