The trouble with social computing systems research

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 389-398

  Bernstein, Michael S ^a   Ackerman, Mark S ^b   Chi, Ed H ^c   Miller, Robert C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Social computing; Systems research

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING SYSTEM; EVALUATION; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS RESEARCH;

EID: 79957963990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1979742.1979618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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