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Appreciating context in social informatics: from the outside in, and the inside out

Cole, Fletcher (2006) Appreciating context in social informatics: from the outside in, and the inside out.

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Abstract

This is a submission to the "Interrogating the social realities of information and communications systems pre-conference workshop, ASIST AM 2006". Context is a key idea in the definition of social informatics. A major aim of the field is identifying the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in some social context -- in Society at large, or in more specific and intimate settings. This paper sketches the divergent ways in which context is understood.

EPrint Type:Extended Abstract
Keywords:social informatics theory; definitions of context; definitions of technology
Subjects:Social Informatics
ID Code:1460
Deposited On:04 September 2006
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