Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Social informatics defined
  • 1.2 Evolutionary approach to social informatics
  • 2. Emergence of competing sources of social informatics
  • 3. The evolution of social informatics
  • 3.1 Period of foundational work (1980s)
  • 3.2 Period of expansion (1990s)
  • 3.3 Coherence
  • 3.4 Period of transformation (2006-present)
  • 4. Principles
  • 4.1 Principles from the foundational period (1980s)
  • 4.2 Principles from the period of expansion (1990s)
  • 4.3 Principles from the period of coherence (2000-2005)
  • 4.4 Principles of the transformational period (2005-present)
  • 5. Approaches and methods
  • 5.1 Approaches and methods from the foundational period
  • 5.2 Approaches and methods from the period of expansion
  • 5.3 Approaches from the period of coherence
  • 5.4 Approaches and methods from the transformational period
  • 6. Concepts
  • 6.1 Concepts from the foundational period
  • 6.2 Concepts from the period of expansion
  • 6.3 Concepts from the period of coherence
  • 6.4 Concepts from the transformational period
  • 7. Topics
  • 7.1 Topics from the foundational period
  • 7.2 Topics from the period of expansion
  • 7.3 Topics from the period of coherence
  • 7.4 Topics from the transformational period
  • 8. Findings
  • 8.1 Findings from the foundational period
  • 8.2 Findings from the period of expansion
  • 8.3 Findings from the period of coherence
  • 8.4 Findings from the transformational period
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Author biographies.