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Panels
90 minutes
Confirmation 1: I/we acknowledge that all session authors/presenters have read and agreed to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting PoliciesTopics: Social Media and Social Computing (social media & analytics; information gatekeeping on social media; network theories & visualization; community informatics; online communities; digital youth; social informatics & computing; socio-technical design)Keywords: future of social informatics, emerging technologies
Social Informatics Perspectives on Emerging Technologies: The Way Forward - hosted by SIG-SI
Noriko Hara1, Pnina Fichman1, Seung Woo Chae1, Eric Meyer2, Howard Rosenbaum1, Steve Sawyer3, Shengnan Yang5, Xiaohua Awa Zhu4
1Indiana University, USA; 2The University of Texas at Austin, USA; 3Syracuse University, USA; 4University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA; 5Western University, Canada
Early social informatics research focused primarily on ethnographic, site-specific observations within organizations and was based on smaller case studies. The rising of social media and big data availability have made large-scale data analysis accessible and easier. This has informed social informatics perspectives by examining the roles and impacts of social media in our work and social lives. The panel aims to utilize principles of social informatics approach to understand emerging issues related to social media, which are pervasive in almost every aspect of our daily lives, and to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) more broadly. To push social informatics research forward, the panelists will address the questions regarding the future of social informatics. Hosted by SIG-SI