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Title:
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THE ENTANGLEMENT OF HUMAN AND TECHNOLOGICAL FACETS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF WEB-BASED COMMUNITIES |
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Author(s):
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Laura Carletti, Tommaso Leo |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-40-3 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers, Nik Bessis and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2011 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Online communities; society and technology; sociomateriality; digital formations. |
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Type:
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Reflection Paper |
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First Page:
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239 |
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Last Page:
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243 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper draws upon the review of recent research, aimed at exploring the relation between socio-technological facets within the communities and the novel social configurations based on the web. It is part of an ongoing research project designed to investigate the intersection between people and social media, enhancing knowledge creation and circulation, as well as life-wide learning. In the paper, a new perspective on the entanglement of human (society) and material (technology) is presented to provide an alternative view to analyse the online groupings. Although the intertwining of society and technology is the inherent trait of online communities, it seems that the two have been largely observed as distinct aspects. This approach can be probably considered unsuitable, when the web-based social configurations are the field of inquiry. The aim of this paper is to highlight a different angle of investigation in the disciplines facing the complex intersection of human and technological elements. The reflections are at an initial stage, as it is the research on the novel web-based formations as object of study. |
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