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I203 Social and Organizational Issues of Information

3. Oh the places we’ve been…
Part I The Social Side of Information
Broad Issues in Socio-Technical Systems
Large Social Implications of Current Information Technologies
Part II Information and Technology Adoption/Use
Case studies of Information in Networks
Diffusion Processes
Values and Practices of Users
Role of Social Networks in Information Sharing

4. Part III Deconstructing the User
Focus on micro-level issues
Identity, Trust
Users and Information Technology: Perspectives on Technological Change
Challenges for Designing Information Technology with the ‘Social’ in Mind
Part IV Community and Online Organization
Focus on meso and macro-level issues
Community Structures
Information Sharing, User-generated Information Content

5. A few theoretical perspectives here and there…
Science, Tech and Information Studies
MacKenzie
Stanley
Leonardi
Adamic, Buyukkokten and Adar
Marsh and Dibben
Pinch
Sociology
Ryan
Granovetter
McPhereson, Smith-Lovin and Cook
Dimaggio et al.
Wellman et al.
Organizational Studies, Communication and Economics
Osterloh and Frey
Geroski
Rogers
Law
Lessig
Psychology and Social Psychology
McKenna and Bargh
Kollock
HCI and CSCW
Ackerman
Dourish
Popular Press
Surowiecki
Anderson
Brown and Duguid

6. Diffusion of Innovation
Human-Computer
Interaction
Privacy
Mediated
Communication
Social Control, Power,
And Information
Organizational Forms
And Transmission of
Knowledge
Trust, Reputations
in Information
Diffusion of Innovation
Users and User-
Generated Content

7. Level of Analysis Macro Organizations and Institutions
Groups of Individuals
Individuals
Macro
Micro

8. But Why does this matter?
Institutions and Organizational Forms
Individuals and Behavior

9. Making sense out of chaos
Can we really observe society scientifically?

10. Understanding emergence
Understanding outcomes in terms of process

11. Holistic Approach to Information
Importance of looking at information and systems holistically; as a perspective we cannot just break everything down into constituent parts

12. A few thoughts on current and future directions…
Exchange and relationship formation in limited information environments; implications for privacy
Clarifying and analyzing the reciprocal relationship between information technologies and their users.
Economics, Human Interpretation, and Law of ‘Information’ and ‘Information Goods’
Exposing myths, providing a sense of history and context, focus on process– not declarations of “paradigm shifts” every 5 years.