The Social Life of Information
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.63 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071XJSYXY |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 404 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Arguing elegantly for the important role that human sociability plays, even - perhaps especially - in the digital world, The Social Life of Information gives us an optimistic look beyond the simplicities of information and individuals. Updated, with a New PrefaceJohn Seely Brown and Paul Duguid show us how to look beyond mere information to the social context that creates and gives meaning to it. With a new introduction by David Weinberger and reflections by the authors on developments since the book's first publication, this new edition is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand the human place in a digital world.. It shows how a better understanding of the contribution that communities, organizations, and institutions make to learning, working, and innovating can lead to the richest possible use of technology in our work and everyday lives
How and why “the ability of information and its technologies [continue] to change the social world for the better” This is an updated edition of a book first published in 2000. David Weisberger provides an Introduction to the New Edition. As co-authors John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid observe in their New Preface, “As we have tried to suggest in this brief attempt to set this book in a contemporary con text, one thing that remains underanalyzed in the wor. the style is too much like a specialized journal article The Social Life of Information by John Seely Brown is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in early January.In its new 2017 edition, this book is written in declarative, descriptive stats, as well as scientific-minded examples and hypotheticals. However, the style is too much like a specialized journal article, since the concepts aren't unpacked comp