Social Informatics is an interdisciplinary area of research that studies the social aspects of information technology. You can learn more about Social Informatics using the pointers below. Organizations
  • Social Informatics Home Page
  • Computing in Society - Homepage
  • CPSR's Home Page
  • Institute for Women and Technology
  • Cognitive Technology Society
  • MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
  • People:
  • Brenda Laurel
  • Projects:
  • Astrolabe: Ethical Navigations through Virtual Technologies
  • Captology: The Study of Computers as Persuasive Technologies
  • Kismet, a robot modelling infant development in social interaction
  • Conferences:
  • Issues in Cross Cultural Communication: Implications for Agent Design
  • Welcome to CT '99: networking minds
  • Sawyer Seminar
  • Other:
  • What is Social Informatics and Why Does it Matter?
  • Stefan Helmreich's new book, Silicon Second Nature, is an investigation into the anthropology of Artificial Life
  • Journal of Information Technology - Call for Papers
  • Phil Agre's list of Books on the Social Aspects of Computing