ISBN:
9783319093789
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (175 pages)
Series Statement:
Springer Proceedings in Complexity Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.4833
Keywords:
Information technology ; Social aspects..
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Information science ; Sociological aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Socioinformatics is a new scientific approach to study the interactions between humans and IT. These proceedings are a collection of the contributions during a workshop of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI). Researchers in this emerging field discuss the main aspects of interactions between IT and humans with respect to; social connections, social changes, acceptance of IT and the social conditions affecting this acceptance, effects of IT on humans and in response changes of IT, structures of the society and the influence of IT on these structures, changes of metaphysics influenced by IT and the social context of a knowledge society.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Socioinformatics -- 1 Towards a Principle of Socio-technical Interactions - Embracing Cultural Issues of Enterprise Culture Through a Concept of Enterprise Activities -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Max Weber's Theory of Social Action -- 1.3 The Theory of Enterprise Action -- 1.3.1 Acting in an Enterprise Environment -- 1.3.2 On the Specification of Enterprise Actions -- 1.3.3 The Search for a Cultural and Enterprise Value of Actions -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References -- 2 The Human Factor in Computer Science and How to Teach Students to Care: An Experience Report -- 2.1 Importance of the Human Factor -- 2.2 Content of the Course -- 2.2.1 Software Measurement -- 2.2.2 The Human Factor -- 2.2.3 Conducting Empirical Investigations Systematically -- 2.2.4 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods -- 2.3 Teaching Methods -- 2.3.1 Exploration -- 2.3.2 Interaction -- 2.3.2.1 Evaluation -- 2.3.2.2 Course Description -- 2.4 Summary -- References -- 3 Socially-Aware Traffic Management -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Terminology, Definitions, and Actors -- 3.2.1 Terminology and Definitions -- 3.2.2 Actors of Socially-Aware Traffic Management, Their Goals, and Possible Benefits -- 3.3 Use Cases for Socially-Aware Traffic Management -- 3.3.1 Content Storage and Delivery -- 3.3.1.1 Exploitation of Social Information by a Centralized Content Delivery Platform -- 3.3.1.2 Exploitation of Social Information by a Distributed Content Delivery Platform -- 3.3.1.3 Exploitation of Social Information by a Hierarchical Storage Platform -- 3.3.1.4 Understanding Information Spreading in OSNfor Utilization in Traffic Management Algorithms -- 3.3.1.5 Existing Socially-Aware Caching Solutions for Video Streaming -- 3.3.2 Global Service Mobility -- 3.3.2.1 Exploitation of Social Information for WiFi Offloading and Service Placement.
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