Chapter 1 Introduction to Social Information Research

Abstract

The purpose of this book is to collect current research representing different aspects of social information with emphasis on the new innovations supporting contemporary information behavior. To begin with, we need to define what we mean by social information in general and in the area of information science in particular. It is interesting to notice that social information is a concept used and researched in many different disciplines. Besides information science, the concept of social information has been studied in biology, psychology, and sociology among other disciplines.

Citation

Widén, G. and Holmberg, K. (2012), "Chapter 1 Introduction to Social Information Research", Widén, G. and Holmberg, K. (Ed.) Social Information Research (Library and Information Science, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1876-0562(2012)0000005003