“Click to Add Title” I203 Social and Organizational Issues of Information

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Understanding emergence Understanding outcomes in terms of process

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

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.