计算机网络作为社交网络
1Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, 455 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada M5S 2G8. wellman@chass.utoronto.ca
概括
计算机网络是社会结构,而不仅仅是技术结构. 互联网通过连接人们来增强社会资本,但在当今复杂的数字世界中,需要新的工具来管理信息.
科学领域:
- 技术社会学技术的社会学.
- 沟通研究 沟通研究
- 信息科学 信息科学
背景情况:
- 计算机网络作为社交网络,将个人和组织整合起来.
- 这些网络是嵌入日常生活的社会机构,而不是孤立的系统.
- 计算机网络的兴起导致了更宽松的社会结构和传统团体团结的下降.
研究的目的:
- 分析计算机网络的社会影响.
- 了解互联网对社会资本和连接性的影响.
- 确定在网络社会中对知识导航的新工具的需求.
主要方法:
- 计算机网络作为社会机构的概念分析.
- 检查互联网在社会资本形成中的作用.
- 讨论社会向网络结构的转变.
主要成果:
- 计算机网络是影响日常生活的不可分割的社会结构.
- 互联网显然增加了社会资本和人际关系.
- 网络社会的特点是宽松的界限和碎片化的联系.
结论:
- 计算机网络需要一个社会技术的角度进行全面的研究.
- 有效的导航和知识发现工具对于分散的,网络化的社会中的个人至关重要.
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