Social Computing: From Social Informatics to Social Intelligence

  • Authors:
  • Fei-Yue Wang;Kathleen M. Carley;Daniel Zeng;Wenji Mao

  • Affiliations:
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Arizona;Carnegie Mellon University;Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Arizona;University of Southern California

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Intelligent Systems
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Social computing has become a hot topic attracting broad interest from not only researchers but also technologists, software and online game vendors, Web entrepreneurs, business strategists, political analysts, and digital government practitioners, to name a few. This article discusses social computing's theoretical, methodological, and technological underpinnings; reviews major application areas; and raises key research issues.