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.
Index Terms:
social computing, social informatics, social intelligence, Web 2.0, online communities, interactive entertainment, business forecasting, intelligent agents
Citation:
Fei-Yue Wang, Kathleen M. Carley, Daniel Zeng, Wenji Mao, "Social Computing: From Social Informatics to Social Intelligence," IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 79-83, Mar./Apr. 2007, doi:10.1109/MIS.2007.41