[Air-L] Report: The Impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy

[wainer lusoli]

Dear expert, colleague, friend,

The European Commission JRC, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
released a comprehensive report on social and economic implications of
Social Computing [aka Web2.0, social media].

'The Impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy'
(Eds.) Yves Punie, Wainer Lusoli, Clara Centeno, Gianluca Misuraca and
David Broster
Authors: Kirsti Ala-Mutka, David Broster, Romina Cachia, Clara
Centeno, Claudio Feijóo, Alexandra Haché, Stefano Kluzer, Sven
Lindmark, Wainer Lusoli,  Gianluca Misuraca, Corina Pascu, Yves Punie
and José A. Valverde

Report: http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC54327.pdf
News release:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=1410&obj_id=9410&dt_code=NWS&lang=en

This wide report covers different thematic areas. In addition to a
cross-cutting analysis across areas in
Ch1: Key findings, Future Prospects and Policy Implications

It contains thematic analysis:
Ch2: The adoption and Use of Social Computing
Ch3: Social Computing from a Business Perspective
Ch4: Social Computing and the Mobile Ecosystem
Ch5: Social Computing and Identity
Ch6: Social Computing and Learning
Ch7: Social Computing and Social Inclusion
Ch8: Social Computing and Health
Ch9: Social Computing and Governance

We hope you will find areas of interest for your own field or work.

Comments are very welcome to the editors and to the authors of
individual chapters.

- For the full report write to the 1st editor
Yves.Punie at ec.europa.eu  or jrc-ipts-secretariat at ec.europa.eu

- For individual chapters, please write to the relevant author
Name.surname at ec.europa.eu
Please note that some authors have moved and have different email
addresses: Feijoo: claudio at feijoo.net, Valverde:
jose.valverde.albacete at gmail.com, Ala-Mutka: kirsti.ala-mutka at iki.fi

Please, feel free to disseminate to your contacts.

Kind regards,

Wainer [on behalf of the editorial team]


Dr Wainer Lusoli
Information Society Unit
European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)
Sevilla - Spain

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The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any
circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the
European Commission.