"This book focuses on the latest explosion of Internet-based collaboration tools and platforms reaching end-users; it explores their origins, structures, purposes, and functions; and it muses over how SIT can expand human abilities and powers. This book promises to generate dialogue among diverse scientists to enrich, in the words of Thomas S. Kuhn, 'the entire constellation of beliefs, values, techniques, and so on shared by the members of a given community."
– Tatyana Dumova, Montclair State University, USA, Richard Fiordo, University of North Dakota, USA
"In this handbook, the editors accomplish a very important mission by presenting the hard earned knowledge of experts in the field of social interaction technologies and social software. The remarkable diversity in the range of topics presented within the handbook increases its scholarly value. The need for such a book was evident and I definitely will recommend the handbook to every researcher and academic working in this field."
– Professor Dr. Ahmet Bülend Göksel, Ege University Izmir, Turkey
"This handbook accomplishes a very important task by managing to present, in a systematic way, a broad collection of latest research on technologies, platforms and tools for social interaction and collaboration made possible via the Internet and the Web. The handbook reveals the recent progress done in the direction of making the Web a valuable artefact to humanity! The handbook is of real value to the general reader, and offers a rich collection of material for any student or researcher interested in the science of the Web."
– Professor Dr. Paul G. Spirakis, Director, Research Academic Computer Technology Institute (RACTI), Greece Vice President of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS)
"Of interest to IT/IS scholars and professionals, as well as end users, this two-volume reference explores the origins, structures, and purposes of Internet-based collaboration and social networking tools and platforms."
– Book News Inc.