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What is Social Interaction Technologies

Chapter 10
Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends
An assortment of interactive and collaborative applications, such as blogs and wikis, where users can consume, create, and recreate information resulting in new contents and structure.
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A Social Capital Perspective on Collaboration and Web 2.0
Gunilla Widén-Wulff (Åbo Akademi University, Finland) and Anna-Karin Tötterman (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-368-5.ch010
Abstract
Social interaction technologies can successfully employ the previously untapped power of the web to utilize the collaborative creation of information and user-driven content. In this chapter, the social capital framework is applied to illustrate how Web 2.0 tools and techniques can support effective information and knowledge management in organizations. Interactions within and between organizations generate important practices that underscore the role of social capital. Managing social capital for effective knowledge sharing is a complex process, and Web 2.0 lends some support for organizations by creating a new culture of voluntary, contributive, and collaborative participation. The argument is made that Web 2.0 technologies can be seen as important tools that can bridge the creation and sharing of knowledge in diverse organizational contexts.
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