Researching Complex Information Infrastructures : Design Characteristics of ICT Tools for Examining Modern Technology Usage /

Thomas Ludwig reveals design characteristics when aiming at researching information infrastructures and their diverse information resources, types of users and systems as well as divergent practices. By conducting empirically-based design case studies in the domain of crisis management, the author u...

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Main Authors: Ludwig, Thomas
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Wiesbaden :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Medien der Kooperation
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16921-3
Summary: Thomas Ludwig reveals design characteristics when aiming at researching information infrastructures and their diverse information resources, types of users and systems as well as divergent practices. By conducting empirically-based design case studies in the domain of crisis management, the author uncovers methodological and design challenges in understanding new kinds of interconnected information infrastructures from a praxeological perspective. Based on implemented novel ICT tools, he derives design characteristics that focus on integrating objective and subjective queried insights into s
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XX, 290 pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783658169213
Index Number: QA75
CLC: TP3-05
Contents: Researching the Formation of a Public through Modern ICT -- Examining Individual s Activities in the Wild -- Assessing and Structuring Citizen-Generated Content in Social Media -- Aligning Physical and Digital Activities of Citizens -- Supporting the Research of Information Infrastructures.