Humanizing the Web Change and Social Innovation

by Oinas-kukkonen, Harri; Oinas-Kukkonen, Henry

• ISBN13: 9781137305695
• ISBN10: 113730569X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781137305701
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-02-08
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Offers a vivid description of the ongoing transformation of the web into something that is widely recognized and that will have an enormous impact on how people work and live their lives in the future. Presents concepts that will help readers understand why the web evolved as it did, what is going on right now, and what will happen next.

Author Biography

HARRI OINAS-KUKKONEN is a professor of information systems at the University of Oulu, Finland. He has been listed among the 100 most influential ICT experts in the country and as the No. 1 expert whom companies should talk to when developing their strategies for web-based services. In 2005 he was awarded The Outstanding Young Person of Finland award by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for his achievements in helping industrial companies to improve their Web usability.

 

HENRY OINAS-KUKKONEN is a senior lecturer in History at the University of Oulu, Finland. His current research interests include the history of computing, social web and innovation. He has also worked on the history of the Occupation of Japan, US-Finnish relations, and American plans to resettle Finnish World War II refugees into Alaska. He has many years of experience in carrying out original research in American, Scandinavian and Japanese archives.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction and History
Social Web as a Transformer
Social Web as an Innovation Accelerator
Social Web as a Humanizer
Final Remarks
Notes/Endnotes
References

Primary sources

Index