Social Navigation of Information Space [Paperback]

This volume examines how people deal with information in a computerized environment, looking at what happens when people actively explore information space looking for objects without specific goals in mind. The topics are particularly relevant to the industrial application of computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) techniques, especially with regard to teleworking and virtual organizations. This volume will be useful for researchers interested in human computer interaction, virtual communities, and information visualization.Social navigation is a vibrant new field which examines how we navigate information spaces in real and virtual environments, how we orient and guide ourselves, and how we interact with and use others to find our way in information spaces. This approach brings a new way of thinking about how we design information spaces, emphasising our need to see others, collaborate with them, and follow the trails of their activities in these spaces. Social Navigation of Information Space is the first major work in this field, and includes contributions by many of the originators and key thinkers. It will be of particular interest to researchers and students in areas related to CSCW and human computer interaction. As a thoroughly multi-disciplinary topic, it will also be of interest to researchers in cognitive psychology, social psychology, philosophy, linguistics, sociology, architecture and anthropology.1 Footprints in the Snow.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Mapping Social Navigation.- 1.3 Shifting Perspective.- 1.4 Social Navigation and Methodology.- 1.5 The Future of Social Navigation.- References.- 2 Where the Footprints Lead: Tracking Down Other Roles for Social Navigation.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Perspectives on Social Navigation.- 2.3 Spatial, Semantic and Social Navigation.- 2.4 New Opportunities for Social Navigation.- 2.5 Social Navigation and Collaborative Awareness.- 2.6 Social Navigation and Models of Spacel#