The Interaction Society: Practice, Theories And Supportive Technologies

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The Interaction Society: Practice, Theories and Supportive Technologies provides the reader with a collection of interrelated chapters that unveil the character of a new society enabled by modern information and communication technologies, providing the reader with not only concrete examples of how this new technology can enable people to interact in new ways, but also with in-depth analysis of, e.g., the difference between information and interaction technologies and models for analyzing this technology in use.

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i The Interaction Society: Practices, Theories and Supportive Technologies Mikael Wiberg Umeå University, Sweden Information Science Publishing Hershey • London • Melbourne • Singapore ii Acquisition Editor: Senior Managing Editor: Managing Editor: Development Editor: Copy Editor: Typesetter: Cover Design: Printed at: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour Jan Travers Amanda Appicello Michele Rossi Alana Bubnis Amanda Appicello Mindy Grubb Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Information Science Publishing (an imprint of Idea Group Inc.) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200 Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.idea-group.com and in the United Kingdom by Information Science Publishing (an imprint of Idea Group Inc.) 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU Tel: 44 20 7240 0856 Fax: 44 20 7379 3313 Web site: http://www.eurospan.co.uk Copyright © 2005 by Idea Group Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data