Emerald Group Publishing has announced the publication of Social Information Research as Volume 5 of the Library & Information Science book series. The co-editors, Gunila Widen and Kim Holmberg, seek to explore how social networks, social interaction on the web, and social media have impacted the way we use information, and the consequences of this on our information behaviour.
Examining current research in the field, with special emphasis on new innovations, the new publication examines social media in the context of information science. It explores how social information has been used in fields such as biology, psychology and sociology, among others, to inform decision making, health and well-being and government practices through the use of such tools as blogs, wikis, tagging and social networks for both sharing and acquiring social information.
According to the editors, social information is having a great impact on the information behaviour and there are many possible angles and layers in studying social aspects in information science. This book presents some of these angles – coordinating empirical research with an overview of some of the present research about social information
