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Social software

Social software, also known as social apps or social platform includes communications and interactive tools that are often based on the Internet. Communication tools typically handle capturing, storing and presenting communication, usually written but increasingly including audio and video as well. Interactive tools handle mediated interactions between a…

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Vendor lists

Politics and journalism

Comparison of communication and interactive tools

Emerging technologies

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Social software

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Edges159
Triples104
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.0125
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Social software

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related to External links · 17
Social software → An Introduction, Contemporary Sociology, IBM Center, January, Joseph, JSTOR, Manuel, May, Network Society, Reagle Jr, Revised, September, Simplified Definition, Social Protocols, Sociology, Tom Coates, Toward
related to history · 16
Social software → Allen's, Although, Bush's, Capabilities, Christopher Allen, Collaborative Work, Computer Supported Cooperative, CSCW, Englebart's, Groupware, In, Memex, Social Constructivism, The, This, Web
related to Debates or design choices · 10
Social software → Broadly, However, In, Membership, Most, Others, Social, Some, The, Usenet
related to Blogs · 9
Social software → Beyond, Blogging, Blogs, Pingback, The, They, Topics, While, XFN
related to Virtual presence · 9
Social software → In, More, People, Research, The, URLs, Virtual, Widely, World Wide Web
related to Politics and journalism · 8
Social software → GitHub, Google Moderator, IdeaScale, It, Legislation, Open, Semantic MediaWiki, Use
related to Collaborative software · 7
Social software → Clay Shirky, Enterprise Architecture, Landing, Moodle, SharePoint, Since, The
related to Theory · 7
Social software → Constructivist, Conversational, Jarvenpaa, Leidner, Many, They, Vygotsky
related to Vendor lists · 5
Social software → Forrester Research, Independent, Jeremiah Owyang, Real Story Group, Various
has application · 2
Social software → Social Project Management, There

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mailing listsinstance ofthere are many older media0.80text
Usenet fora that qualify asinstance ofthere are many older media0.80text
blogsinstance ofmost users of this term restrict its meaning to more recent software genres0.80text
wikisinstance ofmost users of this term restrict its meaning to more recent software genres0.80text
Vygotskyinstance ofTheoryConstructivist learning theorists0.80text
Leidnerinstance ofTheoryConstructivist learning theorists0.80text
Jarvenpaa have theorized that the process of expressing knowledge aids its creationinstance ofTheoryConstructivist learning theorists0.80text
that conversations benefit the refinement of knowledgeinstance ofTheoryConstructivist learning theorists0.80text
commentsinstance ofwith attributes0.80text
thinking types which reflect the role of the note in the author's thinkinginstance ofwith attributes0.80text
Social softwarehas applicationThere0.60section
Social softwarehas applicationSocial Project Management0.60section

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