Editors' Introduction
Daniel Zeng and Hsinchun Chen • IEEE Intelligent Systems
Social computing plays a central role in next-generation software, community-based decision making, and analyzing how technology affects politics, society, and culture. More »
Selected articles on Society Online:
Social Meaning on the Web: From Wittgenstein to Search Engines
Relevance feedback from hypertext Web searches considerably improves the performance of a Semantic Web search engine. More »
Friends Forever: How Young Adolescents Use Social-Networking Sites
Children use social networking sites to establish identity and to find support and comfort as they go through the many transitions of early adolescence. More »
The Use of Mobile Social Presence
Five studies explore how automated context sharing via mobile phones can affect communication, creating rich, new experiences and increasing feelings of social presence. More »
The Evolution of Online Identity
When we can send and receive proven identity claims over the Web, we’ll be better able to engage safely in personal and commercial transactions. More »
A Visual Interface for Social Information Filtering
Visualization offers openness to recommender systems, enhancing overall user trust. More »