Social Navigation of Information Space (Computer Supported Cooperative Work)

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Summary: social navigation and recommender systems
Review: Social Navigation provides a comprehensive overview of research issues surrounding the social aspects of navigating the net. An interdisciplinary group of scholars has examined the issue of information navigation from a number of perspectives. Most chapters are theoretical but many authors provide practical examples ranging from designing information spaces to studies of work. The book is extremely expensive, but probably worth the price for people interested in researching this topic.