Social informatics is the study of key social, cultural, ethical, legal, public policy and economic issues related to information technology. Social informatics helps individuals explore and understand these key issues, which they will come across in their careers. As the infomation overload continues, the importance of social informatics will increase, and the necessisty of people with knowledge of technology, and its various social affects will increase. Let us look at the social effects of the …
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…guidelines for employees on what information to share and what is not to be given out. These were just some of the topics discussed in the Social Informatics coure. Having in depth knowledge of social informatics can be very usefull to an individual in their career. Understanding of social affects of the internet, culture, legal, public policy, and other social factors is very important for everybody in the information filled society we live in today.