Workshop 5: What is missing in Social Software?

Full title: "What is missing in Social Software? Current collaborative practices in social software "

Organisers: * Ralf Klamma (RWTH Aachen University), * Sebastian Fiedler (Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna), * Jan Schmidt (Bamberg University), * Ton Zijlstra (Proven Partners), * Gabriela Avram (University of Limerick)

Workshop overview:
Social software - often connected to older forms of computer mediated communication (CMC) and newer discussion about online communities - concentrates on the link-up between social entities in digital social networks and their interaction. Group systems contain and group social entities. The general topic of the workshop is to start the discussion about the following questions: How does social software relate to the domain of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and what are current collaborative practices in social software.

More info at: http://socialsoftwareecscw07.wikispaces.com

Workshop structure:
Prospective workshop participants will be requested to post a working paper (up to 2000 words) on the workshop wiki, describing their research topic, the methods employed, and their preliminary results/findings. Commenting on peers’ papers will be encouraged. Participants will be asked to present their papers at the workshop, and every series of presentations will be followed by discussions.

Submissions:
The papers have to be posted on the workshop wiki by the 26th of June 2007 and the notification of acceptance will be given on July 2, 2007.