Divided by a common acronym: On the fragmentation of CSCW Export

@incollection{citeulike:6016122, abstract = {CSCW is in an advanced state of fragmentation. The acronym now, by and large, denotes widely diverging research programs that, apart from a shared name, have little or nothing in common. This situation obviously calls for clarification. Recounting the prehistory and formation of CSCW, the paper shows that CSCW, as a distinct research program devoted to the development of new technologies on the basis of understanding actual cooperative work practices, arose in response to the crises in which 'Computer Mediated Communication' (CMC) and Office Automation' (OA) had landed by the late 1980s. The paper finally discusses the reasons why CMC, although superseded as a research paradigm by the practice-oriented program of CSCW, has gained a new lease on life in CSCW and thus why CSCW has become fragmented.}, author = {Schmidt, Kjeld}, citeulike-article-id = {6016122}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-854-4_14}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/xgt40625j7t72l40}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-84882-854-4_14}, journal = {ECSCW 2009}, keywords = {cmc, cscw}, pages = {223--242}, posted-at = {2009-10-27 16:03:34}, priority = {2}, title = {Divided by a common acronym: On the fragmentation of CSCW}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-854-4_14}, year = {2009} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:6016122 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6016122 N2 - CSCW is in an advanced state of fragmentation. The acronym now, by and large, denotes widely diverging research programs that, apart from a shared name, have little or nothing in common. This situation obviously calls for clarification. Recounting the prehistory and formation of CSCW, the paper shows that CSCW, as a distinct research program devoted to the development of new technologies on the basis of understanding actual cooperative work practices, arose in response to the crises in which ‘Computer Mediated Communication’ (CMC) and Office Automation' (OA) had landed by the late 1980s. The paper finally discusses the reasons why CMC, although superseded as a research paradigm by the practice-oriented program of CSCW, has gained a new lease on life in CSCW and thus why CSCW has become fragmented. JF - ECSCW 2009 EP - 242 TI - Divided by a common acronym: On the fragmentation of CSCW SP - 223 KW - cmc KW - cscw AU - Schmidt, Kjeld PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-854-4_14 ER -