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Title:
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GENERIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR SERENDIPITY: TOWARD FAR-REACHING AND EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION IN AN E-SOCIETY |
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Author(s):
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Klaus P. Jantke, Jun Fujima |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-32-6 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2015 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Webble Technology, Web Service Integration, Information Visualization, Customization, Personalization, Serendipity. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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71 |
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Last Page:
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78 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Information and communication technologies, doubtlessly, play a crucial role in the participatory development of democratic societies. The potential of an e-society does not only lie in the anytime and anywhere participation of the majority of related human beings. Even more importantly, there are innovative technologies bearing the potential of provoking unforeseeable thoughts, revealing unsought discoveries, establishing unprecedented communications, encouraging incredible co-operations, and leading to unexpected solutions. Those technologies lead beyond the limits of technologies by getting humans engaged in innovative ways. The origin lies in the humanities, in general, and in sociology, in particular, where serendipity has been identified as invaluable way of discovery and theory formation. But serendipity, by nature, cannot be planned. Instead, appropriate interface technologies set the stage for working and communication environments which bear the potential of provoking serendipity, an approach extended to e-society. |
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