Dear expert, colleague, friend, The European Commission JRC, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies released a comprehensive report on social and economic implications of Social Computing [aka Web2.0, social media]. 'The Impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy' (Eds.) Yves Punie, Wainer Lusoli, Clara Centeno, Gianluca Misuraca and David Broster Authors: Kirsti Ala-Mutka, David Broster, Romina Cachia, Clara Centeno, Claudio Feijóo, Alexandra Haché, Stefano Kluzer, Sven Lindmark, Wainer Lusoli, Gianluca Misuraca, Corina Pascu, Yves Punie and José A. Valverde Report: http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC54327.pdf News release: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=1410&obj_id=9410&dt_code=NWS&lang=e... This wide report covers different thematic areas. In addition to a cross-cutting analysis across areas in Ch1: Key findings, Future Prospects and Policy Implications It contains thematic analysis: Ch2: The adoption and Use of Social Computing Ch3: Social Computing from a Business Perspective Ch4: Social Computing and the Mobile Ecosystem Ch5: Social Computing and Identity Ch6: Social Computing and Learning Ch7: Social Computing and Social Inclusion Ch8: Social Computing and Health Ch9: Social Computing and Governance We hope you will find areas of interest for your own field or work. Comments are very welcome to the editors and to the authors of individual chapters. - For the full report write to the 1st editor Yves.Punie@ec.europa.eu or jrc-ipts-secretariat@ec.europa.eu - For individual chapters, please write to the relevant author Name.surname@ec.europa.eu Please note that some authors have moved and have different email addresses: Feijoo: claudio@feijoo.net, Valverde: jose.valverde.albacete@gmail.com, Ala-Mutka: kirsti.ala-mutka@iki.fi Please, feel free to disseminate to your contacts. Kind regards, Wainer [on behalf of the editorial team] Dr Wainer Lusoli Information Society Unit European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC) Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) Sevilla - Spain E wainer.lusoli@ec.europa.eu T 0034 954 488 271 W http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu W2 http://www.lusoli.info W3 http://del.icio.us/lusoli The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.