i was perhaps being slightly unfair - in the UK the ESRC has funded a fair amount of research on 'e-society' issues but it is very definitely peripheral if you look at UK social science as a whole. See
http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/research/research_programmes/e-society.aspx and its forerunner: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/research/research_programmes/virtual_society.aspx And if you want to do it you generally have to get it funded under one of these relatively small 'e-society' focused programmes. There are some EPSRC (i.t. tech) led programmes which reach out to the social sciences and there are signs that such things are growing in importance. i.e. social science <-> tech design/innovation/creativity/social impact On 22 Jul 2005, at 15:23, Barry Wellman wrote: I wonder if Ben's "the technology must disappear" advice is UK-specific. Or, at least, it doesn't seem applicable to North America, where both NSF (US) and SSHRCC (Canada) have had tech/social science related research programs. As do industry. --- You are currently subscribed to mobile-society as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
