Cooperative support for computer work: a social perspective on the empowering of end users
Published 1 January 1990
Andrew Clement
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The image of computers being used to empower people is a potent and appealing one, but the easy equation of personal computing power with personal power is an attractive simplification that needs closer scrutiny.
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Article Cooperative support for computer work: a social perspective on the empowering of end users Share on Author: Andrew Clement Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto, 140 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A1 Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto, 140 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A1View Profile Authors Info & Claims CSCW '90: Proceedings of the 1990 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative workSeptember 1990 Pages 223–236https://doi.org/10.1145/99332.99357Online:01 September 1990Publication History 27citation999DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations27Total Downloads999Last 12 Months13Last 6 weeks0 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteGet Access
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