Grasping the potential of online social networks for foresight
Technological Forecasting and Social ChangePublished 27 July 2007
Romina Cachia, Ramón Compañó, Olivier Da Costa
Citations176
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SJR score3.47
SNIP3.25
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It is argued that OSNs can be regarded as a tool to enhance creativity through the unprecedented modalities of communication and interaction they offer and proposed as an expert tool to detect emerging changes in social behaviour.
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Online Social Networks (SNs) are one of the most remarkable ongoing technological and social phenomena, with several of them comprising millions of members and being among the most visited websites globally. In this paper, we propose that SNs could be used as complementary methods in the study of possible futures or foresight.
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