COVID-19 what have we learned? The rise of social machines and connected devices in pandemic management following the concepts of predictive, preventive and …

P Radanliev, D De Roure, R Walton, M Van Kleek… - EPMA journal, 2020 - Springer
Objectives Review, compare and critically assess digital technology responses to the COVID-
19 pandemic around the world. The specific point of interest in this research is on predictive …

[BOOK][B] The theory and practice of social machines

N Shadbolt, K O'Hara, D De Roure, W Hall - 2019 - Springer
In 2007 and into 2008, a disputed presidential election in Kenya ended in a tragic and
complex pattern of violent protests, heavy-handed responses from the police and ethnically …

[BOOK][B] Ghosts, landscapes and social memory

M Hudson - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This book is a groundbreaking attempt to rethink the landscapes of the social world and
historical practice by theorising 'social haunting': the ways in which the social forms, figures …

Observing social machines part 2: How to observe?

D De Roure, C Hooper, K Page, S Tarte… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Social machines are increasingly attracting study. In our paper" Observing Social Machines
Part 1: what to observe?" we scoped the task of observing them. Several exercises that have …

Applying mechanical philosophy to web science: The case of social machines

PR Smart, K O'Hara, W Hall - European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2021 - Springer
Social machines are a prominent focus of attention for those who work in the field of Web
and Internet science. Although a number of online systems have been described as social …

On wayfaring in social machines

D Murray-Rust, S Tarte, M Hartswood… - Proceedings of the 24th …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we concern ourselves with the ways in which humans inhabit social machines:
the structures and techniques which allow the enmeshing of multiple life traces within the …

Archetypal narratives in social machines: approaching sociality through prosopography

S Tarte, P Willcox, H Glaser, D De Roure - Proceedings of the ACM web …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Introducing Social Machines as web-enabled entities integrating social energies and
computational powers into a socio-technical system (whether purposeful or not) where …

Revisiting the three Rs of social machines: reflexivity, recognition and responsivity

J Vass, JE Munson - Proceedings of the 24th International Conference …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
This paper sets out an approach to Social Machines (SMs), their description and analysis,
based on a development of social constructionist theoretical principles adapted for Web …

The DNA of Web Observatories

IC Brown - 2017 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
This thesis investigates the proposed Web Observatory (WO) which will offer access to
globally shared data and apps, delivering insights into the nature of the Web and also …

Cyber-physical systems and social machines

P Smart, K O'hara, A Cox, W Hall - Available at SSRN 3705252, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Social machines have long been a topic of theoretical and empirical interest for the Web and
Internet science community. Although there is no widespread agreement as to the precise …