What factors and developments led to the establishment of the area of CSCW?
Started with office automation where it was tried to extend word processors and spreadsheets to support groups. It was found that technology alone was not enough, and that it would be necessary to research group dynamics and how people work in groups in order to create successful groupware application. Initial developments consisted of desktop conferencing, videoconferencing and email. Typical related studies that supported the establishment of CSCW were CAD/CAM, CASE and MUDs.
What are the differences between US and EU research traditions in CSCW?
| US | Europe |
| Small-system/product development | Large-system/internal development |
| R&D sponsored by Computer industry, research labs and University; R&D more intertwined | Mostly Government sponsored |
| Focus on Experimental, observational and sociological data | Focus on large-scale systems development |
| Others build technology and they look for ways to use it | Driven by philosophy, social, economic, or political theory |
| Empirical:Experiments by social psychologists looking at group activity among teams of students | Contributions: Explicitly grounded in the writings of philosophers, social theorists and economists. |
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