The New Informatics

The discipline that used to be called “information systems” is changing its identity. In Sweden, we have emphasized this reorientation by changing our name from “administrative data processing” to “informatics.” I will attempt to characterize this new informatics, describing it as a theory and desig...

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Published inScandinavian journal of information systems Vol. 8; no. 2; p. 3
Main Author Dahlbom, Bo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Aalborg Association for Information Systems 01.01.1996
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Curricula
Data processing
Informatics
Information systems
Information technology
Technology utilization
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Summary:The discipline that used to be called “information systems” is changing its identity. In Sweden, we have emphasized this reorientation by changing our name from “administrative data processing” to “informatics.” I will attempt to characterize this new informatics, describing it as a theory and design oriented study of information technology use, an artificial science with the intertwined complex of people and information technology as its subject matter. I will end by giving some suggestions for how to think of a new curriculum.
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ISSN:0905-0167
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