Open AccessFront Cover
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ieee internet computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Magazines
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1941-0131
pISSN - 1089-7801
DOI - 10.1109/mic.2017.4180841
Subject(s) - computing and processing
While currently intended for sharing personal content, future social media applications could support broader interactions, including business and government. Such applications could use agents that form communities, foster communications, vote, and collaborate to formulate policies and reach decisions. This special issue addresses several of the ways that software agent capabilities intersect with the demands of social media.