Editing Social computing (section)

{{Short description|Area of computer science}}
{{distinguish|Computational social science}}
'''Social computing''' is an area of [[computer science]] that is concerned with the intersection of [[social behavior]] and computational systems. It is based on creating or recreating social conventions and social contexts through the use of software and technology. Thus, [[blogs]], [[email]], [[instant messaging]], [[social network services]], [[wikis]], [[social bookmarking]] and other instances of what is often called [[social software]] illustrate ideas from social computing.