The Wisdom of Crowds (Paperback) by James Surowiecki "One day in the fall of 1906, the British scientist Francis Galton left his home in the town of Plymouth and headed for a country..." (more)
social taging of bookmarks and pulications including bibtex and well formated output of publications. run by FG Wissensverarbeitung of Universität Kassel / L3S research center
CatchBob! is an experimental platform in the form of a mobile game for running psychological experiments. It is designed to elicit collaborative behavior of people working together on a mobile activity.
Masters thesis on social software (e.g., blogs, wikis, social bookmarking services)...and how they support learning, knowledge management, and communities of practice.
The shift to Social Computing Posted by Dion Hinchcliffe There's been a lot of interest recently in the social aspects of Web 2.0 experiences because of their tendency to alter the communities that use them.
C. Li. Mcgraw-Hill Professional, (2008)Charlene Li works for Forrester Research, a company well-known for its research on social media. "Web-Strategist" Jeremiah Owyang whose blog is among the top50 ad-blogs world-wide (http://www.web-strategist.com/blog) also works there as an analyst. I heartily recommend his blog if you're interested in social media and its impact on the business world..