社会信息学是一门系统性跨学科理论。它研究信息技术 (ＩＴ)的设计、应用及其重要地位 ,研究信息技术与组织和文化环境之间的相互作用。它是对计算机技术、电子通信技术和相关技术的社会方面的研究。它所研究的问题包括信息技术与组织机构和社会之间的相互关系、社会力量对信息 Social informatics is a systematic interdisciplinary theory. It studies the design, application and importance of information technology (IT) and studies the interaction between information technology and organizational and cultural environments. It is a study of the social aspects of computer technology, electronic communication technology and related technologies. The issues it examines include the interrelationship between information technology and organization and society, the influence of social forces on information