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'''Web science''' is an emerging [[interdisciplinary]] field concerned with the study of large-scale socio-technical systems, such as the [[World Wide Web]].
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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1145/1364782.1364798| last1 = Hendler | first1 = Jim| authorlink1 = Jim Hendler| last2 = Shadbolt | first2 = Nigel| authorlink2 = Nigel Shadbolt| title = Web science: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the web| last3 = Hall | first3 = Wendy| authorlink3 = Wendy Hall| last4 = Berners-Lee | first4 = Tim| authorlink4 = Tim Berners-Lee | last5 = Weitzner | first5 = Daniel| journal = Communications of the ACM| volume = 51| issue = 7| year = 2008| url = http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/266555/1/CACM.pdf}}</ref> It considers the relationship between people and technology, the ways that society and technology co-constitute one another and the impact of this co-constitution on broader society. Web Science combines research from disciplines as diverse as [[sociology]], [[computer science]], [[economics]], and [[mathematics]].<ref>[http://www.slideshare.net/webscikorea/why-do-we-need-web-science-research Why do we need web science research]</ref>
An earlier definition was given by American computer scientist [[Ben Shneiderman]]: "Web Science" is the processing the information available on the web in similar terms to those applied to natural environment.<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1145/1247001.1247022 | title=Web science | journal=Communications of the ACM | date=2007 | volume=50 | issue=6 | pages=25 | first=Ben | last=Shneiderman}}</ref>
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