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• Human subsystems (Systems engineering)
• Man-machine control systems
• Man-machine systems
• Operator-machine systems

• Voice Communication Between Humans and Machines (1994), ed. by David B. Roe and Jay G. Wilpon (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Ergonomic Models of Anthropometry, Human Biomechanics, and Operator-Equipment Interfaces, by National Research Council Committee on Human Factors (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Human Factors in Automated and Robotic Space Systems, ed. by Thomas B. Sheridan, Dana S. Kruser, and Stanley Deutsch (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Operations Other Than War: The Technological Dimension (1995), by National Defense University Center for Advanced Concepts and Technology (PDF at dodccrp.org)

• Command, Control, and the Common Defense (revised edition, 1996), by C. Kenneth Allard (PDF at dtic.mil)
• Dominant Battlespace Knowledge (1995), ed. by Stuart E. Johnson and Martin C. Libicki (PDF at dodccrp.org)
• Combat Operations C3I: Fundamentals and Interactions (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1983), by George E. Orr
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Command and Control, 1950-1969 (Washington: Dept. of the Army, 2004), by George S. Eckhardt (PDF at US Army CMH)
• Command and Control, 1950-1969 (Washington: Dept. of the Army, 1974), by George S. Eckhardt (page images at HathiTrust)

• Securing the U.S. Defense Information Infrastructure: A Proposed Approach (1999), by Robert H. Anderson, Phillip Feldman, Scott Gerwehr, Tora K. Bikson, Richard Mesic, John Pinder, Jeff Rothenberg, and James Chiesa (PDF files at rand.org)

• The World Wide Military Command and Control System: Evolution and Effectiveness (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2000), by David E. Pearson (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• Subject-Oriented Business Process Management (c2011), by Albert Fleischmann, Werner Schmidt, Christian Stary, Stefan Obermeier, and E. Börger (multiple formats with commentary at SpringerLink)
• Information Technology for Management (Global Text Project edition, c2009), by Henry C. Lucas (PDF at Global Text Project)
• Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Systems (2000-) (full serial archives)
• Scaling a Software Business: The Digitalization Journey (Cham: Springer Open, c2017), by Brian Fitzgerald, Klaas-Jan Stol, Sten Minör, and Henrik Cosmo (PDF files with commentary at SpringerLink)
• Introduction to the New Mainframe: Large-Scale Commercial Computing (Poughkeepsie, NY: IBM International Technical Support Organization, c2006), by Mike Ebbers, Frank Byrne, Pilar Gonzalez Abrados, Martin Rodney, and Joe Veilleux
  • frame-dependent illustrated HTML at ibm.com
  • PDF at ibm.com
• Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains (New York et al.: Seven Stories Press, c2022), by Vitalik Buterin, ed. by Nathan Schneider (PDF with commentary at nathanschneider.info)

• Information Systems Foundations: Constructing and Criticising (2005), ed. by Dennis N. Hart and Shirley Diane Gregor (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)

• CIO (partial serial archives)

• Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology (derived from Creative Commons licensed edition published by Flat World Knowledge, ca. 2010), by John Gallaugher (PDF at saylor.org)

• The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery (Redmond, WA: Microsoft Research, c2009), ed. by Anthony J. G. Hey, Stewart Tansley, and Kristin Michele Tolle (PDF files with commentary at Microsoft)

• Algorithms for Decision Making (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2022), by Mykel J. Kochenderfer, Tim A. Wheeler, and Kyle H. Wray (PDF with commentary at algorithmsbook.com)

• The Social Design of Technical Systems: Building Technologies for Communities (second edition, 2014), by Brian Whitworth and Adnan Ahmad (illustrated HTML with commentary at interaction-design.org)
• Off the Network: Disrupting the Digital World (open access edition; Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, c2013), by Ulises Ali Mejias (PDF files at JSTOR)
• Introducing Vigilant Audiences (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2020), ed. by Daniel Trottier, Rashid Gabdulhakov, and Qian Huang (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• Visualising Facebook: A Comparative Perspective (London: UCL Press, c2017), by Daniel Miller and Jolynna Sinanan (PDF and HTML with commentary at UCL Press)
• Facets of Facebook: Use and Users (Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, c2016), ed. by Kathrin Knautz and Katsiaryna S. Baran
  • PDF with commentary at OAPEN
  • page images and PDF at HathiTrust
• It's Complicated: The Social Life of Networked Teens (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, c2014), by danah boyd (PDF with commentary at danah.org)
• Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives (Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2013), ed. by Geert Lovink and Miriam Rasch (multiple formats with commentary at networkcultures.org)
• The Art of Community (second edition; c2012), by Jono Bacon (PDF at artofcommunityonline.org)
• The Art of Community (first edition; c2009), by Jono Bacon (PDF with commentary at artofcommunityonline.org)
• Dungeons and Dreamers: A Story of How Computer Games Created a Global Community (second edition; Pittsburgh: ETC Press, 2014), by Brad King and John Borland (PDF with commentary at CMU)
• Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains (New York et al.: Seven Stories Press, c2022), by Vitalik Buterin, ed. by Nathan Schneider (PDF with commentary at nathanschneider.info)
• How the World Changed Social Media (London: UCL Press, 2016), by Daniel Miller, Elisabetta Costa, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, Razvan Nicolescu, Jolynna Sinanan, Juliana Spyer, S. Venkatraman, and Xinyuan Wang
  • PDF and HTML with commentary at UCL Press
  • PDF files at JSTOR
• Evaluation and Credentialing in Digital Music Communities: Benefits and Challenges for Learning and Assessment (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2014), by H. Cecilia Suhr (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Virtual Body Language: The History and Future of Avatars; How Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet (Pittsburgh: ETC Press, c2011), by Jeffrey Ventrella (PDF with commentary at CMU)

• Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2010), by Joseph M. Reagle, contrib. by Lawrence Lessig (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)

• The Social Corps: The U.S.M.C. Social Media Principles (2011), by United States Marine Corps (PDF with commentary at dodlive.mil)
• United States Army Social Media Handbook (version 2, August 2011), by United States Army (page images at slideshare.net)

• Defeating Disinformation: Digital Platform Responsibility, Regulation, and Content Moderation on the Global Technological Commons (Cambridge, UK et al.: Cambridge University Press, 2025), ed. by Bhaskar Chakravorti and Joel P. Trachtman (HTML and PDF files at Cambridge)

• Protecting Children Online? Cyberbullying Policies of Social Media Companies (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2017), by Tijana Milosevic, contrib. by Sonia M. Livingstone (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)

• Journal of Online Trust and Safety (2021-)

• Rethinking Social Media and Extremism (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2022), ed. by Shirley Leitch and Paul A. Pickering (multiple formats with commentary at ANU Press)
• Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life (Oakland: University of California Press, c2024), by Nathan Schneider, illust. by Darija Medić (multiple formats with commentary at luminosoa.org)
• Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field, Prospects for Reform (Cambridge, UK et al.: Cambridge University Press, c2020), ed. by Nathaniel Persily and Joshua A. Tucker (PDF and HTML at Cambridge Core)
• Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, c2017), by Zeynep Tufekci (PDF (at bottom of page) with commentary at twitterandteargas.org)

• Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World (Dublin, OH: OCLC, c2007), contrib. by Cathy De Rosa, Joanne Cantrell, Andy Havens, Janet Hawk, and Lillie Jenkins (page images at OCLC)

• Geoblocking and Global Video Culture (Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2016), ed. by Ramon Lobato and James Meese (multiple formats at networkcultures.org)
• The YouTube Reader (Stockholm: National Library of Sweden, 2009), ed. by Pelle Snickars and Patrick Vonderau (PDF in Sweden)

• Working Through Screens: 100 Ideas for Envisioning Powerful, Engaging, and Productive User Experiences in Knowledge Work (2010), by Jacob Burghardt (PDF at archive.org)
• Apple Human Interface Guidelines (revised edition for Mac OS X), by Apple Computer, Inc. (HTML at Apple)

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