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TY - GEN
T1 - Designing "interacting places" for a student community using a communicative ecology approach
AU - Memarovic, N.
AU - Langheinrich, M.
AU - Rubegni, E.
AU - David, A.
AU - Elhart, I.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In the age of online social networks, local communities still play an essential role in supporting social cohesion. In this paper we present a study that explores the design of "interacting places" - networked public multimedia services that foster community awareness between local members - in the context of a student community. In order to have interacting places "fit in" with the existing communication practices of the students, we performed and analyzed a set of semi-structured interviews with n=17 students regarding their use of email, social networking services, and instant messaging to stay in touch with others. A follow-up online survey (n=76) then explored how networked public multimedia services could complement these practices. Following a "communicative ecology" approach - a conceptual model that represents the technical, social, and discursive contexts of communication - we draw up guidelines to support the design of both content and channels (applications) for interacting places in student communities. Copyright 2012 ACM.
AB - In the age of online social networks, local communities still play an essential role in supporting social cohesion. In this paper we present a study that explores the design of "interacting places" - networked public multimedia services that foster community awareness between local members - in the context of a student community. In order to have interacting places "fit in" with the existing communication practices of the students, we performed and analyzed a set of semi-structured interviews with n=17 students regarding their use of email, social networking services, and instant messaging to stay in touch with others. A follow-up online survey (n=76) then explored how networked public multimedia services could complement these practices. Following a "communicative ecology" approach - a conceptual model that represents the technical, social, and discursive contexts of communication - we draw up guidelines to support the design of both content and channels (applications) for interacting places in student communities. Copyright 2012 ACM.
KW - Communicative ecology
KW - Community interaction
KW - Networked public displays
KW - Public display design
KW - Communication practices
KW - Conceptual model
KW - Instant messaging
KW - Local community
KW - Networking services
KW - Online social networks
KW - Online surveys
KW - Public display
KW - Semi structured interviews
KW - Social cohesion
KW - Design
KW - Ecology
KW - Multimedia services
KW - Online systems
KW - Social networking (online)
KW - Students
U2 - 10.1145/2406367.2406420
DO - 10.1145/2406367.2406420
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781450318150
BT - MUM '12 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
PB - ACM
ER -