Why should we study co-located collaboration
- Face to face is the richest method of communication
- Get more done interacting directly
- Interaction with the artifacts
- To make the technology more human centric, you have to observe the humans
Leskovec, Jurij and Adamic, Lada and Huberman, Bernardo. The Dynamics of Viral Marketing.
“Viral Marketing exploits existing social networks by encouraging customers to share product information with their friends.”
It has been difficult, the authors say, to measure…
read moreConversation analysis
used commonly in sociology (in ethnomethodoloy)
Can be used to analyze transcripts. In analyzing the transcript, you will be able to see how they “cope” with what they are working with.
If you can understand the normal…
read moreAwareness
An understanding of the activities of others, which provides a context for your own activity.
Key Components:
Context
The information (of what other people around you around doing)
The information is CRITICAL because this is the way…
read moreSpace and Time
The fact that we call things things is a social construct, as language is socially constructed.
Space, according to Dourish, is NOT an objective thing. Our understanding of space and where they are can impact our…
read more- Paper (see template on OnCourse) – 50 – 100 pages
- Poster
- Presentation (20 Minutes – 5-10 Minutes Q / A)
ALL 3 MUST BE DONE WHEN THE PRESENTATION IS GIVEN!
read moreResearch Paper Overview Due Feb 17 (see assignments on Oncourse)
Recap of group project last Thursday
Re-Space-ing Place: “Place” and “Space” Ten Years On
– Media Space –
- EXAMPLE: Put a camera in an office.
- The camera
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read morePork and Beans – by: Weezer
South Park – Canada on Strike
