Awareness Systems Advances in Theory, Methodology and Design /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Markopoulos, Panos. (Editor), De Ruyter, Boris. (Editor), Mackay, Wendy. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Data transmission systems.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Input/Output and Data Communications.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-477-5

Awareness systems can be broadly defined as those systems that help people construct and maintain awareness of each others activities, context or status, even if the participants are not co-located. Originally intended for supporting people involved in the same activities at different locations, su...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Section 1: Awareness in Context
• An Historical Reflection of Awareness in Collaboration
• Challenges for the Design of Awareness Systems
• Awareness in the Home
• Section II Theoretical Perspectives
• Making Sense of What is Going Around
• Social Inference Through Technology
• Abstractions of Awareness
• Phatic Interactions
• Privacy Considerations in Awareness Systems
• Grounding Privacy with Awareness
• Presenting Awareness Information with Speech and Sound
• Section III Applications
• Awareware: Narrowcasting Attributes for Selective Attention, Privacy and Multipresence Awareness
• Emotinet: A Framework for the Development of Social Awareness Systems
• Conversational Awareness in Text-Based Computer Mediated Communication
• Technologies for Social Engagement in Later Life
• Awareness of Daily Life Activities
• Design and Evaluation of an International Enriched Awareness System
• Situatedness of Awareness Information
• Section IV: Evaluating Awareness Systems.