Recently we have witnessed the increased proliferation of new digital technologies such as online social networking sites, micro-blogging and virtual worlds which has changed the way we communicate and interact with each other. Emerging studies are being conducted in order to investigate these interesting socio-technological phenomena.
To date, little has been done with respect to inclusive design in the context of social networking and emerging technologies. These technologies have the potential to have a positive impact on the lives of a wide range of people, for instance older people, disabled people, and people from different social and cultural backgrounds. For example, it has been reported that the fastest growing demographic of the social networking sites is women over 55 years old (Facebook Global Monitor, 2009).
With this special issue, we aim to analyse existing and novel ways in which social networks and emerging technologies are used by these user groups. We ask questions such as: In what ways can these technologies be designed to be more inclusive? What are people’s motivations for engaging with these new technologies? What is the effect on people’s behaviour, attitudes and social interactions? What methods can be used to analyse these interactions?
This special issue of Interacting with Computers is inviting contributions from both the academic community, industry and the design practitioners. We welcome research papers which trigger discussions based on investigations, case studies and overviews in this area.
Possible topics may include (but are not limited to):
- Inclusive design issues related to social media and emerging technologies
- Concepts, methods and frameworks aimed at motivating people to participate
- Case studies in various social and cultural contexts
- The impact of participation on the society and culture
- Different user groups’ engagement with social media
- New technologies such as virtual worlds and
- The application of these technologies in a variety of settings (e.g. e-government, communities, sustainability and environment, etc.)
Submission details
Please submit a 300-500 word abstract to Dr Jim Ang (c.s.ang@kent.ac.uk) no later than 28th January 2011. Please include full contact information and a biographical note (up to 75 words) on each of the authors.
Important dates
28th January 2011: Deadline for abstract submission
25th February 2011: Announcement of results and full paper invitations
29th April 2011: Submission of full papers
24th June 2011: Response to authors
2nd September 2011: Final submission
Jim Ang, Ania Bobrowicz (c.s.ang@kent.ac.uk))
School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent, UK
Panayotis Zaphiris
Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Ben Shneiderman
Human Computer Interaction Laboratory, University of Maryland, USA
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