Lopez, C and Farzan, R
(2014)
Designing for neighborhoods: Lessons learned from paper-based bulletin boards.
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Abstract
Many local information systems struggle to remain viable over time. The low volume of new content that is generated each day in a local community places burdens on the sustainability of such systems [2]. To shed light on designing for local communities, we investigated the content, design and significance of paper-based bulletin boards as sustainable local information systems. We found that their viability is built upon several design strategies such as announcing information about local services and small-scale events; a dual strategy of supporting sense of community and information discovery; and using a flexible, but strategic definition of the communities' geographical boundaries. Future work will investigate these design strategies in online settings.
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| Date: |
1 January 2014 |
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Publication |
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No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
| Page Range: |
1963 - 1968 |
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Conference |
| DOI or Unique Handle: |
10.1145/2559206.2581245 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Information Sciences > Information Science |
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Yes |
| ISBN: |
9781450324748 |
| Date Deposited: |
16 May 2014 17:25 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Feb 2019 16:55 |
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http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21636 |
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