Promoting social collaboration:  The impact of information visualization on community discourse.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 91
Description: This study explores the impact of wearable technology and information visualization on community interactions and discourse. Across two studies, adults were provided with wearable technology; Thinking Tags with a public information display, and handheld computers with a more private display of information. Data were collected through questionnaires, technology interactions, and transcribed discourse. Two research questions were explored: (1) 'How does the use of wearable technology designed to promote information visualization affect the collaboration and interactions that occur between individuals in a social environment?', and (2) 'How does the way that individuals make use of information in a social environment change the development of the community and the subsequent discourse?' Data were analyzed using statistical tests, and quantitatively to identify themes and trends. Results suggest that the Thinking Tags provide an improved opportunity for enhanced interactions and discourse in comparison to the handheld technology.
Notes: Adviser:  Earl Woodruff.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, page: 1961.

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