Classical knowledge production is an author-centred process. The emergence of cooperative internet technologies like wikis or blogs show a shift towards stronger cooperative production and communication of knowledge, closing the gap between readers and authors. The incorporation of such participatory mechanisms into CSCL/CSCW systems poses several new requirements. We present an open service in...

Virtual reality/performance work tends to engage actively with open forms of audience participation and interaction; site-speciŽ c responses to space (whether virtual or actual) and the possibilities inherent in discontinuous, gaming, interactive and user/participant-led time frames. Historically, the concept of virtual reality/ performance work draws on several genres of art work, i.e., Happen...

Participatory design amalgamates the expertise of interdisciplinary specialists with the taskspecific expertise of end-users. Groupware design is widely recognised as benefiting from participative approaches. Recognition of this ideal, however, does not preclude the failure of groupware design due to poor communication and inadequate understanding between participants. We provide a grounding in...

1. Communication, not technology, should be the central concern. 2. Strong health systems and other basic services are essential for effective use of ICTs. 3. Increased capacity to access, organise, repackage and use information effectively is a major priority. 4. Local ownership, participation and content improve the relevance of ICT activities. 5. ICTs should complement other communication wo...

Classical knowledge production is an author-centered process. The emergence of cooperative internet technologies such as wikis or blogs shows a shift towards stronger cooperative production and communication of knowledge, closing the gap between readers and authors. The incorporation of such participatory mechanisms into CSCL/CSCW systems raises several new requirements. We present an open serv...

This commentary aims to create initial recommendations to guide researchers' decisions on the development and use of mobile technologies for public health research. We recommend that mobile technologies for public health research should be scalable and sustainable; draw on social, psychological and/or behavioral theoretical models; be able to be integrated with multiple communication devices; i...

Through theories of mediatization it is commonly understood that political institutions and participatory practices adapt to the logics of mainstream media. Today the overall media and communication landscape is becoming digitalized. Technological processes of digitalization evolve in tandem with socio-cultural processes of reflexivity and individualization in late modernity. Thus politics and ...

This paper explores direct phone-to-phone communication between the driver’s phone & the owner’s phone to support mobile sensing applications. Direct communication between driver’s phone & owner’s phone is an important in improving data collection efficiency and sharing participatory sensing information in an inexpensive manner. We design a practical and optimized communication mechanism for di...

The three main areas where information and communication technology (ICT) impacts on the environment are considered: (1) the fallout from the processes of production, (2) the environmental burden of ICT products themselves and their use, and (3) the recycling and disposing of ICT products. On the basis of this overview, a number of environmental policies are proposed. A participatory system nee...