Few studies in the eHealth literature have paid attention to participatory eHealth behaviors. Addressing this gap, the present study examines how informational and participatory eHealth behaviors are related to eHealth literacy, Internet use and Facebook interaction, as well as user characteristics. Drawing on a sample of college students (N = 540), results from Structural Equation Modeling (SE...

This paper presents ongoing research in the field of application and further development of scenario-methods in strategic R&D processes. The core purpose of this study is to investigate how scientific and technological fields of innovation can be supported through participatory work with normative-narrative scenarios. The normative-narrative scenario approach focuses on a participatory communic...

While much research emphasizes design-before-use, we here study design-in-use. The notion of participatory continuing design is introduced to draw attention to the ongoing work of incorporating information and communication technology into work processes in healthcare institutions. Through an empirical case study of how telemedicine, in the form of videoconferencing, was taken up in a rehabilit...

Mobile phones have evolved from devices that are just used for voice and text communication to platforms that are able to capture and transmit a range of data types (image, audio, and location). The adoption of these increasingly capable devices by society has enabled a potentially pervasive sensing paradigm participatory sensing. A coordinated participatory sensing system engages individuals c...

The reconstruction of an unknown temporal-spatial profile from participatory sensing data poses a number of challenges due to uncoordinated user movement and possibly low user involvement. This paper considers the problem of reconstructing such a profile from participatory sensing data by exploiting the theory of compressive sensing. In particular we study the impact of the number of users and ...

Stressing relation-building and participatory communication approaches, the Rhode Island Coalition against Domestic Violence worked with journalists to develop a best practices handbook on news coverage of domestic violence murders. This study compares print coverage of domestic violence murders prehandbook (1996-1999) and posthandbook (2000-2002). Significant changes include increased labeling...

The present article describes participatory theater as a means of empowering audience individuals to lead social change. The focus on participation by oppressed individuals as a means of organizing for social change was recognized as important by scholars and practitioners, especially by the celebrated Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire, and the Brazilian theater activist, Augusto Boal. Here we d...