The Interaction Society: Practice, Theories And Supportive Technologies

by Wiberg, Mikael

• ISBN13: 9781591405306
• ISBN10: 1591405300
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Idea Group Pub

Summary

New information technologies enable us to interact with each other in totally new ways. The Interaction Society: Theories, Practice and Supportive Technologies provides readers with a rich overview of the emerging interaction society enabled by these new

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Chapter I Introduction - The Emerging Interaction Society	1	(25)
Mikael Wiberg, Umeå University, Sweden
Part I: Practice Stepping Out into the Fluidity of Interaction
Chapter II Email: Message Transmission and Social Ritual	26	(31)
Eileen Day, RMIT University, Australia and E-Wordscapes Consulting, Australia
Chapter III Social Exile and Virtual Hrig: Computer-Mediated Interaction and Cybercafe Culture in Morocco	57	(36)
Said Graiouid, University Mohammed V, Morocco and Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Chapter IV Keeping Track of Notes - Implications for Mobile Information and Communication Technology in Homecare Practice	93	(29)
Carljohan Orre, Umeå University, Sweden
Chapter V Learning While Playing: Design Implications for Edutainment Games	122	(17)
Kalle Jegers, Umeå University, Sweden
Charlotte Wiberg, Umeå University, Sweden
Part II: Theories Making Sense of Technology-Enabled Interaction
Chapter VI Informational and Communicational Explanations of Corporations as Interaction Systems	139	(32)
Richard J. Varey, The Waikato Management School, New Zealand
Chapter VII Fluid Interaction in Mobile Work Practices	171	(23)
Masao Kakihara, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Carsten Sorensen, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Mikael Wiberg, Umeå University, Sweden
Chapter VIII Mobile IT as Immutable Mobiles? Exploring the Enabling Qualities of a Mobile IT Application	194	(21)
Jonny Holmström, Umeå University, Sweden
Chapter IX Supporting Proximate Communities with P3-Systems Technology for Connecting People-to-People-to-Geographical-Places	215	(36)
Quentin Jones, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Sukeshini A. Grandhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology USA
Part III: Supportive Technologies Let's Head for the Future of Interaction Technologies
Chapter X The Mobile Workplace: Collaboration in a Vast Setting	251	(20)
Daniel Normark, The Interactive Institute, Sweden and Göteborg University, Sweden
Mattias Esbjörnsson, The Interactive Institute, Sweden
Chapter XI Spectator Information Support: Exploring the Context of Distributed Events	271	(33)
Andreas Nilsson, Viktoria Institute, Sweden
Urban Nulden, Viktoria Institute, Sweden
Daniel Olsson, Yojimbo AB, Sweden
Chapter XII SeamlessTalk: User-Controlled Session Management for Sustained Car Conversations	304	(15)
Ola Henfridsson, Viktoria Institute, Sweden
Mikael Wiberg, Umeå University, Sweden
Rikard Lindgren, Viktoria Institute, Sweden
Fredrik Ljungberg, IT University of Göteborg, Sweden
Chapter XIII Guiding Design for Waiting	319	(24)
Johan Lundin, Viktoria Institute, Sweden and Göteborg University, Sweden
Lina Larsson, Linkoping University, Sweden
Concluding Remarks Interaction: To be continued	343	(2)
About the Authors	345	(6)
Index	351