Beyond being aware

  • Authors:
  • John M. Carroll;Mary Beth Rosson;Umer Farooq;Lu Xiao

  • Affiliations:
  • College of Information Sciences and Technology, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;College of Information Sciences and Technology, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;College of Information Sciences and Technology, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;College of Information Sciences and Technology, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

  • Venue:
  • Information and Organization
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

To support collaborative interactions, information systems need to support awareness: Collaborators must attain and maintain reciprocal awareness of shared activity in order to coordinate effectively. Supporting awareness has often been conceptualized a matter of ameliorating deficits inherent in remote interaction. In this paper, we consider awareness support in several community informatics contexts from the standpoint of better-leveraging affordances unique to remote community-oriented interactions. We suggest positive design strategies to design awareness support ''beyond'' what is typical in traditional face-to-face interchange.