Survival needs and social inclusion: technology use among the homeless

Authors:
Jahmeilah Roberson;Bonnie Nardi
Affiliations:
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA;University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This research reports an ethnographic study of issues surrounding digital technologies owned and used by homeless people in Los Angeles County. We identify two themes--survival and social inclusion--that reveal, in part, how digital technologies enable social ties for collaboration in the lives of the homeless.