Participatory sensing for community building

Authors:
Michael Whitney;Heather Richter Lipford
Affiliations:
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA;University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
Venue:
CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2011

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Abstract

In this research, we explore the viability of using participatory sensing as a means to enhance a sense of community. To accomplish this, we are developing and deploying a suite of participatory sensing applications, where users explicitly report on the state of their environment, such as the location of the bus. In doing so, community members become reliant on each other for valuable information about the community. By better understanding the relationship between participatory sensing and community, we inform the design and research of similar participatory sensing, or crowd-sourced sensing applications.