Everyday innovators : researching the role of users in shaping ICT's /

Everyday Innovators explores the active role of people, collectively and individually, in shaping the use of information and communication technologies. It examines issues around acquiring and using that knowledge of users, how we should conceptualize the role of users and understand the forms and l...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Haddon, Leslie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, 2005.
Series:Computer supported cooperative work ; v. 32.
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Rutgers restricted
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Beyond user centric models
  • Following the user
  • What is innovatory use?
  • Supporting creativity
  • The social shaping of new mobile devices
  • Whose game is it anyway?
  • Artistic deviance and innovation in use
  • The mobile multimedia phone and artistic expression
  • Rural Ireland and ICTs
  • Dealing with dilemmas
  • Deconstructing a test scenario
  • The construction of equal agency in the development of technology
  • Public participation in innovation
  • Conclusions.