Encouraging Community Spirit with Situated Displays

Taylor, Nick and Rouncefield, Mark and Cheverst, Keith and Izadi, Shahram (2008) Encouraging Community Spirit with Situated Displays. In: Proceedings of the AISB 2008 Symposium on Persuasive Technology. AISB, Aberdeen, UK, pp. 39-42. ISBN 1902956621

Abstract

There is a widespread belief that ‘community’ has been greatly diminished in many areas, partly attributed to the isolation and weak social ties encouraged by modern technology such as television, computer games and the Internet. We explore a photo display application which may help to reinforcing the community’s values, support community ties and integrate individuals into the community.