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Author Juhlin, Oskar.

Title Social media on the road : the future of car based computing / Oskar Juhlin
Published London : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) : illustrations
Series Computer supported cooperative work
Computer supported cooperative work.
Contents pt. 1. An empirical program of road use. Social life in traffic -- Juxtaposing traffic research and social computing -- Investigating and designing for social interaction -- pt. 2. Vitality and social interaction on the roads. Traffic as situated interaction -- Interactional adaptation for achieving safe mobile phone handling in traffic -- Driving and articulating the road context with the PlaceMemo application -- Road talk: a public roadside location-dependent audio message system -- pt. 3. Sense and social interaction. The automobile Flâneur--joint music listening in traffic encounters -- Motorcycling and social interaction--design for the enjoyment of traffic encounters -- Legibility and public road signs -- The road as a stage in journey games -- A game for the backseat experience -- Locative interactive storytelling along vast road networks -- Multiplayer gaming in traffic encounters -- Post script: a new balancing act for research on traffic and mobile technology
Summary In the future, everyday life in traffic will be intricately meshed with city life. Today motorways, cities and streets are places where we spend a considerable amount of time, and where a large number of everyday encounters between people occur. Any road user's journey coincides with hundreds or even thousands of others. This book unpacks the details of the practical achievements involved in socially engaging with people at high speed. Although, generally speaking, these encounters are brief and interaction is slight, the recent emergence of mobile technologies offers opportunities to support
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Mobile computing.
Online social networks.
COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
Informatique.
Mobile computing
Online social networks
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010931023
ISBN 9781849963329
1849963320