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Oskar Juhlin - Social Media on the Road: The Future of Car Based Computing (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) - 9781849963312 - V9781849963312
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Social Media on the Road: The Future of Car Based Computing (Computer Supported Cooperative Work)

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Description for Social Media on the Road: The Future of Car Based Computing (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) Hardcover. As we spend more time in cars, pressure is mounting to provide better computing technology in vehicles-such as digital games that interact with the passing landscape. This book examines the latest innovations and covers both transport planning and technology. Series: Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
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 drivers and passengers beyond just ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849963312
SKU
V9781849963312
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Ref
99-15

About Oskar Juhlin
Oskar Juhlin is the Studio Director of the Mobility Studio at the Interactive Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He is assistant director and senior researcher at the newly started Mobile Life VinnExcellence Center at Stockholm University. He is Associative Professor (“Docent”) in applied information technology at the IT-university in Göteborg. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology of technology at Tema, Department of ... Read more

Reviews for Social Media on the Road: The Future of Car Based Computing (Computer Supported Cooperative Work)
From the reviews: “This interesting presentation addresses human-computer mobile interactivity and the design of new applications and services. … Though the book is a brief 200 pages, it will stimulate readers to imagine the possibilities of vehicle-based computing. The chapter references and index provide additional details of this seldom-discussed topic.” (Brad Reid, ACM Computing Reviews, May, 2011)

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