Living in digital worlds : designing the digital public space / Naomi Jacobs and Rachel Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Naomi, 1981- author.

Cooper, Rachel, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

User-centered system design.

Human-computer interaction.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Digital communications--Social aspects.

Digital communications.

Public spaces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Living in Digital Worlds investigates the relationship between human society and technology, as our private and particularly our public lives are increasingly undertaken in spaces that are inherently digital: digital public spaces. The book unpicks why digital technology is such an inextricable part of modern society, first by examining the historical relationship between technological development and the early progression of human sociality. This is then followed by an examination of the ways in which modern life is currently being impacted by the expansion of digital information and devices into multiple aspects of our lives, including focuses on privacy, bias and ownership in digital spaces. Finally, it explores potential future developments and their implications, and proposes that it is crucial to consider the design of technology and systems in order to support a positive and beneficial direction of change. Each chapter includes case studies, primarily drawn from The Creative Exchange, a fiveyear programme which ran from 2012 to 2016 to explore the notion of the digital public space through collaborative cross-sector research."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

part, Section 1 How did we get here?

chapter Introduction

chapter 1 Defining the digital public space

chapter 2 Digital public space for the evolved mind

part, Section 2 What are the attributes and effects of digital public space?

chapter 3 The physicality of digital public space

chapter 4 Inhabiting digital information space

part, Section 3 What are the consequences of digital public space?

chapter 5 Transactions, payment and ownership

chapter 6 Challenges of the digital public space: privacy and security

chapter 7 Challenges of the digital public space: bias

part, Section 4 How do we design digital futures?

chapter 8 Futures of digital public space

chapter 9 Design processes and management in digital public space.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-10399-8

1-315-59278-9

1-317-10398-X

9781315592787

OCLC:

1020572436