PURPOSE With a correct understanding of users, their interaction infrastructures and their interaction behavior, system designers can be better equipped to build interfaces that maximize the user’s experience on any technological service. The purpose of this project is to evaluate social computing behavior in developing countries using twitter data to understand the possible role design interfaces has on these. Computing behavior is affected by the degree of availability (frequency and duration) of computing resources as well other factors such as the social and cultural environment where computing takes place. The success of an interface to address the needs of its users and to be “sensitive” to the environment (society) of the user can play a vital role in promoting various developments via computing. PROBLEM The lack of computing resources in developing countries has limited their contribution to computing. For instance, the amount of crowdsourcing in these regions is very minimal and the available data about these regions is hardly updated. This limited contribution can be attributed to the lack of technological infrastructures. There is thus the need to design interfaces that meet the unique user and infrastructural requirements that we encounter in these cross-cultural environments. Understanding the current computing behavior around the limited technology may help in developing interaction techniques and interfaces that may help intelligent interactions that will increase the contribution of citizens of these areas in crowd sourcing, and may consequently increase positive worldwide interest in these areas. RESEARCH QUESTIONS/OBJECTIVES This research will make a twofold analysis of social computing interactions: ... ... middle of paper ... ... report and presentation May 4th – May 5th Final report Bibliography Ho, M. R., Smyth, T. N., Kam , M., & Dearden, A. (2009). Human-Computer Interaction for Development: The Past, Present, and Future. Information Technologies & International Development. Honeycutt, C., & Herring, S. C. (2009). Beyond Microblogging: Conversation and Collaboration via Twitter. Forty-Second Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42). Los Alamitos: IEEE Press. Nardi, B. A., Schiano, D. J., Gumbrecht, M., & Swartz, L. (2004). Why we blog. Commun ACM, (pp. 41-46). Smith, A., & Dunckley, L. (2007). Issues for Human-Computer Interaction in Developing Countries. San Jose, CA, USA: CHI 2007. Welser, H. T., Gu, L., Smith, M., & Lento, T. (2006). The ties that blog: Examing the relationship between social ties and continued participation in the wallop webblogging system.
Poor countries do not always have resources to fit the bill of education services for technology. “For children in poor countries, future connectivity promises new access to educational tools…” (Schmidt 227). “Physical classrooms will remain dilapidated; teachers will continue to take paychecks and not show up for class; and books and supplies will still be scarce” (Schmidt 227). A survey was done in 2012 about Ethiopia give out tablets fully loaded with educational information to poor country; it irresistibly gave poor students a wealth of knowledge where students could write and speak English (Schmidt 227-228). Inversely, the education of poor countries has hit all time low. The countries that do not have the finance to buy or create technology for classes is detrimental to the country growth. Technology must be available for everyone. The world is hindered from becoming a better place without technology being present in education. “Just imagine the implications of these burgeoning mobile or tablet-based learning platforms for a country like Afghanistan,
The carnival grotesque, with its freak shows and abnormal humans, was very popular and controversial back in the late 18th to early 19th century, by then it had matured into a distinct form of entertainment. In the 21st century, has the concept become dated? Has the freak show been revealed for the mistreatment and subjugation of many poor human beings? We live in times where many things that were once discriminated are now accepted and many kinds of people recognized as members of society and although there are instances that would challenge that notion, it is only a minority. This represents the progress mankind has made to understand one another. But has the idea of the freak show been abandoned with this new period? It is unfortunate to say that is not the case. In fact if anything it has only intensified with the advancement of society, particularly relating with technology and social networking. Social networking is the spectacle and barker in this relationship of the freak show to modern times. It is because of social networking, that we can see examples of the freak show displayed in our daily lives. I want to explore this further, explaining in greater detail how the freak show and the carnival grotesque have advanced with society as everything else and in fact plays on these advancements to contribute to the spectacle of the freak show and grotesque.
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