Understanding Social Media: Accelerating Social Participation with Ben Shneiderman (New York, NY, USA)

NYC UPA’s April Event: An Evening With Ben Shneiderman

What motivates technology-mediated social participation? Through improved interface design and social support, we can bring thebenefits of social media to important challenges, such as healthcaredelivery, e-commerce, business innovation, energy sustainability, andinternational development.Billions participate in online social activities. Some participate as readers, searchers, or viewers. A fraction becomes contributors of user-generated content or moves beyond individual efforts to become collaborators. Some become leaders who participate in governance by setting and upholding policies, repairing vandalized materials, or mentoring novices.NYC UPA invites you to meet HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) pioneer Ben Shneiderman as he offers the Reader-to-Leader Framework (developed with Jennifer Preece) to help researchers and designers understand social media and accelerate participation.

Go to http://nycupa.org to register.

• Calendar
• Event type » Local meeting
• Locales » New York City, NY, USA
• Organizations » UPA
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