Social Media
Participatory
Design
as a platform for
Lill Francis Reyes & Sisse Finken
Dept. of informatics, University of Oslo
PDC2012
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Why translate
methods?
Translating a traditional method and
letting it unfold online can give
new value to both the method, and
Social Media
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Translations
Letting the method unfold in the online
setting by using the resources enabled
by Social Media
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Facilitation
” I feel a bit like an amateur compared
to the others”
(e-mail from participant)
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Time
An online Future Workshop can last for
almost 4 weeks straight!
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Degrees of
participation
”I haven’t contributed with anything yet,
but I have been reading the comments
and contributions on my mobile phone
while on the tram”
(Random meeting with partiticpant)
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Ethical issues
”I felt a bit stressed out from all the
commenting”
(Interview with participant)
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Choice of platform
Choice of platform affects the process
and the outcome.