Dimensions of Situatedness for Digital Public Displays

Public displays are often strongly situated signs deeply embedded in their physical, social, and cultural setting. Understanding how the display is coupled with on-going situations, its level of situatedness, provides a key element for the interpretation of the displays themselves but is also an ele...

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Published in:Advances in Human-Computer Interaction 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.96-106
Main Authors: José, Rui, Cardoso, Jorge C. S., Otero, Nuno
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Information display systems
Public spaces
Signs and symbols
Social aspects
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Summary:Public displays are often strongly situated signs deeply embedded in their physical, social, and cultural setting. Understanding how the display is coupled with on-going situations, its level of situatedness, provides a key element for the interpretation of the displays themselves but is also an element for the interpretation of place, its situated practices, and its social context. Most digital displays, however, do not achieve the same sense of situatedness that seems so natural in their nondigital counterparts. This paper investigates people’s perception of situatedness when considering the connection between public displays and their context. We have collected over 300 photos of displays and conducted a set of analysis tasks involving focus groups and structured interviews with 15 participants. The contribution is a consolidated list of situatedness dimensions that should provide a valuable resource for reasoning about situatedness in digital displays and informing the design and development of display systems.
ISSN:1687-5893
1687-5907
1687-5907
DOI:10.1155/2014/474652