Modelling social translucency in mediated environments

This paper concerns social aspects of interaction with ambient intelligence applications that support awareness of activities and whereabouts of others. It introduces FN-AAR, an abstract model of such systems, which allows to model social translucence, an essential requirement for the social embeddi...

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Published in:Universal access in the information society 2012-08, Vol.11 (3), p.311-321
Main Authors: Metaxas, Georgios, Markopoulos, Panos, Aarts, Emile H. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptance
Ambient intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Clarity
Computer Communication Networks
Computer Science
Computers and Society
Information Storage and Retrieval
Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)
IT in Business
Long Paper
Mathematical models
Modelling
Social aspects
Social interaction
Systems design
Translucence
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
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Summary:This paper concerns social aspects of interaction with ambient intelligence applications that support awareness of activities and whereabouts of others. It introduces FN-AAR, an abstract model of such systems, which allows to model social translucence, an essential requirement for the social embedding and acceptance of such technologies. FN-AAR abstracts away from implementation concerns, modelling the information shared and the information that is observable by actors. The model allows describing and clarifying fine nuances regarding the concept of social translucence lending clarity to earlier discussions. It is argued that building systems that support this conceptual model will allow their users to specify and configure the disclosure and display of information in terms meaningful to them rather and relevant to their concerns.
ISSN:1615-5289
1615-5297
DOI:10.1007/s10209-011-0241-0