Social navigation of information space.

Editors: Alan J. Munro, Kristina Hook, David Benyon


 SUMMARY:  Social navigation is a vibrant new field which
           examines how we navigate information spaces in "real"
           and "virtual" environments, how we orient and guide
           ourselves, and how we interact with others to find our
           way. This approach brings a new way of thinking about
           how we design information spaces, emphasising our need
           to collaborate with others, and follow the trails of
           their activities in these spaces.

CONTENTS:
Table of Contents
List of contributors
 1 Footprints in the snow (A. Munro, K. Hook, D. Benyon)
 2 Where the footprints lead: tracking down other roles for
   social navigation (P. Dourish)
 3 Social connotations of space in the design for virtual
   communities and social navigation (A. Dieberger)
 4 Informatics, architecture and language (M. Chalmers)
 5 Information that counts: a sociological view of information
   navigation (R.H.R. Harper)
 6 Screen scenery: transposing aesthetic principles from real to
   electronic environments (M. Buscher, J. Hughes)
 7 Navigation the virtual landscape: co-ordinating the shared use
   of space (P. Jeffrey, G. Mark)
 8 Spaces, places, landscapes and views: experiential design of
   shared information spaces (J.A. Waterworth)
 9 The conceptual structure of information space (P.P. Maglio, T.
   Matlock)
10 A contrast between information navigation and social
   navigation in virtual worlds (P. Rankin, R. Spence)
11 Understanding representations of space: a comparison of
   visualisation techniques in mainstream cinema and computer
   interfaces (P. Persson)
12 The role of wearables in social navigation (Odd-Wiking Rahlff,
   R. Kenneth Rolfsen, J. Herstad)
13 Evaluating adaptive navigation support (K. Hook, M. Svensson)
14 Footsteps from the garden - arcadian knowledge spaces (A.
   McGrath, A. Munro)
References
Index

Softcover, 224 pages
Dimensions: 0.61 x 9.26 x 6.15 inches;
            1,5 x 23,5 x 15,6 cm
Price: USA $ 64.95
Published: 1999
Publisher: Springer (London)
ISBN: 1-85233-090-2

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