Online Communities and Social Computing

1. Front Matter

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2. Designing and Developing Online Communities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Discussion System for Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative Analysis of Incidents in Nuclear Power Plants

      • Saizo Aoyagi, Hidenori Fujino, Hirotake Ishii, Hiroshi Shimoda, Hiroshi Sakuda, Hidekazu Yoshikawa et al.

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   3. Universal Navigation through Social Networking

      • Mahsa Ghafourian, Hassan A. Karimi, Linda van Roosmalen

      Pages 13-22

   4. Collaborative Work in 3D Virtual Environments: A Research Agenda and Operational Framework

      • Béatrice S. Hasler, Thierry Buecheler, Rolf Pfeifer

      Pages 23-32

   5. Workflow-Based Architecture for Collaborative Video Annotation

      • Cristian Hofmann, Nina Hollender, Dieter W. Fellner

      Pages 33-42

   6. Catalysing the Development of a Conference Workspace

      • Jukka Huhtamäki, Ossi Nykänen, Jaakko Salonen

      Pages 43-52

   7. Dialogues of Locations: BlueSpot

      • András Kangyal, László Laufer

      Pages 53-61

   8. Instant Online Communities as a Means to Foster Conferences

      • Martin Christof Kindsmüller, Jan Milz, Johannes Schmidt

      Pages 62-71

   9. Mobile Social Service Design for Large-Scale Exhibition

      • Huanglingzi Liu, Ying Liu, Wei Wang, Bin Wang

      Pages 72-81

   10. Accessibility of Registration Mechanisms in Social Networking Sites

       • Gabriele Meiselwitz, Jonathan Lazar

       Pages 82-90

   11. A Visualization Approach for Group Behaviors, Beliefs and Intentions to Support Critical Decisions

       • Colleen L. Phillips, Norman D. Geddes, Justin T. Simms

       Pages 91-100

   12. Measuring Usability via Biometrics

       • Anjali Phukan

       Pages 101-107

   13. Structuring the Social Subsystem Components of the Community Based E-Museum Framework

       • Suriyati Razali, Nor Laila Md. Noor, Wan Adilah Wan Adnan

       Pages 108-116

   14. Notice Board as Metaphor for Social Media Service in Chemical Factory

       • Sampo Teräs, Petri Mannonen

       Pages 117-125

   15. A Study on the Interface for Viewing the Information Menu of a Town from Intersections Using a Digital Compass

       • Misa Tsuchihashi, Katsuhiko Ogawa

       Pages 126-133

   16. Email Accessibility and Social Networking

       • Brian Wentz, Jonathan Lazar

       Pages 134-140

3. Social Behaviour of Humans and Artificial Agents in Online Communities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Why People Use Social Networking Sites

      • Petter Bae Brandtzæg, Jan Heim

      Pages 143-152

   3. Automatic Generation of Non-verbal Behavior for Agents in Virtual Worlds: A System for Supporting Multimodal Conversations of Bots and Avatars

      • Werner Breitfuss, Helmut Prendinger, Mitsuru Ishizuka

      Pages 153-161

The 13th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2009, was held in San Diego, California, USA, July 19–24, 2009, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2009, the 8th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human–Computer Interaction, the Third International Conf- ence on Virtual and Mixed Reality, the Third International Conference on Internati- alization, Design and Global Development, the Third International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 5th International Conference on Augmented Cognition, the Second International Conference on Digital Human Mod- ing, and the First International Conference on Human Centered Design. A total of 4,348 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and gove- mental agencies from 73 countries submitted contributions, and 1,397 papers that were judged to be of high scientific quality were included in the program. These papers - dress the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of the design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of human–computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

• Bluetooth
• augmented reality
• avatar
• biometrics
• blog management
• case-based reasoning
• collaborative learning
• cultural heritage
• democracy
• e-commerce
• education
• healthcare
• identity
• robot
• trust

• Department of Information Systems, UMBC, Baltimore, USA

  A. Ant Ozok

• Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus

  Panayiotis Zaphiris

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