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CSCW
2012
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
Transforming solitary exercises into social exergames
This paper discusses an approach for transforming solitary exercises into social exergames. We frame our discussion by highlighting the relation between the original exercises and...
Taiwoo Park, Chungkuk Yoo, Sungwon Peter Choe, Byu...
CSCW
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Linguistic mimicry and trust in text-based CMC
This study examines the relationship between linguistic mimicry and trust establishment in a text-chat environment. Twenty-six participant pairs engaged in a social dilemma invest...
Lauren E. Scissors, Alastair J. Gill, Darren Gergl...
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ITICSE
2006
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Once she makes it, she is there: gender differences in computer science study
When you sit in a Computer Science lecture at any university in the western world, what are the chances that the person sitting next to you will be a woman? Furthermore, what are ...
Tamar Vilner, Ela Zur
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CSCW
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
The view from the trenches: organization, power, and technology at two nonprofit homeless outreach centers
Nonprofit social service organizations provide the backbone of social support infrastructure in the U.S. and around the world. As the ecology of information exchange moves evermor...
Christopher A. Le Dantec, W. Keith Edwards
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ACMACE
2009
ACM
15 years 2 months ago
Familiars: representing Facebook users' social behaviour through a reflective playful experience
In this paper, we describe the design and development of a social game called Familiars. Inspired by the daemons in Pullman’s “Dark Material” trilogy, Familiars are animal c...
Ben Kirman, Eva Ferrari, Shaun Lawson, Jonathan Fr...