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Social Software for Computer-Supported Community-Building |
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This topic is about computer-supported community building. Social networks emanate from purposeful social mingling and interaction and can bring about significant positive social change, a process that can be specifically supported and nurtured, e.g. as described by Plastrik and Taylor (1). While the authors have created their framework before there were social networks like Facebook on the Internet, it seems clear that today's technology can add a lot to this effort. This thesis is about (1) creating a social software concept that supports the building of ad-hoc social communities, following Plastrik and Taylors approach, and investigating how the specific network goals defined by them can be supported by ICT, (2) prototyping this concept and (3) conducting a small user trial to test for conceptual feasibility. (1) https://networkimpact.org/downloads/NetGainsHandbookVersion1.pdf |
| If you're interested, please contact Christian Löw (christian.loew@univie.ac.at) |
A youth perspective on social networks - co-design ofdesigning a social network with children |
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While social networks are very popular among younger people, none of them have been designed from their perspective, putting them first. This topic is about designing a social network from the perspective of youth/young persons. The thesis comprises (1) the participatory design of a social network concept that is based in the interests, wishes and needs of young persons, (2) the prototypical realization of this concept, (3) conducting a small user trial to validate the prototype. |
| If you're interested, please contact Christian Löw (christian.loew@univie.ac.at) |
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