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Call for chapters: The Interaction Society
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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS
Call for Chapters: The Interaction Society: Practice, Theories, and
Supportive Technologies, Idea Group, Inc Editor: Mikael Wiberg
(Submission Deadline: Proposal due 15 April 2003, Full Manuscript Due:
July 31, 2003)
Title:
The Interaction Society: Practice, Theories, and Supportive
Technologies
Edited by: Mikael Wiberg, PhD, Department of Informatics, Umea
University (Sweden)
e-mail:mwiberg@informatik.umu.se
Background - emerging issues in the Interaction Society
Recently it has been argued that there is a need for computer science,
and related fields of research, to shift its focus
from user tasks, their requirements, applications or computing, to
issues concerning interaction, mutual awareness, and
ubiquity. Overall, it is a shift from the Information society, with its
focus on information, storage and processing of
data, and transactions, to the Interaction society, with related issues
including e.g. work as ongoing and fluid
networks of connections, interaction overload, interaction management,
contact management, seamless session
management, and time management. This general shift has also highlighted
the need to acknowledge issues such as
individual attention management in relation to the fluidity of work in
group collaboration, and organizations.
Along with the focus on interaction and its related issues several
empirical studies have been conducted with a focus
on the characteristics of informal, lightweight, and opportunistic
interaction and its implications for design of technology
to support interaction. Together with the issue of interaction there is
also the issue of interruptions and inappropriate
times for interaction. Recent empirical work place studies have shown
that people spend a lot of their time in settings
where their ability to respond to incoming interaction requests are very
limited.
Mission
The overall objective of this proposed book is to provide its audience
with a rich overview of the emerging interaction
society enabled by new information and communication technologies (ICT)
such as mobile phones, PDAs, and
pagers, and applications such as: email and chat clients, instant
messaging systems, video conferencing systems and
different kinds of alert- and notification systems. The overall
objective is thus to address the issues highlighted in the
background description for this book, together with in depth analyses of
emerging trends, opportunities, and problems
related to the interaction society.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Empirical studies - of the fluidity of work and work in the interaction
society. Here, ethnographic studies, naturalistic
studies, and experiments with interaction technologies and its use in
both work contexts and during leisure times are
invited.
Theories, frameworks, and models - concerning the interaction society
and the fluidity of work. Here, theories,
frameworks and models that aim at describe and analyze how these new
technologies challenges our assumptions
made about human-computer interaction, and human communication in
general are specially invited.
Novel interaction technologies - for the fluidity of work. Here,
Research efforts made to realize novel applications
and gadgets designed to support all various kinds of interaction are
especially invited. Also, overviews and
categorizations of different types of interaction supports are welcome.
Obstacles - for enabling fluid and instant collaboration in the
interaction society. Here, critical reviews and evaluations
of various interaction technologies and how these technologies supports
individual, collaborative work, and
organizational work are invited.
General information:
If you are interested in contributing a chapter for this forthcoming
book, please forward a proposal of 2-4 pages on
your topic before April 15, 2003.
Authors of accepted proposals would be asked to submit their full
manuscript by July 31, 2003. Final chapters should
be between 25-30 double-spaced pages formatted according to the
guidelines provided upon acceptance. The
bibliographic references should follow APA style. An abstract of 100-150
words should also be included.
The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group, Inc., publisher of
the "Idea Group Publishing," "Information
Science Publishing," and "IRM Press" imprints in 2004.
Important Dates:
* Proposal Due: April 15, 2003
* Full Manuscript Due: July 31, 2003
* Revised Manuscript Due: October 31, 2003
Please send all inquiries and submissions (preferably through e-mail as
Word files) to:
Dr. Mikael Wiberg
Department of Informatics
Umea University
901 87 Umea
Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)90 786 61 15
Email: mwiberg@informatik.umu.se
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Mikael Wiberg, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Interaction Theory Lab (ITL)
Department of Informatics
Umeå University
901 87 Umeå
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)90 - 786 61 15
email: mikael.wiberg@informatik.umu.se
http://www.informatik.umu.se/~mwiberg/
ITL: http://www.informatik.umu.se/itl/
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