Online Communities and Social Computing: Third International Conference, OCSC 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009. Proceedings

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A Discussion System for Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative Analysis of Incidents in Nuclear Power Plants....Pages 3-12
Universal Navigation through Social Networking....Pages 13-22
Collaborative Work in 3D Virtual Environments: A Research Agenda and Operational Framework....Pages 23-32
Workflow-Based Architecture for Collaborative Video Annotation....Pages 33-42
Catalysing the Development of a Conference Workspace....Pages 43-52
Dialogues of Locations: BlueSpot....Pages 53-61
Instant Online Communities as a Means to Foster Conferences....Pages 62-71
Mobile Social Service Design for Large-Scale Exhibition....Pages 72-81
Accessibility of Registration Mechanisms in Social Networking Sites....Pages 82-90
A Visualization Approach for Group Behaviors, Beliefs and Intentions to Support Critical Decisions....Pages 91-100
Measuring Usability via Biometrics....Pages 101-107
Structuring the Social Subsystem Components of the Community Based E-Museum Framework....Pages 108-116
Notice Board as Metaphor for Social Media Service in Chemical Factory....Pages 117-125
A Study on the Interface for Viewing the Information Menu of a Town from Intersections Using a Digital Compass....Pages 126-133
Email Accessibility and Social Networking....Pages 134-140
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Why People Use Social Networking Sites....Pages 143-152
Automatic Generation of Non-verbal Behavior for Agents in Virtual Worlds: A System for Supporting Multimodal Conversations of Bots and Avatars....Pages 153-161
Preliminary Findings from a Cross Cultural Usability Study on the Internationalization of User Interfaces....Pages 162-171
Credibility On-Line: Quality Metrics for Evaluation....Pages 172-181
A Life-Like Agent Interface System with Second Life Avatars on the OpenSimulator Server....Pages 182-190
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Multi-dimensional Moderation in Online Communities: Experiences with Three Norwegian Sites....Pages 191-196
Modding as Rating Behavior in Virtual Communities: The Case of Rooster Teeth Productions....Pages 197-206
Personalized and Deformed Avatars for Realizing Avatar-Mediated Real Person-to-Person Communication....Pages 207-215
Ghatcha: GHost Avatar on a Telework CHAir....Pages 216-225
Distributed Leadership, Trust and Online Communities....Pages 226-235
Metacommunication Patterns in Online Communities....Pages 236-245
Collective Content as a Facilitator of Community Interaction: A User Study of Four Close-Knit Communities....Pages 246-255
Analysis of Information Disclosure on a Social Networking Site....Pages 256-264
Attribution of Identity in Autonomous Action of Remotely Operated Robot....Pages 265-271
Supporting Acceptable Dialogue Start Based on User Uninterruptibility Estimation for Avatar-Mediated Multi-tasking Online Communication....Pages 272-281
Developing Believable Interactive Cultural Characters for Cross-Cultural Training....Pages 282-291
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Weighting Structures: Evolutionary Dynamics of Innovation Networks in Virtual Communities....Pages 295-304
User Reputation Evaluation Using Co-occurrence Feature and Collective Intelligence....Pages 305-311
Innovation Networks: A Report on Creating a Specialist Professional Social Network, Offline and Online, to Foster Innovation in the New Media Sector....Pages 312-321
The Innovation Architectures of Facebook....Pages 322-325
Improving Personal Tagging Consistency through Visualization of Tag Relevancy....Pages 326-335
“I Heard It on the Grapevine” – Blogging, Facebook, YouTube, and Student Self-organization during a Faculty Strike....Pages 336-345
Evaluation of User Reputation on YouTube....Pages 346-353
Critical Success Factors for Web 2.0 – A Reference Framework....Pages 354-363
User Innovation Networks and Research Challenges....Pages 364-373
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Web Interface for Designing and Sharing Sound Space....Pages 374-380
Who Are the Web Composers?....Pages 381-390
Social Adaptation of ERP Software: Tagging UI Elements....Pages 391-400
Propagation Modeling and Analysis of Incidental Topics in Blogosphere....Pages 401-410
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The Coming Revolution in Competence Development: Using Serious Games to Improve Cross-Cultural Skills....Pages 413-422
Learning Computer Science Fundamentals through Virtual Environments....Pages 423-431
A Discussion of Video Capturing to Assist in Distance Learning....Pages 432-441
The Whole Story: Retrieving Narratives for Cross-Cultural Understanding....Pages 442-451
When Social Worlds Collide: Charting the Intersection of Social Media and Courseware/Course Management Systems....Pages 452-461
The First Two W’s: Fostering Multicultural Awareness in Children....Pages 462-470
Creating Community through the Use of a Class Wiki....Pages 471-478
Benefits and Challenges of Using Collaborative Development Environments with Social Software in Higher Computer Science Education....Pages 479-487
Virtual Communities Adapted to the EHEA in an Enterprise Distance e-Learning Based Environment....Pages 488-497
Evaluating the Social Dimension in Online Learning Communities....Pages 498-506
Heuristics for Implementation of Wiki Technology in Higher Education Learning....Pages 507-514
Mobile Phone Interfaces for Informal Education....Pages 515-524
A Proposed Movie Recommendation Method Using Emotional Word Selection....Pages 525-534
Cultural Prescription vs. User Perception of Information Architecture for Culture Centred Website: A Case Study on Muslim Online User....Pages 535-544
Leveraging Mobile Devices to Develop Intercultural Competency for Digital Students....Pages 545-553
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Game Usability Heuristics (PLAY) for Evaluating and Designing Better Games: The Next Iteration....Pages 557-566
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Cheating Behaviors in Online Gaming....Pages 567-573
Flow Experience in Second Life: The Impact of Telepresence on Human-Computer Interaction....Pages 574-583
EmoHeart: Automation of Expressive Communication of Emotions in Second Life....Pages 584-592
Antecedents of Attributions in an Educational Game for Social Learning: Who’s to Blame?....Pages 593-602
Intercultural Competence Game That Fosters Metacognitive Agility and Reflection....Pages 603-612
A Content Analysis of Interviews with Players of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Play Games (MMORPGs): Motivating Factors and the Impact on Relationships....Pages 613-621
Uncanny as Usability Obstacle....Pages 622-631
Gamers’ Implicit Knowledge on the Psychological Influence of Game-Playing....Pages 632-640
Intercultural Socializing via Mobile Games for Backpackers....Pages 641-650
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Designing Inclusive Social Networks: A Participatory Approach....Pages 653-662
City Ragas: Building an Intercultural Dialogue between People....Pages 663-672
Are Online Communities Good for the Civic Audit of Public Spaces, Services, and Officers?....Pages 673-681
Social Features in Online Communities for Healthcare Consumers – A Review....Pages 682-689
Usability and User Acceptance for Personal Health Records: A Perspective from Healthcare Citizens....Pages 690-699
Measuring E-Democracy Opportunities: A Global Perspective....Pages 700-709
Ethnographic User Study and Concept Design for Chinese Migrant Workers’ Social Networks....Pages 710-718
Medication Adherence among the Elderly and Technology Aids: Results from an Online Survey Study....Pages 719-727
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