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(2017): Screens are a game changer. How environments influence social capital in the digital era. In: Cogent Social Sciences 3 (1). DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2017.1372028
Abstract: Accumulated social interactions shape social capital-that is, resources available through social ties-that benefits individuals, groups, and society at large. Personal electronic communication media and devices, termed herein screens, are a new type of environment interacting with other environments within an ecological system. Environments influence interpersonal communication in and across settings; yet little is known about the influence of context wherein virtual and in-person social interactions occur. After overviewing the characteristics of the screens, the present paper examines how four geographical contexts-middle-class suburbs, impoverished neighborhoods, urban neighborhoods, and college communities-can influence on the relationship between the screen and local social capital. Lastly, this paper discusses environmental design implications for reducing screen usage that harms social capital.
Keywords: POWER, Umwelt/Wohnumfeld 2014
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(2014): Cities by Design. The Social Life of Urban Form. Hoboken: Wiley. Online verfügbar unter http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1602914
Abstract: Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close relationship between the social and physical shaping of urban environments. With cities taking a growing share of the global population, urban forms and urban experience are crucial for understanding social injustice, economic inequality and environmental challenges. Current processes of urbanization too often contribute to intensifying these problems; cities, likewise, will be central to the solutions to such problems. Focus
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(2013): Design and Technologies for Understanding Older Adults Social Interactions in Retirement Communities. In: International Journal of Social Robotics 5 (4), S. 575-591. DOI: 10.1007/s12369-013-0219-6
Abstract: Social interactions in retirement communities' shared spaces are a key component to preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people. Given the underutilization of these spaces, placing technologies to promote utilization of- and socialization in-shared spaces might improve independence and quality of life among older adults. The purpose of this paper is to describe the design, development, and technology studies conducted for understanding the social interactions of older adults in retirement communities. To understand current use of shared spaces, observational studies were conducted in a retirement community. Moreover, interventions were implemented to evaluate the impact of designed technologies in shared spaces. The results motivate the need for an automated behavioral mapping surveillance system to quantify social interactions among older adults and technology interventions in retirement communities' shared common areas. This paper describes the development of a video-based analysis system for understanding social interactions among older adults in retirement communities. Specific emphasis is given to describing the automated behavioral mapping surveillance system designed to monitor the number, length, and type of interactions of older adults in retirement communities. We hypothesize that social interactions amongst older adults can be detected using video cameras and microphones strategically placed in the environment, and discuss the development of a surveillance system specifically for quantifying social interaction. This study is relevant for the field of social robotics as an example of a realistic application domain.
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