Uittreksel
1. What relations can be identified between social impacts and characteristics of
technologies?
2. How can a designer anticipate social impact?
3. How can social impact be managed in design environments?
| Originele taal-2 | English |
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| Plaats van publicatie | Enschede |
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| Gedrukte ISBN's | 978-90-365-00654 |
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| Status | Published - 2013 |
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Keywords
- ontwerpen
- sociale impact
- technologie
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Managing social impact in design : Tools and methods for anticipating consequences of technology. / Bouma, Jantine.
Enschede : University of Twente, 2013. 157 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: PhD Research external, graduation external
TY - THES
T1 - Managing social impact in design
T2 - Tools and methods for anticipating consequences of technology
AU - Bouma, Jantine
N1 - Gepubliceerd in de HBO kennisbank met toestemming van de auteur, die ten tijde van het verschijnen van het proefschrift werkzaam is bij de Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We need look no further than the use of email communication, mobile phones and cars to understand that technology has wide-ranging social consequences. What is more, designers are plainly not always aware of the social consequences of technology, despite practicing user-centred design. Email, for instance, was developed as an efficient mode of communication between two actors. As we all know, the introduction of email has fundamentally changed traditional business and office practices. These side effects were not identified until long after email was introduced. During recent years, designers have grown increasingly interested in these social aspects. Modern information technology, in particular, creates extensive possibilities to influence social behaviour. Persuasive technology has been developed to increase, e.g., environmental friendliness. Once a designer aims at defined social changes, the consequences of technology for practices become a responsibility, too. The present research is aimed at providing tools and methods to anticipate social consequences at an earlier stage of the design process. These consequences of technologies in social environments will be called social impacts. In order to be a meaningful concept for designers the characteristics of a particular technology that are responsible for social impacts must be identified. Social consequences of technologies have not been observed very thoroughly from a user-centred design point of view. Therefore, this thesis is aimed, not only at gaining knowledge about social impact, but also translating these insights into workable instruments for designers. This leads to the following research questions:1. What relations can be identified between social impacts and characteristics oftechnologies?2. How can a designer anticipate social impact?3. How can social impact be managed in design environments?
AB - We need look no further than the use of email communication, mobile phones and cars to understand that technology has wide-ranging social consequences. What is more, designers are plainly not always aware of the social consequences of technology, despite practicing user-centred design. Email, for instance, was developed as an efficient mode of communication between two actors. As we all know, the introduction of email has fundamentally changed traditional business and office practices. These side effects were not identified until long after email was introduced. During recent years, designers have grown increasingly interested in these social aspects. Modern information technology, in particular, creates extensive possibilities to influence social behaviour. Persuasive technology has been developed to increase, e.g., environmental friendliness. Once a designer aims at defined social changes, the consequences of technology for practices become a responsibility, too. The present research is aimed at providing tools and methods to anticipate social consequences at an earlier stage of the design process. These consequences of technologies in social environments will be called social impacts. In order to be a meaningful concept for designers the characteristics of a particular technology that are responsible for social impacts must be identified. Social consequences of technologies have not been observed very thoroughly from a user-centred design point of view. Therefore, this thesis is aimed, not only at gaining knowledge about social impact, but also translating these insights into workable instruments for designers. This leads to the following research questions:1. What relations can be identified between social impacts and characteristics oftechnologies?2. How can a designer anticipate social impact?3. How can social impact be managed in design environments?
KW - ontwerpen
KW - sociale impact
KW - technologie
KW - design
KW - social impact
KW - technology
U2 - 10.3990/1.9789036500654
DO - 10.3990/1.9789036500654
M3 - PhD Research external, graduation external
SN - 978-90-365-00654
PB - University of Twente
CY - Enschede
ER -