The Computer is a Medium, Not a Tool: Collaborative Media Challenging Interaction Design

Collaborative media entail an emerging set of digitally mediated practices, characterized by collaborative communicative action within organically developing, cross-medial infrastructures. We argue that computers are increasingly turning from tools into (collaborative) media in everyday use, and tha...

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Main Authors:	Jonas Löwgren, Bo Reimer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2013-05-01
Series:	Challenges
Subjects:	collaborative media communicative practices infrastructuring media design
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/4/1/86

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title	The Computer is a Medium, Not a Tool: Collaborative Media Challenging Interaction Design
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description	Collaborative media entail an emerging set of digitally mediated practices, characterized by collaborative communicative action within organically developing, cross-medial infrastructures. We argue that computers are increasingly turning from tools into (collaborative) media in everyday use, and that this shift poses a significant challenge to the discipline of interaction design. Particularly prominent aspects of the challenge include the way design processes are conceptualized and structured, and the way in which communicative perspectives take precedence over instrumental ones.
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The Computer is a Medium, Not a Tool: Collaborative Media Challenging Interaction Design

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