1st Edition
Living in Digital Worlds Designing the Digital Public Space
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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Living in Digital Worlds investigates the relationship between human society and technology, as our private and particularly our public lives are increasingly undertaken in spaces that are inherently digital: digital public spaces. The book unpicks why digital technology is such an inextricable part of modern society, first by examining the historical relationship between technological... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of Figures, Introduction, Section 1: How did we get here, Chapter 1 – Defining the Digital Public Space, Chapter 2 – Digital Public Space for the evolved mind, Section 2: What are the attributes and effects of DPS, Chapter 3 – The Physicality of Digital Public Space, Chapter 4 – Inhabiting Digital Information Space, Section 3: What are the consequences of DPS, Chapter 5 – Transactions, payment and ownership, Chapter 6 – Challenges of the Digital Public Space: Privacy, Chapter 7 – Challenges of the Digital Public Space: Bias, Section 4: How do we design digital futures, Chapter 8 – Futures of Digital Public Space, Chapter 9 – Design processes and management in digital public space, Index
Biography
Naomi Jacobs is a researcher currently based at the University of Aberdeen, whose various work focuses on interaction in digital and physical spaces. This has included interdisciplinarity and knowledge exchange, fan practices of sharing online, and the effect on communities of internet of things technologies.
Rachel Cooper OBE is Distinguished Professor of Design Management and Policy at Lancaster University. Professor Cooper’s research covers: design thinking; design management; design policy, across all sectors of industry. She has a specific interest in design for wellbeing and socially responsible design, and has published widely on these topics.
