2013, Volume 9
Recent Submissions
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From the Editor in Chief: Technologies to Support Learning, Well-Being, and Communication
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Gender and the Telephone: Voice and Emotions Shaping and Gendering Space
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2013)In the field of communication studies, the topic of telephony and the gendering of space via voice and emotions has received limited attention. The focus of this article is how telephone conversations are mediated by voice ... -
Reflecting on the PRET A Rapporter Framework Via a Field Study of Adolescents’ Perceptions of Technology and Exercise
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2013)PRET A Rapporter (PRETAR) was developed to explicitly structure user-centered evaluation studies to ensure all necessary elements are individually and independently considered. Its creators see its benefit as twofold: for ... -
Actual and Potential Pedagogical Use of Tablets in Schools
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2013)This study reviews the potential of tablet technology for teaching and learning. In autumn 2012, we conducted a focused survey comprising quantitative and qualitative questions with Finnish teachers (N = 171, from 54 ... -
From the Editor in Chief: Evolving Technologies for a Variety of Human Practices
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Human Technology, VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1 (The entire issue)
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Effects of Positioning Aids on Understanding the Relationship Between a Mobile Map and the Environment
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2013)Positioning technologies such as GPS enable mobile map applications to display a symbol representing an estimation of a user’s location on a mobile map, therefore acting as a positioning aid. Previous research on the ... -
Designing a Multichannel Map Service Concept
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2013)This paper introduces a user-centered design process for developing a multichannel map service. The aim of the service is to provide hikers with interactive maps through several channels. In a multichannel map service, the ... -
Evidence Against a Correlation Between Ease of Use and Actual Use of a Device in a Walk-in Virtual Environment
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2013)Technology acceptance and its use are assumed to be based on the perceived usefulness and ease of use of the technology. We studied one aspect of that by focusing on a possible correlation between the actual use of a device ... -
Telepresence and Sexuality: A Review and a Call to Scholars
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2013)Scholars have examined the phenomenon of telepresence, a perceptual illusion of nonmediation experienced by media users, in a wide variety of contexts. This paper explores telepresence theory and research in the rarely ... -
Creative Network Communities in the Translocal Space of Digital Networks
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2013)What should sociological research be in the age of Web 2.0? Considering that the task of “network sociology” is not only empirical research but also the interpretation of tendencies of the network culture, this research ...
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