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Collaborative media as a platform for community powered ecological sustainability transformations: a case study

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Jonna Häkkilä,

Eija TimonenAuthors Info & Claims

MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

Article No.: 44, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/3365610.3368413

Published: 26 November 2019 Publication History

Abstract

We explore collaborative media as a tool for empowering people towards sustainability and seeking solutions against climate change. As a case study, we investigate the Youth4Climate collaborative media site, where people can post an idea for tackling climate change, and comment and vote on others' ideas. By analysing the body of 266 ideas and 1406 comments posted on the collaborative media platform, we identify eight functions on how collaborative media supports community powered ecological sustainability transformations. Our work contributes in understanding and structuring collaborative media in citizen activism.

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Karhu MSuoheimo MHäkkilä J(2021)People’s Perspectives on Social Media Use during COVID-19 PandemicProceedings of the 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia10.1145/3490632.3490666(123-130)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3490632.3490666

Index Terms

Collaborative media as a platform for community powered ecological sustainability transformations: a case study
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Empirical studies in collaborative and social computing

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MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

November 2019

462 pages

ISBN:9781450376242

DOI:10.1145/3365610

General Chair:
Fabio Paternò
CNR-ISTI, Italy
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Giulio Jacucci
University of Helsinki, Finland
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Michael Rohs
University of Hannover, Germany
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CNR-ISTI, Italy

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Karhu MRantasila AOlsson THäkkilä J(2024)Understanding animal-oriented social media collaboration in Australia’s 2019–20 bushfire crisisFrontiers in Communication10.3389/fcomm.2024.14403119Online publication date: 12-Sep-2024
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1440311
Karhu MSuoheimo MHäkkilä J(2021)People’s Perspectives on Social Media Use during COVID-19 PandemicProceedings of the 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia10.1145/3490632.3490666(123-130)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3490632.3490666

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