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Motivation for adopting emergency response technology in community settings

Published: 01 September 2008 Publication History

Abstract

My dissertation work focuses on the motivation for adopting emergency response technology in community settings. The main purpose of my study is to understand various factors that affect community members' motivation and ability to participate in ICT-enabled emergency response. The key questions my research intends to answer are: What motivates community members to adopt and use emergency response technologies? What prevents them from using such technologies? What can be done to lower the cognitive, social, and technical barriers of adopting emergency response systems? Answers to these questions not only will inform the system design and assist practitioners in deploying and promoting response systems, but will also provide useful insights to researchers interested in how technologies can facilitate communication and cooperation among community members, especially in response to high-stress, high-stakes situations.

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Sutton, J., Palen, L., and Shklovski, I. Backchannels on the front lines: Emergent uses of social media in the 2007 southern California wildfires. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2008) (Washington, DC, May 4--7, 2008).
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Zagier, A. S. College students slow to embrace text alerts. USA Today (2008, February 28).
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Kling, R. Learning about information technologies and social change: The contribution of social informatics. The Information Society, 16, 3 (July 2000), 217--232.

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BCS-HCI '08: Proceedings of the 22nd British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: Culture, Creativity, Interaction - Volume 2
September 2008
263 pages
ISBN:9781906124069
  • Conference Chair:
  • David England

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BCS Learning & Development Ltd.

Swindon, United Kingdom

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Published: 01 September 2008

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  1. community
  2. emergency response
  3. motivation
  4. technology adoption

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