From School Food to Skate Parks in a Few Clicks: Using Public Displays to Bootstrap Civic Engagement of the Young

Simo Hosio; Vassilis Kostakos; Hannu Kukka; Marko Jurmu; Jukka Riekki; Timo Ojala

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31205-2_26

From School Food to Skate Parks in a Few Clicks: Using Public Displays to Bootstrap Civic Engagement of the Young

Simo Hosio^*
, Vassilis Kostakos
, Hannu Kukka
, Marko Jurmu
, Jukka Riekki
, Timo Ojala

^*Corresponding author for this work

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University of Oulu

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Abstract

We present Ubinion, a service that utilizes large public interactive displays to enable young people to give personalized feedback on municipal issues to local youth workers. It also facilitates discussion and sharing the feedback online using modern social networking services. We present the motivation and rationale behind Ubinion and analyze the results from three large-scale user trials conducted in authentic settings. The evaluation shows that young users are positive about adopting Ubinion, and that they quickly appropriated its use to provide feedback outside the intended scope of the system, but still reflecting their concerns. We argue that Ubinion's design as a fun and informal tool is appropriate for its purpose, and discuss the versatility of public interactive displays as a municipal feedback medium and as content sources for online communities in general.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pervasive Computing
Subtitle of host publication	10th International Conference, Pervasive 2012
Editors	Judy Kay, Paul Lukowicz, Hideyuki Tokuda, Patrick Olivier, Antonio Krüger
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	425-442
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-31205-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-31204-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31205-2_26
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	10th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Pervasive 2012 - Newcastle, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Jun 2012 → 22 Jun 2012

Publication series

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	7319
ISSN	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Pervasive 2012
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Newcastle
Period	18/06/12 → 22/06/12

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

civic engagement
information interfaces
public displays
public spaces
Social computing
social networking
urban computing

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Hosio, S., Kostakos, V., Kukka, H., Jurmu, M., Riekki, J., & Ojala, T. (2012). From School Food to Skate Parks in a Few Clicks: Using Public Displays to Bootstrap Civic Engagement of the Young. In J. Kay, P. Lukowicz, H. Tokuda, P. Olivier, & A. Krüger (Eds.), Pervasive Computing: 10th International Conference, Pervasive 2012 (pp. 425-442). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31205-2_26

Hosio, Simo ; Kostakos, Vassilis ; Kukka, Hannu et al. / From School Food to Skate Parks in a Few Clicks : Using Public Displays to Bootstrap Civic Engagement of the Young. Pervasive Computing: 10th International Conference, Pervasive 2012. editor / Judy Kay ; Paul Lukowicz ; Hideyuki Tokuda ; Patrick Olivier ; Antonio Krüger. Berlin : Springer, 2012. pp. 425-442 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7319).

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Hosio, S, Kostakos, V, Kukka, H, Jurmu, M, Riekki, J & Ojala, T 2012, From School Food to Skate Parks in a Few Clicks: Using Public Displays to Bootstrap Civic Engagement of the Young. in J Kay, P Lukowicz, H Tokuda, P Olivier & A Krüger (eds), Pervasive Computing: 10th International Conference, Pervasive 2012. Springer, Berlin, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7319, pp. 425-442, 10th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Pervasive 2012, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 18/06/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31205-2_26

From School Food to Skate Parks in a Few Clicks: Using Public Displays to Bootstrap Civic Engagement of the Young. / Hosio, Simo; Kostakos, Vassilis; Kukka, Hannu et al.
Pervasive Computing: 10th International Conference, Pervasive 2012. ed. / Judy Kay; Paul Lukowicz; Hideyuki Tokuda; Patrick Olivier; Antonio Krüger. Berlin: Springer, 2012. p. 425-442 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7319).

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Hosio S, Kostakos V, Kukka H, Jurmu M, Riekki J, Ojala T. From School Food to Skate Parks in a Few Clicks: Using Public Displays to Bootstrap Civic Engagement of the Young. In Kay J, Lukowicz P, Tokuda H, Olivier P, Krüger A, editors, Pervasive Computing: 10th International Conference, Pervasive 2012. Berlin: Springer. 2012. p. 425-442. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7319). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-31205-2_26

From School Food to Skate Parks in a Few Clicks: Using Public Displays to Bootstrap Civic Engagement of the Young

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