Online Communities and Social Computing

1. Part I: Designing and Developing On-Line Communities

   1. From Clicks to Touches: Enabling Face-to-Face Shared Social Interface on Multi-touch Tabletops

      • Chia Shen

      Pages 169-175

   2. Physical Representation Social Presence with Interactive Grass

      • Jui Hang Shih, Teng-Wen Chang, Hui-Mei Hong, Tian-Chiu Li

      Pages 176-181

   3. Artistic Data Visualization: Beyond Visual Analytics

      • Fernanda B. Viégas, Martin Wattenberg

      Pages 182-191

   4. Social Puppets: Towards Modular Social Animation for Agents and Avatars

      • Hannes Vilhjalmsson, Chirag Merchant, Prasan Samtani

      Pages 192-201

   5. A Cross-Cultural Study of Flow Experience in the IT Environment: The Beginning

      • Alexander E. Voiskounsky

      Pages 202-211

   6. Cultural Institutions, Co-creativity and Communities of Interest

      • Jerry Watkins, Angelina Russo

      Pages 212-221

   7. A Study of Emotional and Rational Purchasing Behavior for Online Shopping

      • Lifen Yeh, Eric Min-Yang Wang, Sheue-Ling Huang

      Pages 222-227

   8. A Trust-Based Reputation System in Peer-to-Peer Grid

      • Zenggang Xiong, Yang Yang, Xuemin Zhang, Dairong Yu, Li Liu

      Pages 228-235

2. Part II: Knowledge, Collaboration, Learning and Local On-Line Communities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237

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   2. The Social Implications of an Assisted Living Reminder System

      • Bedoor K. AlShebli, Eric Gilbert, Karrie Karahalios

      Pages 239-249

   3. Disaster-Response Information Sharing System Based on Cellular Phone with GPS

      • Masakatsu Aoki, Shunichi Yonemura, Kenichiro Shimokura

      Pages 250-255

   4. Tags for Citizens: Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Classification in the Turin Municipality Website

      • Franco Carcillo, Luca Rosati

      Pages 256-264

   5. Tracing Conceptual and Geospatial Diffusion of Knowledge

      • Chaomei Chen, Weizhong Zhu, Brian Tomaszewski, Alan MacEachren

      Pages 265-274

   6. The Differences Between the Influences of Synchronous and Asynchronous Modes on Collaborative Learning Project of Industrial Design

      • Wenzhi Chen, Manlai You

      Pages 275-283

   7. Self-Awareness in a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environment

      • Kwangsu Cho, Moon-Heum Cho

      Pages 284-291

   8. How to See the Beauty That Is Not There : The Aesthetic Element of Programming in the Computer- Based Media Art

      • Hyunkyoung Cho, Joonsung Yoon

      Pages 292-300

   9. CNA2 – Communications and Community; Neighborhoods and Networks; Action and Analysis: Concepts and Methods for Community Technology Research

      • Peter Day, Clair Farenden

      Pages 301-314

   10. Toward Machine Therapy: Parapraxis of Machine Design and Use

       • Kelly Dobson

       Pages 315-323

   11. Flow Experience of MUD Players: Investigating Multi-User Dimension Gamers from the USA

       • Anthony Faiola, Alexander E. Voiskounsky

       Pages 324-333

   12. Unveiling the Structure: Effects of Social Feedback on Communication Activity in Online Multiplayer Videogames

       • Luciano Gamberini, Francesco Martino, Fabiola Scarpetta, Andrea Spoto, Anna Spagnolli

       Pages 334-341

The 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2007, was held in Beijing, P.R. China, 22-27 July 2007, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2007, the 7th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, the 2nd International Conf- ence on Virtual Reality, the 2nd International Conference on Usability and Inter- tionalization, the 2nd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 3rd International Conference on Augmented Cognition, and the 1st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling. A total of 3403 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and g- ernmental agencies from 76 countries submitted contributions, and 1681 papers, judged to be of high scientific quality, were included in the program. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlightthe human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation th- oughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major - vances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. This volume, edited by Douglas Schuler, contains papers in the thematic area of Online Communities and Social Computing, addressing the following major topics: • Designing and Developing On-line Communities • Knowledge, Collaboration, Learning and Local On-line Communities

• Internet
• Open Source
• Puppet
• Wiki
• adaptive interfaces
• agent-based architecture
• augmented communication
• authentication
• blog management
• case-based reasoning
• collaborative networks
• design modeling
• digital
• identity
• knowledge management

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