Toward social media based writing

John Sadauskas; Daragh Byrne; Robert Atkinson

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39241-2_31

Toward social media based writing

John Sadauskas, Daragh Byrne, Robert Atkinson

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Abstract

Although text-based digital communication (e.g. email, text messaging) is the new norm, American teens continue to fall short of writing standards, claiming school writing is too challenging and that they have nothing interesting to share. However, teens constantly and enthusiastically immerse themselves in social media, through which they regularly document their life stories and voluntarily share them with peers who deliver feedback (comments, "likes," etc.) which has been demonstrated to impact self-esteem. While such activities are, in fact, writing, research indicates that teens instead view them as simply "communication" or "being social." Accordingly, through a review of relevant literature, interviews with teachers, and focus groups with students, this research offers recommendations for designing technology that infuses school writing with the aspects of social media that teens find so engaging - including multi-platform access to personal informatics, guided prewriting tools, and structured peer feedback - with the ultimate goal of improving student writing.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Design, User Experience, and Usability
Subtitle of host publication	Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience - Second Int. Conference, DUXU 2013, Held as Part of HCI Int. 2013, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	276-285
Number of pages	10
Edition	PART 2
ISBN (Print)	9783642392405
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39241-2_31
State	Published - 2013
Event	2nd International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience, DUXU 2013, Held as Part of 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI Int. 2013 - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: Jul 21 2013 → Jul 26 2013

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 2
Volume	8013 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	2nd International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience, DUXU 2013, Held as Part of 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI Int. 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas, NV
Period	7/21/13 → 7/26/13

Keywords

design
education
educational technology
instruction
social media
storytelling
usability methods and tools
writing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Sadauskas, J., Byrne, D., & Atkinson, R. (2013). Toward social media based writing. In Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience - Second Int. Conference, DUXU 2013, Held as Part of HCI Int. 2013, Proceedings (PART 2 ed., pp. 276-285). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8013 LNCS, No. PART 2). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39241-2_31

Toward social media based writing. / Sadauskas, John; Byrne, Daragh; Atkinson, Robert.
Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience - Second Int. Conference, DUXU 2013, Held as Part of HCI Int. 2013, Proceedings. PART 2. ed. Springer Verlag, 2013. p. 276-285 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8013 LNCS, No. PART 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Sadauskas, J, Byrne, D & Atkinson, R 2013, Toward social media based writing. in Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience - Second Int. Conference, DUXU 2013, Held as Part of HCI Int. 2013, Proceedings. PART 2 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. PART 2, vol. 8013 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 276-285, 2nd International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience, DUXU 2013, Held as Part of 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI Int. 2013, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 7/21/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39241-2_31

Sadauskas J, Byrne D, Atkinson R. Toward social media based writing. In Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience - Second Int. Conference, DUXU 2013, Held as Part of HCI Int. 2013, Proceedings. PART 2 ed. Springer Verlag. 2013. p. 276-285. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-39241-2_31

Sadauskas, John ; Byrne, Daragh ; Atkinson, Robert. / Toward social media based writing. Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience - Second Int. Conference, DUXU 2013, Held as Part of HCI Int. 2013, Proceedings. PART 2. ed. Springer Verlag, 2013. pp. 276-285 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2).

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