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Description:: Algorithmically-driven social platforms present a challenge for self-presentation and identity management by obscuring audiences behind algorithmic mechanisms. Users are increasingly aware of this and actively adapting through folk theorization, but we do not know how users are coping with the constant change endemic to these platforms. We also do not...
Keyword:: human computer interaction, folk theorization, lbgtq, folk theories, and algorithmic literacy
Subject:: Cognitive psychology, Information science, and Computer science
Creator:: DeVito, Michael Ann
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_779819 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15378

Description:: People today increasingly first meet others in mediated spaces, undergoing impression formation processes where they view information, gain impressions, and make decisions about others. Previous research examines profile information (e.g. name, photo, about me) that people provide about themselves within this process, finding that people try to craft profiles for...
Keyword:: location-based social application, human computer interaction, impression formation, cues, and computer mediated communication
Subject:: Technology and Social Behavior
Creator:: Colin Fitzpatrick
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 03/28/2018
Date Modified:: 03/28/2018
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: Consider the role of waiting rooms as informal learning environments. In this thesis, I examine a pediatric hematology and oncology clinic to evaluate the patient learning experience. Through staff interviews, waiting room observations, and a review of educational materials I argue that this process is in need of redirection. Most...
Keyword:: interactive education, human computer interaction, health education, and waiting rooms
Subject:: Computer Science
Creator:: Zeina Leong
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 02/19/2018
Date Modified:: 02/19/2018
Date Created:: 2016-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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