Viewpoint: Empowering communities with situated voting devices

Nick Taylor; Justin Marshall; Alicia Blum-Ross; John Mills; Jon Rogers; Paul Egglestone; David M. Frohlich; Peter Wright; Patrick Olivier

doi:10.1145/2207676.2208594

Viewpoint: Empowering communities with situated voting devices

Nick Taylor^*, Justin Marshall, Alicia Blum-Ross, John Mills, Jon Rogers, Paul Egglestone, David M. Frohlich, Peter Wright, Patrick Olivier

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Abstract

Viewpoint is a public voting device developed to allow residents in a disadvantaged community to make their voices heard through a simple, lightweight interaction. This was intended to open a new channel of communication within the community and increase community members' perception of their own efficacy. Local elected officials and community groups were able to post questions on devices located in public spaces, where residents could vote for one of two responses. Question authors were subsequently required to post a response indicating any actions to be taken. Following a two-month trial, we present our experiences and contribute guidelines for the design of public democracy tools and dimensions impacting their effectiveness, including credibility, efficacy and format.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference Proceedings - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
Pages	1361-1370
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208594
Publication status	Published - 24 May 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 - Austin, Texas, Austin, TX, United States Duration: 5 May 2012 → 10 May 2012 http://chi2012.acm.org/program/desktop/Session232.html?searchterm=health+system

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Conference	30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin, TX
Period	5/05/12 → 10/05/12
Internet address	http://chi2012.acm.org/program/desktop/Session232.html?searchterm=health+system

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Taylor, N., Marshall, J., Blum-Ross, A., Mills, J., Rogers, J., Egglestone, P., Frohlich, D. M., Wright, P., & Olivier, P. (2012). Viewpoint: Empowering communities with situated voting devices. In Conference Proceedings - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 (pp. 1361-1370). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208594

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Taylor, N, Marshall, J, Blum-Ross, A, Mills, J, Rogers, J, Egglestone, P, Frohlich, DM, Wright, P & Olivier, P 2012, Viewpoint: Empowering communities with situated voting devices. in Conference Proceedings - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 1361-1370, 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012, Austin, TX, United States, 5/05/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208594

Viewpoint : Empowering communities with situated voting devices. / Taylor, Nick; Marshall, Justin; Blum-Ross, Alicia et al.

Conference Proceedings - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012. 2012. p. 1361-1370 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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