The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced that leading researchers and practitioners of human-computer interaction will assess the role of social media on a broad spectrum of society at ACM’s Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2011), scheduled for May 7-12, 2011, at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Papers, panels, workshops, and plenary presentations will focus on topics that include activism in the age of social media and challenges to parents of teens using social media.
CHI 2011’s opening session will feature Howard Rheingold, an acknowledged authority on mobile communications, discussing the evolution and future of social media in teaching and learning. Rheingold, the author of Smart Mobs, innovator, and Stanford University lecturer, will explain how use of social media in higher education teaching sessions can provide opportunities for innovative and meaningful interactions that extend far beyond the traditional face-to-face classroom experience.
Also addressing the conference is Harvard University’s Ethan Zuckerman. Zuckerman will explore the idea that the spread of social media has put powerful publishing tools in the hands of people around the world; depending on how the tools are used, they can either broaden or narrow world views.
The annual conference on Computer-Human Interaction is the premier worldwide forum for exchanging information on all aspects of how people interact with computers. Workshops and sessions explore the future of computer-human interaction with researchers, practitioners, educators and students. Presentations will address the concerns of design, engineering, management and user experience professionals. This year's conference adds research on child-computer interaction, entertainment, health and sustainability.
More than 2,000 professionals from over 40 countries are expected at CHI 2011, sponsored by ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (SIGCHI). The conference marks 29 years of research, innovation and development of the Computer-Human Interaction community.
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