Exploring a sustainable and public information ecology

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Abstract

This article explores the design and execution of an intentionally public information ecology by focusing on three of the primary communication activities (blogging, videos, and microblogging) taking place immediately before, during, and after a small international conference of digital media professionals. Drawing on an activity theory framework for analyzing data collected via an exploratory version of contextual inquiry, the author describes two interrelated categories of stabilizing moves for fomenting a public information ecology: those driven by the organization to maintain and publicize a coherent organizational identity narrative, and those driven by conference participants that sometimes diverge from that organizational narrative. Analyzing these two broad categories of stabilizing moves yields insights into how online writing practices may help foster effective and sustainable information ecologies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIGDOC 2010 - Proceedings of the 28th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
Pages103-108
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event28th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2010 - Sao Carlos, Brazil
Duration: Sep 27 2010Sep 29 2010

Publication series

NameSIGDOC 2010 - Proceedings of the 28th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication

Conference

Conference28th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2010
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CitySao Carlos
Period9/27/109/29/10

Keywords

  • Blogging
  • Information ecologies
  • Knowledge work
  • Microblogging
  • Phatic
  • Tummeling
  • Twitter
  • Writing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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