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Six themes of the communicative appropriation of photographic images

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Elizabeth D. MynattAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '05: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 171 - 180

https://doi.org/10.1145/1054972.1054997

Published: 02 April 2005 Publication History

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In this paper, we explore the use of digital photographs in computer-mediated communication. We present Lascaux, an instant messaging client that serves as a research platform for studying visual communication with digital photographs. Through a combined analysis of the uses of images in Lascaux as well as the uses of images in other communicative contexts, we arrived at six themes of appropriation: the image as amplification, the image as narrative, the image as awareness, the image as local expression, the image as invitation, and the image as object/instrument. For each theme, we explore the ways in which a medium may be designed to support that class of appropriation. Finally, we reflect on the relationship between literacy, mastery, and appropriation.

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Six themes of the communicative appropriation of photographic images
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Multimedia information systems
  2. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
      1. Internet communications tools

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