Deutsche Gesellschaft
für phänomenologische Forschung

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226846

Work motivating factors of the communications in a crowd-powered microvolunteering site

Takahiro MiuraShoma AritaAtsushi HiyamaMasatomo KobayashiToshinari ItokoJunichiro SawamuraMichitaka Hirose

pp. 359-370

Abstrakt

Various systems have been developed to support and motivate volunteer activities for people with disabilities. "Minna de DAISY" is a microvolunteering system, powered by an open-source social networking system and web application, of character corrections. This system demonstrated that digital books could be efficiently produced for the visually impaired through the manual correction of errors using volunteers. According to participant interviews, those who were aware of their social contribution had a higher motivation to do social work. The feeling of community involvement promoted continuous participation. However, these studies do not precisely discuss the contribution of communication between system managers and participants. Some literature reported that interactions in a social network improved participant awareness of the purpose of their work. In this study, we aim to demonstrate the effect of communication on participant motivation and likelihood to continue microvolunteering.

Publication details

Published in:

Antona Margherita, Stephanidis Constantine (2016) Universal access in human-computer interaction. methods, techniques, and best practices: 10th international conference, UAHCI 2016, held as part of HCI international 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, july 17-22, 2016. Dordrecht, Springer.

Seiten: 359-370

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40250-5_35

Referenz:

Miura Takahiro, Arita Shoma, Hiyama Atsushi, Kobayashi Masatomo, Itoko Toshinari, Sawamura Junichiro, Hirose Michitaka (2016) „Work motivating factors of the communications in a crowd-powered microvolunteering site“, In: M. Antona & C. Stephanidis (eds.), Universal access in human-computer interaction. methods, techniques, and best practices, Dordrecht, Springer, 359–370.