Observing Collective Thought: Developing Social Media Tools for Real Time Awareness of Social Preoccupations

Ian Willcock

doi:10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.52

Observing Collective Thought: Developing Social Media Tools for Real Time Awareness of Social Preoccupations

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Abstract

The design of technological systems is necessarily influenced by the patterns of activity and capability of the human organism, the physical and mental modes of activity and operation with which we sense and affect the world . Taking this premise as a starting point, the research project presented at EVA 2016 seeks to reverse this relationship and, by examining the products of mass, digital activity, to discover something about the thinking of mass human community using digital technology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EVA London 2016: Electronic Visualisation & the Arts.
Publisher	British Computing Society (BCS)
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.52
Publication status	Published - 12 Jul 2016
Event	EVA London 2016 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 12 Jul 2016 → 14 Jul 2016

Conference

Conference	EVA London 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	12/07/16 → 14/07/16

Keywords

collective consciousness
social media
big data
knowledge systems and thought
generative digital art

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