Technology Mediated Social Participation Lecture series at University of Maryland, first talk on Nation of Neighbors,

1. Technology-Mediated Social Participation: An Interdisciplinary Lecture Series http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/tmsp Jointly sponsored by Dept of Computer Science (Larry Davis, Chair) Dept of Sociology (Reeve Vanneman, Chair) UM Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (Amitabh Varshney, Director) College of Information Studies, Maryland ’s iSchool (Jennifer Preece, Dean) Human-Computer Interaction Lab (Allison Druin, Director, Jen Golbeck, Co-Director) Organized by Ben Shneiderman, Dept of Computer Science, UMIACS & HCIL ( [email_address] )

4. Early Steps http://iparticipate.wikispaces.com Informal Gathering College Park, MD, April 2009 Article: Science March 2009 BEN SHNEIDERMAN

5. www.tmsp.umd.edu Workshops: Dec 2009 & April 2010

12. Technology-Mediated Social Participation: An Interdisciplinary Lecture Series February 14, 2011, 4pm, AVW 2460 Nation of Neighbors: Design and Network Evolution for Internet Community Safety Systems February 21, 2011, 4pm, Art/Sociology 1101 Theorizing Web 2.0: The Role of Prosumers March 7, 2011, 4pm, Hornbake 2119 Encyclopedia of Life: Motivating Public Enthusiasts and Expert Scientists to Document the World ’s Species March 14, 2011, 4pm, AVW 2460 1) Probabilistic Soft Logic: A Data-driven Toolkit for Analyzing, Utilizing & Decision Making using Social Information 2) Social Network Optimization Problems, 3) Building the B(r)and: The Use of Social Media to Monitor and Manage Conversations http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/tmsp

13. Nation of Neighbors: Design and Network Evolution for Internet Community Safety Systems Ben Shneiderman (CS & UMIACS), Alan Neustadtl (SOCY), Catherine Plaisant (UMIACS, HCIL), Jae-wook Ahn (CS, HCIL), PJ Rey (SOCY grad student), Nick Violi (CS grad student) Supported by NSF Social Computational Systems grant http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/NON

14. Nation of Neighbors website: Art Hanson

15. NoN Report: Promotes Community Safety Break-In/Burglary Theft-Other Than from Home Vandalism/Graffiti/Destruction Suspicious Activity Threat Assault Accident-Motor Vehicle Drug Activity Fire Public Nuisance Reckless Endangerment Animal Problem ATV Complaint Litter/Garbage Dumping Quality of Life Issue Other

16. NoN Forums: How to motivate?

29. User Survey (n = 152) Research Directions 1. Determine factors that predict successful community development. 2. Find common characteristics of key players in successful community networks.

30. User Survey (n = 152) Sections 1. Recruitment 2. Neighborhoods 3. Demographics 4. Perceptions of Crime 5. Competing Sources of Info 6. Motivations for Use 7. User Response to NoN 8. Ego Net Data 9. Technical Proficiency 10. Social Isolation

31. User Survey (n = 152) Sections 1. Recruitment 2. Neighborhoods 3. Demographics 4. Perceptions of Crime 5. Competing Sources of Info 6. Motivations for Use 7. User Response to NoN 8. Ego Net Data 9. Technical Proficiency 10. Social Isolation

32. User Survey (n = 152) Sections 1. Recruitment 2. Neighborhoods 3. Demographics 4. Perceptions of Crime 5. Competing Sources of Info 6. Motivations for Use 7. User Response to NoN 8. Ego Net Data 9. Technical Proficiency 10. Social Isolation

33. User Survey (n = 152) Sections 1. Recruitment 2. Neighborhoods 3. Demographics 4. Perceptions of Crime 5. Competing Sources of Info 6. Motivations for Use 7. User Response to NoN 8. Ego Net Data 9. Technical Proficiency 10. Social Isolation

35. User Survey (n = 152) Sections 1. Recruitment 2. Neighborhoods 3. Demographics 4. Perceptions of Crime 5. Competing Sources of Info 6. Motivations for Use 7. User Response to NoN 8. Ego Net Data 9. Technical Proficiency 10. Social Isolation

38. ManyNets www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/manynets

39. NodeXL www.codeplex.com/nodexl

41. TempoVis: Color Code for Changes Added activities “now” Aging activities of “past” Marquee selection of groups Time Slider Graph attributes

42. Nation of Neighbors: Design and Network Evolution for Internet Community Safety Systems Ben Shneiderman (CS & UMIACS), Alan Neustadtl (SOCY), Catherine Plaisant (UMIACS, HCIL), Jae-wook Ahn (CS, HCIL), PJ Rey (SOCY grad student), Nick Violi (CS grad student) Supported by NSF Social Computational Systems grant http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/NON

53. User Survey (n = 152)