Co-Presence Communities: Using Pervasive Computing to Support Weak Social Networks.

Journal article

Although the strongest social relationships feature most prominently in our lives, we also maintain a multitude of much weaker connections: the distant colleagues that we share a coffee with in the afternoon; the waitress at a our regular sandwich bar; or the 'familiar stranger' we meet each morning on the way to work. These are all examples of weak relationships which have a strong spatial-temporal component but with few support systems available. This paper explores the idea of 'Co-presence...

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Authors: Lawrence, J; Payne, T; Roure, D

• Publisher: IEEE
• Journal: WETICE
• Pages: 149-156
• Publication date: 2006-01-01
• DOI: 10.1109/WETICE.2006.24
• ISSN: 1524-4547
• Language: English