An Internet of Social Things

B NANSEN; L van Ryn; F Vetere; T Robertson; M Brereton; P Douish

Conference Proceedings

An Internet of Social Things

B NANSEN, L van Ryn, F Vetere, T Robertson, M Brereton, P Douish, T Robertson (ed.), K O'Hara (ed.), L Loke (ed.), G Wadley (ed.), T Leong (ed.)

ACM Press | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1145/2686612.2686624

Abstract

The Internet of Things is a vision for a world of interconnected smart devices. We present an alternative vision based on a review of literature that emphasizes the importance and role of objects in social relations. We situate this work in relation to a conceptual understanding of objects and sociality, and note some methodological implications of a more object-centred sociality that may suggest design opportunities alongside the emerging Internet of Things.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Bjorn Nansen Author

Frank Vetere Author

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Keywords

46 Information and Computing Sciences

4606 Distributed Computing and Systems Software