“Rewiring for Happiness: Computing for Kinder, Healthier, and Compassionate Life Experiences with Information Commutation Technologies (ICTs)”

This project is about re-thinking our current information sharing spaces and offering new ways of interacting with (or via) ICTs. We aim to create a paradigm shift towards positive computing which is rooted in empirical psychology and supported by NLP (Natural Language Processing) methodologies and UI (User Interface) design. The following four peer reviewed works were presented as posters in-person or virtually at The 85th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T2022): “Crisis, Transition, Resilience: ReImagining an InformationResilient Society,” October 29 – November 1, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA.October 29 – November 1, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA.

Four Thematically Tied Peer-Reviewed Publications

These four peer-reviewed publications were arranged as a sequence of logical steps. Please see poster images below for each short paper in the ASIS&T2022 Proceedings (with suggested citations):

  1. Mayhew, A., Chen, Y., Cornwell, S.E., Delellis, N.S., Kelly, D., Liu, Y. and Rubin, V.L. (2022), Envisioning Ethical Mass Influence Systems. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59: 756-758. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.716 

2. Delellis, N.S., Kelly, D., Liu, Y., Mayhew, A., Chen, Y., Cornwell, S.E. and Rubin, V.L. (2022), Applying Positive Psychology’s Subjective Well-Being to Online Interactions. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59: 662-665. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.68333

3. Chen, Y., Cornwell, S.E., Delellis, N.S., Kelly, D., Liu, Y., Mayhew, A. and Rubin, V.L. (2022), Engagement for Good or Ill: Comparing Characteristics of Co-Creative and Co-Destructive Online Communities. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59: 645-647. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.677

4. Kelly, D., Liu, Y., Mayhew, A., Chen, Y., Cornwel, S.E., Delellis, N.S. and Rubin, V.L. (2022), Supporting Prosocial Behaviour in Online Communities through Social Media Affordances. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59: 723-725. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.703

:::: Virtual Presentation (3 October 2022, 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. EDT)