TY - CHAP
T1 - It’s not by Accident! It’s by Design. Design Methods to Reach (Inter)generational Perspective
AU - Sousa, Andreia Sofia Pinto de
AU - Castro, Teresa Sofia
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PY - 2024/1/1
Y1 - 2024/1/1
N2 - This paper emphasizes the significance of employing methodological approaches rooted in participatory design to facilitate intergenerational collaboration in an age range less studied (generations X to Y) in developing a web-based newsroom for young people. The research stems from the YouNDigital project, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, which seeks to explore young people’s interaction with news in a digitized society. A key output of the project is the development of the YouNDigital Newsroom, a web-based platform enabling youth from diverse backgrounds to share their views of the world on issues that matter to them. Drawing upon intergenerational collaboration and knowledge transfer, this paper explores the challenges and strategies in creating a platform that reflects researchers’ and users’ diverse perspectives and needs. Through co-design sessions, iterative prototyping, and usability testing, the task navigated complexities within a limited timeframe and resources to foster user engagement and ownership. The main objective was to engage users with a web-based Newsroom to generate meaningful content that reflects their perspectives on matters of interest. The design thinking sessions and continuous collaborative work were instrumental in defining potential user profiles (personas) and delineating usage contexts for each persona. The findings underscore the importance of integrating diverse perspectives and collaborative design methodologies in addressing multifaceted challenges and creating inclusive solutions across generations. Leveraging design methodologies facilitated collaboration between researchers and users in developing the YouNDigital newsroom. By incorporating user perspectives from the outset, the project aimed to create a platform that resonates with young people and researchers from different generations’ interests and fosters meaningful engagement with news content in a digital era.
AB - This paper emphasizes the significance of employing methodological approaches rooted in participatory design to facilitate intergenerational collaboration in an age range less studied (generations X to Y) in developing a web-based newsroom for young people. The research stems from the YouNDigital project, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, which seeks to explore young people’s interaction with news in a digitized society. A key output of the project is the development of the YouNDigital Newsroom, a web-based platform enabling youth from diverse backgrounds to share their views of the world on issues that matter to them. Drawing upon intergenerational collaboration and knowledge transfer, this paper explores the challenges and strategies in creating a platform that reflects researchers’ and users’ diverse perspectives and needs. Through co-design sessions, iterative prototyping, and usability testing, the task navigated complexities within a limited timeframe and resources to foster user engagement and ownership. The main objective was to engage users with a web-based Newsroom to generate meaningful content that reflects their perspectives on matters of interest. The design thinking sessions and continuous collaborative work were instrumental in defining potential user profiles (personas) and delineating usage contexts for each persona. The findings underscore the importance of integrating diverse perspectives and collaborative design methodologies in addressing multifaceted challenges and creating inclusive solutions across generations. Leveraging design methodologies facilitated collaboration between researchers and users in developing the YouNDigital newsroom. By incorporating user perspectives from the outset, the project aimed to create a platform that resonates with young people and researchers from different generations’ interests and fosters meaningful engagement with news content in a digital era.
KW - Intergenerational Collaboration
KW - Knowledge Transfer
KW - Participatory Design Methods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85195840705&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-61543-6_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-61543-6_6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85195840705
SN - 9783031615429
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 76
EP - 88
BT - HCI (42)
A2 - Gao, Qin
A2 - Zhou, Jia
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 10th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2024, held as part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024
Y2 - 29 June 2024 through 4 July 2024
ER -