Papers by Karin Nilsson Helander
User-generated content, UGC, is a modern topic today and refers to media and creative works creat... more User-generated content, UGC, is a modern topic today and refers to media and creative works created by Internet users and posted on the Internet. More and more application developers wants to offer sharing functionalities in their applications and on their websites. The alternatives of doing so today are to use UGC platforms API, like Facebook and Twitter, to upload the content to that specific platform or to implement the framework ShareKit that enables the user to share their content on multiple social networks and platforms. If the application developer wants the user to upload the content to their own platform they have to implement the sharing functionality themselves. This thesis covers the development of a framework that enables user-generated content to be uploaded to the application owner’s choice of destination whether it is their own platform or someone else’s. By exploring the meaning of user-generated content, why people want to share and existing sharing applications, ...
Smart TV - a more interactive way of watching TV
Smart TV, also known as Connected TV, is the new generation of television. It can be connected to... more Smart TV, also known as Connected TV, is the new generation of television. It can be connected to the internet and enables the user to surf the web and use TV specific applications. The TV applications available today however are more like smartphone applications shown on a big screen. Applications should take advantage of the fact that they are located on a TV and make use of TV specific content. Smart TV can engage the viewer by a more interactive way of ”watching” TV. The way TV consumers watch TV today has been analysed and a changein consumer behaviour has occurred over the last decade. The TV viewershave gone from a relaxed TV mood with all focus directed towards the TV to a multitasking mood, using second screens for additional activities related, as well as unrelated, to what is on the TV. People want toengage in a more interactive way of watching TV and this is especially true for so called ”borderless” consumers which include people that like and owns technical devices.In this thesis a prototype of a Smart TV application that takes advantage of the content available on the TV, called Quiz TV, was developed. It engages the user in a more interactive way of watching TV and lets the user play a quiz about what is shown on the TV while watching it. This can be done alone, together or against others. The results from a user test of the prototype show that most of the users would play the game if it existed for real and would like a more interactive way of watching TV.As people already have an active way of watching TV, and would preferan even more interactive one, the future of the Smart TV and the Quiz TV application is seen as promising.
User-generated content, UGC, is a modern topic today and refers to media and creative works creat... more User-generated content, UGC, is a modern topic today and refers to media and creative works created by Internet users and posted on the Internet. More and more application developers wants to offer sharing functionalities in their applications and on their websites. The alternatives of doing so today are to use UGC platforms API, like Facebook and Twitter, to upload the content to that specific platform or to implement the framework ShareKit that enables the user to share their content on multiple social networks and platforms. If the application developer wants the user to upload the content to their own platform they have to implement the sharing functionality themselves. This thesis covers the development of a framework that enables user-generated content to be uploaded to the application owner's choice of destination whether it is their own platform or someone else's. By exploring the meaning of user-generated content, why people want to share and existing sharing applications, information as well as inspirations was gathered and used to design a prototype that was user-tested, redesigned and implemented. The result was a prototype of a framework implemented for the iPhone that provides an easy way for users to add, edit, rearrange and upload different types of content. User-generated content will increase in the future and the mobile part of UGC will be more and more important. People are going to want to be able to express themselves wherever they are. This makes the future for this framework bright since it makes it easy for application developers to enable sharing of user-generated content in their applications. The author wishes to thank a number of people at Dohi Sweden for providing help during the course of the thesis project. Thank you Emanuel Dohi, for presenting a fun and interesting topic for the thesis. Thank you Magnus Söderlund for always being there and provide help with technical and implementation related problems. A special thanks goes to Linus Mähler Lundgren for providing help, feedback and planning skills during the thesis project. The author also wants to thank the internal supervisor at Umeå University, Jonny Pettersson, for providing help regarding questions about the project and the report. Thomas Mejtoft also deserves credit for providing good information and literature about user-generated content. Finally a special thanks to Josh Clark for great inspiration and information about designing for touch devices and usability testing.
Smart TV, also known as Connected TV, is the new generation of television. It can be connected to... more Smart TV, also known as Connected TV, is the new generation of television. It can be connected to the internet and enables the user to surf the web and use TV specific applications. The TV applications available today however are more like smartphone applications shown on a big screen. Applications should take advantage of the fact that they are located on a TV and make use of TV specific content. Smart TV can engage the viewer by a more interactive way of "watching" TV. A.1.1 Remote control 86 A.1.2 Keyboard and mouse 88 A.1.3 Smartphone and tablet 88 A.2 Insert Text 90 A.2.1 Remote control 90 A.2.2 Keyboard 94 A.2.3 Mouse 95 A.2.4 Smartphone and tablet 98
User-generated content, UGC, is a modern topic today and refers to media and creative works creat... more User-generated content, UGC, is a modern topic today and refers to media and creative works created by Internet users and posted on the Internet. More and more application developers wants to offer sharing functionalities in their applications and on their websites. The alternatives of doing so today are to use UGC platforms API, like Facebook and Twitter, to upload the content to that specific platform or to implement the framework ShareKit that enables the user to share their content on multiple social networks and platforms. If the application developer wants the user to upload the content to their own platform they have to implement the sharing functionality themselves. This thesis covers the development of a framework that enables user-generated content to be uploaded to the application owner's choice of destination whether it is their own platform or someone else's.
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