Mark S Ackerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6277337 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark S Ackerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark S |
| FAMILY NAME | Ackerman |
| SIGNATURE | ACKERMAN M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9727-1664 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The development of just-in-time information acquisition behaviors in Generation X
The ways that humans acquire information is undergoing a fundamental change comparable to the introduction of Gutenberg’s moveable type and printing press and the development of broadcast systems in the twentieth century. In the Internet Era – the first decades of the twenty first century – individuals seek information on subjects that are salient or important to them from sources they trust at the time that they need or want that information. In…
The acceptance of evolution: A developmental view of Generation X in the United States
The public acceptance of evolution remains a contentious issue in the United States. Numerous investigations have used national cross-sectional studies to examine the factors associated with the acceptance or rejection of evolution. This analysis uses a 33-year longitudinal study that followed the same 5000 public-school students from grade 7 through midlife (ages 45–48) and is the first to do so in regard to evolution. A set of structural equati…
Public acceptance of evolution in the United States, 1985–2020
The public acceptance of evolution in the United States is a long-standing problem. Using data from a series of national surveys collected over the last 35 years, we find that the level of public acceptance of evolution has increased in the last decade after at least two decades in which the public was nearly evenly divided on the issue. A structural equation model indicates that increasing enrollment in baccalaureate-level programs, exposure to …
Public assessment of the Trump administration’s handling of the Covid pandemic: A case study in lifelong learning
The Covid-19 pandemic is the most serious public health crisis in the lifetime of most living adults, but it may be a precursor of crises to come in the decades ahead. Apart from the health challenges associated with the pandemic, the public reaction to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic offers important insights into the role of lifelong learning about rapidly emerging issues and public policy decisions. Using data from a two-wave national probabi…
The acquisition of health and science information in the 21 st century
The ways that humans acquire information is undergoing a fundamental change comparable to the introduction of Gutenberg’s printing press and broadcast systems. Using the literature and a growing body of empirical evidence, we describe a model of information acquisition that specifies the roles of education, salience, subject-matter literacy, and navigation skills in the decision to seek information. We refer to this model as a just-in-time inform…
Lived Data: Tinkering With Bodies, Code, and Care Work
Human–computer interaction research on personal informatics in health care has focused on systems that aim to support patient empowerment and enable better health outcomes with data monitoring and tracking. Through examining the lived experience of personal data used to manage chronic illness, we show how such technology design is also the site of radical dependencies, collaborative care arrangements, and wider sociopolitical concerns tied to new…
House memory: On Activity Traces as a Form of Cultural Heritage
This forum aims to offer and promote a rich discussion at the intersection of art, performance, and culture that expands the boundaries of HCI while broadening our understanding of how things of the past come to matter in the present. --- Elisa Giaccardi, Editor
Sharing Knowledge and Expertise: The CSCW View of Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management in Practice: A Special Issue
Beyond Boundary Objects: Collaborative Reuse in Aircraft Technical Support
Organizational Memory as Objects, Processes, and Trajectories: An Examination of Organizational Memory in Use
Privacy in Context
Context-aware computing offers the promise of significant user gains-the ability for systems to adapt more readily to user needs, models, and goals. Dey, Abowd, and Salber (2001 [this special issue]) present a masterful step toward understanding context-aware applications. We examine Dey et al. in the light of privacy issues-that is, individuals' control over their personal data-to highlight some of the thorny issues in context-aware computing th…
The Intellectual Challenge of CSCW: The Gap Between Social Requirements and Technical Feasibility
Over the last 10 years, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) has identified a base set of findings. These findings are taken almost as assumptions within the field. In summary, they argue that human activity is highly flexible, nuanced, and contextualized and that computational entities such as information transfer, roles, and policies need to be similarly flexible, nuanced, and contextualized. However, current systems cannot fully support …
Computing, Social Activity, and Entertainment: A Field Study of a Game MUD
A collectivity in an electronic social space
article Free Access Share on A collectivity in an electronic social space Authors: Wayne G. Lutters Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CAView Profile , Mark S. Ackerman Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA Department of Information and Computer Science, University of Ca…
The acquisition of health and science information in the 21 st century
The ways that humans acquire information is undergoing a fundamental change comparable to the introduction of Gutenberg’s printing press and broadcast systems. Using the literature and a growing body of empirical evidence, we describe a model of information acquisition that specifies the roles of education, salience, subject-matter literacy, and navigation skills in the decision to seek information. We refer to this model as a just-in-time inform…
Public assessment of the Trump administration’s handling of the Covid pandemic: A case study in lifelong learning
The Covid-19 pandemic is the most serious public health crisis in the lifetime of most living adults, but it may be a precursor of crises to come in the decades ahead. Apart from the health challenges associated with the pandemic, the public reaction to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic offers important insights into the role of lifelong learning about rapidly emerging issues and public policy decisions. Using data from a two-wave national probabi…
A collectivity in an electronic social space
article Free Access Share on A collectivity in an electronic social space Authors: Wayne G. Lutters Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CAView Profile , Mark S. Ackerman Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA Department of Information and Computer Science, University of Ca…
Computing, Social Activity, and Entertainment: A Field Study of a Game MUD
The Intellectual Challenge of CSCW: The Gap Between Social Requirements and Technical Feasibility
Over the last 10 years, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) has identified a base set of findings. These findings are taken almost as assumptions within the field. In summary, they argue that human activity is highly flexible, nuanced, and contextualized and that computational entities such as information transfer, roles, and policies need to be similarly flexible, nuanced, and contextualized. However, current systems cannot fully support …
Privacy in Context
Context-aware computing offers the promise of significant user gains-the ability for systems to adapt more readily to user needs, models, and goals. Dey, Abowd, and Salber (2001 [this special issue]) present a masterful step toward understanding context-aware applications. We examine Dey et al. in the light of privacy issues-that is, individuals' control over their personal data-to highlight some of the thorny issues in context-aware computing th…
Organizational Memory as Objects, Processes, and Trajectories: An Examination of Organizational Memory in Use
Beyond Boundary Objects: Collaborative Reuse in Aircraft Technical Support
Knowledge Management in Practice: A Special Issue
Sharing Knowledge and Expertise: The CSCW View of Knowledge Management
House memory: On Activity Traces as a Form of Cultural Heritage
This forum aims to offer and promote a rich discussion at the intersection of art, performance, and culture that expands the boundaries of HCI while broadening our understanding of how things of the past come to matter in the present. --- Elisa Giaccardi, Editor
Lived Data: Tinkering With Bodies, Code, and Care Work
Human–computer interaction research on personal informatics in health care has focused on systems that aim to support patient empowerment and enable better health outcomes with data monitoring and tracking. Through examining the lived experience of personal data used to manage chronic illness, we show how such technology design is also the site of radical dependencies, collaborative care arrangements, and wider sociopolitical concerns tied to new…
The acquisition of health and science information in the 21 st century
The ways that humans acquire information is undergoing a fundamental change comparable to the introduction of Gutenberg’s printing press and broadcast systems. Using the literature and a growing body of empirical evidence, we describe a model of information acquisition that specifies the roles of education, salience, subject-matter literacy, and navigation skills in the decision to seek information. We refer to this model as a just-in-time inform…
Public acceptance of evolution in the United States, 1985–2020
The public acceptance of evolution in the United States is a long-standing problem. Using data from a series of national surveys collected over the last 35 years, we find that the level of public acceptance of evolution has increased in the last decade after at least two decades in which the public was nearly evenly divided on the issue. A structural equation model indicates that increasing enrollment in baccalaureate-level programs, exposure to …
Public assessment of the Trump administration’s handling of the Covid pandemic: A case study in lifelong learning
The Covid-19 pandemic is the most serious public health crisis in the lifetime of most living adults, but it may be a precursor of crises to come in the decades ahead. Apart from the health challenges associated with the pandemic, the public reaction to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic offers important insights into the role of lifelong learning about rapidly emerging issues and public policy decisions. Using data from a two-wave national probabi…
The acceptance of evolution: A developmental view of Generation X in the United States
The public acceptance of evolution remains a contentious issue in the United States. Numerous investigations have used national cross-sectional studies to examine the factors associated with the acceptance or rejection of evolution. This analysis uses a 33-year longitudinal study that followed the same 5000 public-school students from grade 7 through midlife (ages 45–48) and is the first to do so in regard to evolution. A set of structural equati…
The development of just-in-time information acquisition behaviors in Generation X
The ways that humans acquire information is undergoing a fundamental change comparable to the introduction of Gutenberg’s moveable type and printing press and the development of broadcast systems in the twentieth century. In the Internet Era – the first decades of the twenty first century – individuals seek information on subjects that are salient or important to them from sources they trust at the time that they need or want that information. In…
Computer Science (11 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Knowledge management (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Personal Information Management and User Behavior (4 works) · Computer-supported cooperative work (3 works) · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (3 works) · Knowledge Management and Sharing (3 works)