Publications

Hawai'i Computer-Human Interaction Lab

Articles, Papers, & Book Chapters

Le Pape, M., & Vatrapu, R. (2009). An experimental study of field dependency in altered Gz extreme environments. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009), April 4-9, 2009, Boston, USA.
Robertson, S. (2005). Voter-centered design: Toward a voter decision support system. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 12(2), June, 263-292.
Robertson, S. (2006). Digital deliberation: Searching and deciding about how to vote. Proceedings of dg.o2006: 7th Annual Conference on Digital Government Research. New York: ACM Press, 95-96.
Robertson, S. (2008). Design research in digital government: A query prosthesis for voters. Proceedings of dg.o2008: 9th Annual Conference on Digital Government Research. New York: ACM Press.
Robertson, S., Achananuparp, P., Goldman, J., Park, S.J., Zhou, N., & Clare, M. (2005). Voting and political information gathering on paper and online. Extended Abstracts of CHI '05: Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM Press, 1753-1756.
Robertson, S. & Vatrapu, R. (in press/2009). Digital government. In B. Cronin (Ed.). Annual Review of Information Science and Technology.
Robertson, S., Vatrapu, R., & Abraham, G. (2009). Note taking and note sharing while browsing campaign information: Design tradeoffs between e-democracy and e-participation. Proceedings of HICSS-42: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. (10pp).
Robertson, S., Wania, C., Abraham, G., & Park, S.J. (2008). Drop-down democracy: Internet portal design influences voters’ search strategies. Proceedings of HICSS-41: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. (10pp).
Robertson, S., Wania, C., & Park, S.J. (2007). An observational study of voters on the internet. Proceedings of HICSS-40: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. (10pp).
Vatrapu, R. (2008). Cultural considerations in computer supported collaborative learning. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 3(2), 159-201.
Vatrapu, R., & Robertson, S. (2009). Information foraging in E-Voting. Extended Abstract in the Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009), April 4-9, 2009, Boston, USA.
Vatrapu, R., Robertson, S., & Dissanayake, W. (2008). Are political weblogs public spheres or partisan spheres? International Reports on Socio-Informatics, 5(1), pp. 7-26.

Conference Presentations (** also listed as publications above)

Robertson, S., Vatrapu, R., & Abraham, G. (2009). Note taking and note sharing while browsing campaign information: Design tradeoffs between e-democracy and e-participation. Proceedings of HICSS-42: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences., Waikoloa, HI, Jan.**
Robertson, S. (2008). Design research in digital government: A query prosthesis for voters. dg.o2008: 9th Annual Conference on Digital Government Research. Montreal, Canada, May. **
Robertson, S., Wania, C., & Abraham, G. (2008). Drop-down democracy: Internet portal design influences voters’ search strategies. HICSS-41: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Waikoloa, HI, Jan.**
Vatrapu, R., Robertson, S., Dissanayake, W., & Jeedigunta, A. (2008). Political blogs as public spheres. DEMO-net Research Workshop: Empowerment and e-Participation in Civil Society: Local, National and International Implications. Örebto University, Sweden, May.
Robertson, S., Wania, C., & Park, S.J. (2007). An observational study of voters on the internet. HICSS-40: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Waikoloa, HI, Jan.**
Robertson, S. (2006). Digital deliberation: Searching and deciding about how to vote. dg.o2006: 7th Annual Conference on Digital Government Research. San Diego, CA, May.**
Zhang, Q., Swain, D., Hawamdeh, S., & Robertson, S. (2006). Virtual communities & social networks: The impact of blogs and online community on social engagement. Panel at the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting. Austin, TX, November.
Robertson, S. (2005). I-schools and 21st century citizenship. The First i-Conference of the i-School Deans’ Community. State College, PA, September.
Robertson, S., Achananuparp, P., Goldman, J., Park, S.J., Zhou, N., & Clare, M. (2005). Voting and political information gathering on paper and online. CHI'05: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Portland, OR, April.**
Robertson, S., Zhou, N., Park, S.J., Goldman, J., Achananuparp, P. (2005). Deciding on digital democracy: The psychology of electronic voting. American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA, April.
Robertson, S. (2004). Paper ballot as metaphor? Online Political Organizing panel participant at the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW). Chicago, IL, Nov.**
Robertson, S. (2003). A user-centered approach to the design of electronic voting systems. Human Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC), Fraser, CO, Feb.
Robertson, S. (2002). Electronic voting in context: A collaborative ballot for digital government. Poster for CSCW-2002: ACM Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work. New Orleans, LA, November.
Robertson, S. (2002). Electronic voting in context: Community and collaboration tools for democratic participation in digital government. "Boaster" at Human-Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC), Fraser, CO, Feb.
Robertson, S. (1999). The digital city's public library: Support for community building and knowledge sharing. 1999 Kyoto Meeting on Digital Cities. Kyoto, Japan, September.

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