Social+Navigation


 * Social Navigation**

Social Navigation is performed in reality by talking to other individuals such as relatives, friends, or people walking on the street //(Dourish & Chalmers 1, 1995)//. This social method of extracting information is the most direct form of communication. Social navigation ranges from confronting a group of people to asking an expert in that particular area of study.

Another important aspect of social navigation is advice given to the individual acquiring the information //(Forsberg 1, 1998)//. Social navigation can be intended or unintended by the individual giving the advice //(Forsberg 1, 1998)//. For instance, with intentional navigation the person providing advice can recommend a certain route for public transit. Unintended navigation presents options for the individual for instance, directing the person to a route map so that they may choose a route for themselves //(Forsberg 1, 1998)//.

Also, Forsberg raises an important question about social navigation;
 * “How we can provide for this kind of behaviour in the information spaces we create in electronic spaces?”**

This is taken from Forsberg’s article and is one solution on how to make social navigation into virtual navigation.

http://web.media.mit.edu/~wex/Footprints2/fp-v2.html http://www.springer.com/west/home/computer/user+interfaces?SGWID=4-154-22-2276638-0
 * Related Links:**

Mattias Forsberg, //Design Principals for Social Navigational Tools//., 1998, pp. 1-13, Kista Sweden.
 * References:**

Paul Dourish and Matthew Chalmers, //Running out of Space: Models of Information Navigation,// 1995. pp. 1, Rank Xerox Research Centre, Cambridge Lab.