Designing for imaginary friends: Information architecture, personas and the politics of user-centered design

New Media and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-416

  Massanari, Adrienne L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Discourse; Information architecture; Interaction design; New media organizations; Personas; Politics; User centered design

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952113180     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809346722     Document Type: Article

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