%0 Conference Paper %1 Lackaff:2016:LLG:2987592.2987612 %A Lackaff, Derek %A Moner, William J. %B Proceedings of the 34th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication %C New York, NY, USA %D 2016 %I ACM %K interaction_design irish mobile %P 14:1--14:9 %R 10.1145/2987592.2987612 %T Local Languages, Global Networks: Mobile Design for Minority Language Users %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2987592.2987612 %X Minority and indigenous languages have a complex relationship with contemporary communication media. Social media, in particular, provide new venues for language use and revitalization, but also subject minority languages to inhibiting technological and social pressures. The present study contributes to a better understanding of social media and language use dynamics via an analysis of a survey of Irish language users (n=617) and their sociotechnical contexts. We develop a typology of social, linguistic, and technical factors that provide a theoretical and analytical foundation for future work. A complex interplay of social and technical factors impact minority language use in social media, and we suggest potential interaction design strategies for language activists and technologists to promote more effective engagement. %@ 978-1-4503-4495-1

@inproceedings{Lackaff:2016:LLG:2987592.2987612, abstract = {Minority and indigenous languages have a complex relationship with contemporary communication media. Social media, in particular, provide new venues for language use and revitalization, but also subject minority languages to inhibiting technological and social pressures. The present study contributes to a better understanding of social media and language use dynamics via an analysis of a survey of Irish language users (n=617) and their sociotechnical contexts. We develop a typology of social, linguistic, and technical factors that provide a theoretical and analytical foundation for future work. A complex interplay of social and technical factors impact minority language use in social media, and we suggest potential interaction design strategies for language activists and technologists to promote more effective engagement.}, acmid = {2987612}, added-at = {2016-12-29T14:45:44.000+0100}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, articleno = {14}, author = {Lackaff, Derek and Moner, William J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/252f1103f9eaab6138961e2773d3e604a/lackaff}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 34th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication}, doi = {10.1145/2987592.2987612}, interhash = {71573430f48eaa68c79f2054852958a5}, intrahash = {52f1103f9eaab6138961e2773d3e604a}, isbn = {978-1-4503-4495-1}, keywords = {interaction_design irish mobile}, location = {Silver Spring, MD, USA}, numpages = {9}, pages = {14:1--14:9}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {SIGDOC '16}, timestamp = {2016-12-29T14:45:44.000+0100}, title = {Local Languages, Global Networks: Mobile Design for Minority Language Users}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2987592.2987612}, year = 2016 }