• MC Hammer Presents: The Hammer of Transformative Nostalgification - designing for engagement at scale 

  Linehan, Conor; Kirman, Ben (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017-05)

  We argue that the huge success of Augmented Reality game Pokémon Go has little to do with clever design. Rather, the success is due to the nostalgic branding, with a franchise for which people already have great affection. ...
• Alternate endings: using fiction to explore design futures 

  Linehan, Conor; Kirman, Ben J.; Reeves, Stuart; Blythe, Mark A.; Tanenbaum, Joshua G.; Desjardins, Audrey; Wakkary, Ron (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014-01)

  Design research and practice within HCI is inherently oriented toward the future. However, the vision of the future described by HCI researchers and practitioners is typically utility-driven and focuses on the short term. ...
• Misrepresentation of health research in exertion games literature 

  Marshall, Joe; Linehan, Conor (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017)

  HCI often requires scholars to build upon research from fields outside their expertise, creating the risk that foundational work is misunderstood and misrepresented. The prevailing goal of "exergames" research towards ...
• Challenges in deprescribing for young chronic benzodiazepine patients 

  Murphy, Kevin D.; Lambert, Sharon; McCarthy, Suzanne; Byrne, Stephen; Sahm, Laura J. (Wiley, 2017-01-27)
• From her story, to our story: Digital storytelling as public engagement around abortion rights advocacy in Ireland 

  Michie, Lydia; Balaam, Madeline; McCarthy, John; Osadchiy, Timur; Morrissey, Kellie (Association for Computing Machinery, ACM, 2018-04)

  Despite the divisive nature of abortion within the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, where access to safe, legal abortion is severely restricted, effecting legislative reform demands widespread public support. In ...

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