Design Proposal

Ashley Hamilton Professor Klinkowstein

“Don’t expose yourself so much on social media”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/life/ct-social-media-privacy-20140130,0,6538726.story

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• Don’t reveal your location• Know your privacy settings• Turn auto back up off


• Control what others tag you in• Do not expose everything• Know all of your settings


• Observe 5 students using social media in dorms and in student center.

Ashley Hamilton Professor Klinkostein

Ethnographic Research (Dorm)


Ethnographic Research (Dorm)


Ethnographic Research Observations in Dorms

• People seemed to feel more comfortable tweeting personal things.

• Many people had their location turned on.

• Posture-sloutched over and complaining about backaches


Ethnographic Research (SC/ Dorm)


Ethnographic Research (Classroom)


Ethnographic Research Observations in Public (Student Center and Classroom)

• Some randomly told me they like to “creep on” other’s social media.

• Posture- also sloutched over


Ethnographic Research Observations in Public

• People who were using social media in public just scrolled down their timeline.

Professor Klinkowstein Ashley Hamilton

Additional Research• Stop Sloughing! Good Posture Boosts Self-

Esteem by Harvey Black

• Researches found that college students who sat up and filled out a survey felt better than those who slouched while filling out the forms.


Additional Reasearch• From Sloppy Slouchers to Discreet

Learners: What’s your Desk Posture? By Venessa Wong

• Tells different bodily problems that can be caused by different slouching positions

• Hovering over a screen and leaning forward for a long period of time causes back pain.


Additional Research• Tech Needs a Posture Check by Deanna

Utroske

• “When you go online, your spine goes offline”

• During Social Media Week, people were told about StandApp- app that reminds you to get up from your chair, and Posture Track- app that monitors you through computer cameras and alerts you when you’re slouching.


Proposal for an Innovative Business

• Design a portable back piece that students can use while in their beds, at their desk, or in class which helps them to sit up straight and maintain good posture.


Proposal for an Innovative Business

• The back piece has the capability of attaching to chairs and leaning against bedroom walls in order to provide people with comfortable back support.


• Proposal for an Innovative Business

• Not only can it correct posture, but it can also aid in back pain relief.

• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stop-slouching/

• http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/2013-02-22/from-sloppy-slouchers-to-discreet-leaners-what-s-your-desk-posture#slide5

• http://socialmediaweek.org/newyork/2014/02/26/tech-needs-posture-check/#.UxUCafRdU4Q

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stop-slouching/



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