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Techniques and Tools for Designing an Online Social Network Platform

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Social Networks ((LNSN,volume 3))

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Chapter 3 discussed the planning of UCD in the development of the social network including the specification of the context of use, the identification of potential user groups and the analysis of their characteristics as well as potential tasks, and finally, the user requirements analysis using different methods.

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Karampelas, P. (2013). Design Principles and Guidelines. In: Techniques and Tools for Designing an Online Social Network Platform. Lecture Notes in Social Networks, vol 3. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0787-4_4

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