[Air-L] social change?

[John McNutt]

I think the problem is that measuring the effectiveness of social change
techniques, especially in the political arena (this is about advocacy,
right?), isn't all that easy.  The link between technique > Application >
result is full of confounding variables and alternative possibilities.  It
is easy to see when something happens, much more work to substantiate the
cause.

John



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[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of André Brock
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 6:43 PM
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Subject: [Air-L] social change?

via Radhika:

     I find many usability surveys that test for how the interface is usable
or
     not - but they dont necessarily test for the effectiveness of content
in
     relation to conveying the social change and advocacy part 


This describes information science in a nutshell.  Can i steal?

André
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