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Science fiction prototypes in educational and business settings (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., & McLean, R. (2013, November). Science fiction prototypes in educational and business settings. Presented at 3rd Immersive Education Summit, King's College London

This paper examines the intended purpose of Science Fiction Prototypes (SFP) in conjunction with the significance and use of workshops in business education. We explore why the SFP as a form of education delivery has proven to be popular. Finally we... Read More about Science fiction prototypes in educational and business settings.

Laboring online : Are there “new” labor processes in virtual game worlds? (2013)
Journal Article
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2013). Laboring online : Are there “new” labor processes in virtual game worlds?. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 14(11),

As unemployment figures rise in the developed world, questions regarding the meaning of “labor” and the intrinsic ”value” of work re-emerge. This paper examines labor practices in virtual game worlds to extend existing theoretical explorations regard... Read More about Laboring online : Are there “new” labor processes in virtual game worlds?.

Making Madlab : a creative space for innovation and creating prototypes (2013)
Journal Article
Bell, F., Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., & McLean, R. (2013). Making Madlab : a creative space for innovation and creating prototypes. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 84, 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.09.004

This paper presents Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab) as an “organisation as prototype” in terms of its innovation; emphasising its permeability to external collaboration and internal structure. We present the accumulation of experience and insp... Read More about Making Madlab : a creative space for innovation and creating prototypes.

Identifying functions and characters for science fiction prototyping (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., & McLean, R. (2013, September). Identifying functions and characters for science fiction prototyping. Presented at British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool

The use of Science Fiction Prototypes (SFP) for policy, business and community organisation forecasting and planning is an increasingly popular approach. Examples of recent use of this technique can be found among individuals and organisations such a... Read More about Identifying functions and characters for science fiction prototyping.

Social Media Monitoring visualisation: What do we have to look for? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hackett, C., Fletcher, G., & Heinze, A. (2013, March). Social Media Monitoring visualisation: What do we have to look for?. Presented at 18th UKAIS Annual Conference, Worcester College, Oxford, UK

The need for accurate and readily understandable social media monitoring is an issue faced by any organisation irrespective of their size or current levels of engagement with social media. It is increasingly a truism of social media that if an organi... Read More about Social Media Monitoring visualisation: What do we have to look for?.

Life, death and everyday experience of social media (2013)
Book Chapter
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2013). Life, death and everyday experience of social media. In M. Gillespie, D. John Herbert, & A. Greenhill (Eds.), Social Media and Religious Change (201-217). Berlin: De Gruyter

This chapter explores the online remembrances of people made famous through media-generated activity post-mortem. We explore the observed ritualised practices found on memorial websites (specifically gonetoosoon.org) and present them as examples of c... Read More about Life, death and everyday experience of social media.