Celebratory Technology to Orchestrate the Sharing of Devices and Stories during Family MealtimesShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 ACM SIGCHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS (CHI'17), ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY , 2017, p. 6960-6972Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
While the idea of "celebratory technologies" during family mealtimes to support positive interactions at the dinner table is promising, there are few studies that investigate how these technologies can be meaningfully integrated into family practices. This paper presents the deployment of Chorus - a mealtime technology that orchestrates the sharing of personal devices and stories during family mealtimes, explores related content from all participants' devices, and supports revisiting previously shared content. A three-week field deployment with seven families shows that Chorus augments family interactions through sharing contents of personal and familial significance, supports togetherness and in-depth discussion by combining resources from multiple devices, helps to broach sensitive topics into familial conversation, and encourages participation from all family members including children. We discuss implications of this research and reflect on design choices and opportunities that can further enhance the family mealtime experience.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY , 2017. p. 6960-6972
Keywords [en]
Family, mealtimes, commensality, smartphones, collocated interactions, collaborative use
National Category
Human Computer Interaction
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-259226DOI: 10.1145/3025453.3025492ISI: 000426970506068Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85044869384OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-259226DiVA, id: diva2:1471893
Conference
CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS
Note
QC 20201012
2020-09-302020-09-302022-06-25Bibliographically approved