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Family portals: connecting families through a multifamily media space

Authors:

Tejinder K. Judge,

Carman Neustaedter,

Steve Harrison,

Andrew BloseAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '11: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1205 - 1214

https://doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979122

Published: 07 May 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Video conferencing allows distance-separated family members to interact somewhat akin to being together at the same place and time. Yet most video conferencing systems are designed for phone-like calls between only two locations. Using such systems for long interactions or social gatherings with multiple families is cumbersome, if not impossible. For this reason, we wanted to explore how families would make use of a video system that permitted sharing everyday life over extended periods of time between multiple locations. We designed a media space called Family Portals that provides shared video between three locations and deployed it within the homes of six families. Results show that the media space increased feelings of connectedness and the focus on a triad, in contrast to a dyad, caused new styles of interaction to emerge. Despite this, families experienced new privacy challenges and non-adoption by some family members, not previously seen in dyadic family media spaces.

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Family portals: connecting families through a multifamily media space
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  1. Collaborative and social computing

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DOI:10.1145/1978942

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Microsoft Research
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University of Saskatchewan
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