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When did my childhood become an art exhibit?!

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Hannah Freedman,

Tobi Adebisi,

Charlotte Tang,

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CSCW '16 Companion: Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Companion

Pages 261 - 264

https://doi.org/10.1145/2818052.2869095

Published: 27 February 2016 Publication History

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Social media has dramatically altered the ways in which people share experiences. Through on-site observations during the Art of Video Games exhibition in a local museum and an examination of related Instagram postings, we found that visitors try to re-experience their memories and to collectively reminisce about their past gaming. We also discuss the implications of our findings as ways to encourage visitor engagement and to build a natural storehouse of knowledge.

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CSCW '16 Companion: Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Companion

February 2016

549 pages

ISBN:9781450339506

DOI:10.1145/2818052

General Chairs:
Darren Gergle
Northwestern University
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Meredith Ringel Morris
Microsoft Research
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Program Chairs:
Pernille Bjørn
University of Copenhagen
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Joseph Konstan
University of Minnesota

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