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The work to make a home network work

Authors:

Rebecca E. Grinter,

W. Keith Edwards,

Mark W. Newman,

Nicolas DucheneautAuthors Info & Claims

ECSCW'05: Proceedings of the ninth conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Pages 469 - 488

Published: 18 September 2005 Publication History

Abstract

Recently, households have begun to adopt networking technologies to interconnect devices within the home. Yet little is known about the consequences for households of setting up and living with these complex networks, nor the impact of such technologies on the routines of the home. In this paper, we report findings from an empirical study of households containing complex networks of computer and audio/visual technologies. Our study finds that home networks require significant household effort not just to coordinate their use, but also their set up and maintenance. We also show how the coordination around networking has to be worked into the routines of the home and the householders.

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Index Terms

The work to make a home network work
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
    2. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
        Systems analysis and design

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ECSCW'05: Proceedings of the ninth conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

September 2005

488 pages

ISBN:9781402040221

Editors:
Hans Gellersen
Lancaster University, U.K.
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Kjeld Schmidt
IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Michel Beaudouin-Lafon
Université Paris-Sud, France
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Wendy Mackay
INRIA, France

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Published: 18 September 2005

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