Three’s company: understanding communication channels in three-way distributed collaboration

Anthony Tang, Michel Pahud, Kori Inkpen, Hrvoje Benko, John C. Tang, and Bill Buxton. (2010). Three’s company: understanding communication channels in three-way distributed collaboration. In CSCW ’10: Proceedings of the 2010 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work, ACM, 271–280. Notes: Best Paper Nominee (top 5% of submissions).

Abstract

We explore the design of a system for three-way collaboration over a shared visual workspace, specifically in how to support three channels of communication: person, reference, and task-space. In two studies, we explore the implications of extending designs intended for dyadic collaboration to three-person groups, and the role of each communication channel. Our studies illustrate the utility of multiple configurations of users around a distributed workspace, and explore the subtleties of traditional notions of identity, awareness, spatial metaphor, and corporeal embodiments as they relate to three-way collaboration.

Materials

PDF File (http://hcitang.org/papers/2010-cscw2010-three’s-company.pdf)
DOI (http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1718918.1718969)

Keywords

Shared workspace, tabletop, media space, video-mediated communication

BibTeX

@inproceedings{tang2010threes,
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  author = {Tang, Anthony and Pahud, Michel and Inkpen, Kori and Benko, Hrvoje and Tang, John C. and Buxton, Bill},
  booktitle = {CSCW '10: Proceedings of the 2010 ACM conference on Computer supported
      cooperative work},
  doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1718918.1718969},
  isbn = {978-1-60558-795-0},
  keywords = {Shared workspace, tabletop, media space, video-mediated communication},
  location = {Savannah, Georgia, USA},
  notes = {Best Paper Nominee (top 5{\%} of submissions)},
  pages = {271--280},
  pdfurl = {http://hcitang.org/papers/2010-cscw2010-three's-company.pdf},
  publisher = {ACM},
  title = {Three's company: understanding communication channels in three-way distributed
      collaboration},
  type = {conference},
  year = {2010},
  bdsk-url-1 = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1718918.1718969}
}