"Almost touching": parent-child remote communication using the sharetable system

Svetlana Yarosh, Anthony Tang, Sanika Mokashi, and Gregory D. Abowd. (2013). "Almost touching": parent-child remote communication using the sharetable system. In CSCW ’13: Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work, ACM, 181–192. Acceptance: 35.5% - 139/390.

Abstract

We deployed the ShareTable - a system that provides easy-to-initiate videochat and a shared tabletop task space - in four divorced households. Throughout the month of its use, the families employed the ShareTable to participate in shared activities, share emotional moments, and communicate closeness through metaphorical touch. The ShareTable provided a number of advantages over the phone and was easier to use than standard videoconferencing. However, it did also introduce concerns over privacy and new sources of conflict about appropriate calling practices. We relate our findings to the larger research landscape and present implications for future work.

Materials

PDF File (http://hcitang.org/papers/2013-cscw2013-almost-touching.pdf)
Video (http://hcitang.org/papers/2013-cscw2013-almost-touching.m4v)
DOI (http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2441776.2441798)

Keywords

Computer-mediated communication, divorced families, children, tabletop, camera-projector system, home

BibTeX

@inproceedings{yarosh2013almost,
  acceptance = {35.5{\%} - 139/390},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  author = {Yarosh, Svetlana and Tang, Anthony and Mokashi, Sanika and Abowd, Gregory D.},
  booktitle = {CSCW '13: Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported
      cooperative work},
  date-modified = {2014-01-11 06:55:49 +0000},
  doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2441776.2441798},
  isbn = {978-1-4503-1331-5},
  keywords = {Computer-mediated communication, divorced families, children, tabletop,
      camera-projector system, home},
  location = {San Antonio, Texas, USA},
  pages = {181--192},
  pdfurl = {http://hcitang.org/papers/2013-cscw2013-almost-touching.pdf},
  publisher = {ACM},
  rating = {4},
  title = {"Almost touching": parent-child remote communication using the sharetable
      system},
  type = {conference},
  videourl = {http://hcitang.org/papers/2013-cscw2013-almost-touching.m4v},
  year = {2013},
  bdsk-url-1 = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2441776.2441798}
}