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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Robert Comber, Dr Geremy Farr-Wharton
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of a conference proceedings (inc. abstract) that has been published in its final definitive form by ACM Press, 2017.
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While the idea of “celebratory technologies” during family mealtimes to support positive interactions at the dinner table is promising, there are few studies that investigate how these technologies can be meaningfully integrated into family practices. This paper presents the deployment of Chorus – a mealtime technology that orchestrates the sharing of personal devices and stories during family mealtimes, explores related content from all participants’ devices, and supports revisiting previously shared content. A three-week field deployment with seven families shows that Chorus augments family interactions through sharing contents of personal and familial significance, supports togetherness and in-depth discussion by combining resources from multiple devices, helps to broach sensitive topics into familial conversation, and encourages participation from all family members including children. We discuss implications of this research and reflect on design choices and opportunities that can further enhance the family mealtime experience.
Author(s): Ferdous HS, Vetere F, Davis H, Ploderer B, O'Hara K, Comber R, Farr-Wharton G
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year of Conference: 2017
Pages: 6960-6972
Online publication date: 11/05/2017
Acceptance date: 27/02/2017
Date deposited: 03/04/2017
Publisher: ACM Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025492
DOI: 10.1145/3025453.3025492
