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TableTalk: integrating personal devices and content for commensal experiences at the family dinner table
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posted on 2016-01-01, 00:00 authored by Hasan FerdousHasan Ferdous, B Ploderer, H Davis, F Vetere, K O'Hara, G Farr-Wharton, R ComberThis paper joins the ubiquitous computing scholarship that investigates the use of technologies in collocated shared settings like family mealtime. Family mealtimes are an important site for fostering togetherness, sharing everyday experiences, and nurturing familial ties. While technologies, especially television and personal devices are often criticized for disrupting the social aspects of mealtimes, they are widely available and commonly used nevertheless. In this paper, we explore this tension and present a novel system TableTalk, which transforms personal devices into a communal shared display on the table to enrich mealtime interactions and experience. Our field study shows that TableTalk does not undermine togetherness, but supports familial expectations and experiences by stimulating conversation, reminiscing, bonding, education, and socializing. We discuss how technology that is sensitive to the needs of family interactions can augment the commensal experience and reflect on design choices and opportunities that contribute, rather than disrupt, family mealtimes.
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Association for Computer Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction. Conference (2016 : Heidelberg, Germany)Series
Association for Computer Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction ConferencePagination
132 - 143Publisher
Association for Computing MachineryLocation
Heidelberg, GermanyPlace of publication
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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2016-09-12End date
2016-09-16ISBN-13
9781450344616Language
engPublication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2016, the owner/author(s)Title of proceedings
UbiComp 2016 : Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous ComputingUsage metrics
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