Browser Design Impacts Multitasking

Lottridge, Danielle; Marschner, Eli; Wang, Ellen; Romanovsky, Maria; Nass, Clifford

doi:10.1037/e572172013-407

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“…Some research results have shown that pop up-notifcations about smart phone use had no efect on neither use of "problematic" (self-reported) websites or on smartphone use in general [59], while Lottridge suggested that the act of categorizing websites into productive and not-productive may be benefcial to help users self-regulate their time [60]. Interestingly, Kim et al [46] found that emphasizing the time spent on distracting activities (negative framing) resulted in participants improving their productivity.…”

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“…Another design opportunity might be to consider how to design more intentionally for the user to develop or refect on purposefulness in their browser interactions -for which it should be "apparent how one's actions and short-term goals relate to one's higher-order aims, and values" [68]. Raising awareness for the user about their online behavior may lead to such refection and potential positive efects [46,60]. The current Aiki-interface is designed to be minimally intrusive and thus, does not provide cues about the user's goals or progress towards such goals.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Challenges and Opportunities of Using Redirection of Activity for Self-Regulation Online

Inie

Westh

Muller³

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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This paper explores redirection of activity as an intervention strategy for self-regulation online. We conducted an explorative study ( = 19) of the browser extension Aiki, which redirects a user from a self-defned 'time-wasting' website to an online platform for learning programming (Sololearn, Codecademy, or Udemy). Based on quantitative measures alone, using Aiki decreased the participants' time spent on time-wasting websites on average, and increased programming knowledge. However, several users ended up avoiding their time-wasting websites entirely when Aiki was active, or they discontinued the use of the extension after 'the novelty wore of'. Based on these efects, we qualitatively explored the user experiences and identifed four challenges and four opportunities for using redirection of activity as an intervention strategy for self-regulation of time management in a browser. Our results suggest that this intervention strategy is promising, but careful design is necessary to strike an optimal balance between independence and regulation. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → User interface design; Interactive systems and tools.

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Challenges and Opportunities of Using Redirection of Activity for Self-Regulation Online

Inie

Westh

Muller³

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Taking Notes or Playing Games?

Marlow

Everdingen

Avrahami

2016

Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work &Amp; Social Computing

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This paper presents a detailed examination of factors that affect perceptions of and attitudes towards multitasking in video conferencing. We first report findings from interviews with 15 professional users of videoconferencing. Our interviews revealed the roles and potential link of technology and activity. We then report results from a controlled online experiment with 397 participants based in the United States. Our results show that the technology used for multitasking has a significant effect on others' assumptions of what secondary activity the multitasker is likely engaged in, and that this assumed activity in turn affects evaluations of politeness and appropriateness. We also show that different layouts of the video conferencing UI can affect perception of engagement in the meeting and in turn ratings of polite or impolite behavior. We propose a conceptual model that captures our results and use the model to discuss implications for behavior and for the design of video communication tools.

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"It's Kind of Boring Looking at Just the Face"

Suh

Bentley²,

Lottridge

2018

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Mobile videochat use has been growing, especially for teens. To better understand teens' videochat practices, we conducted a two-week photo diary study with 16 teens. We found that most often, teens videochat with their closest friends from their bedrooms when they feel lonely or bored. Teens turned to videochat when understimulated but also felt understimulated during videochat. In order to manage this, they multitasked -teens moved from active chatting to co-presence while engaged in separate activities like scrolling social feeds or playing games. We uncovered social norms of reciprocity of attention, where teens match the attention level of the other and give leeway to briefly divert attention. Digital notifications did not feel disruptive to the videochat but family members' interruptions felt disruptive as teens' domestic context intruded into their virtual peer setting. We discuss these findings and their implications for research and design of videochat systems.

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Browser Design Impacts Multitasking

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Challenges and Opportunities of Using Redirection of Activity for Self-Regulation Online

Challenges and Opportunities of Using Redirection of Activity for Self-Regulation Online

Taking Notes or Playing Games?

"It's Kind of Boring Looking at Just the Face"

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