Distorting Social Feedback in Visualizations of Conversation

Bergstrom, Tony; Karahalios, Karrie

doi:10.1109/hicss.2012.222

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“…A relatively large body of work has looked at how the transmission of physiological data might play a role in computermediated communication. One class of application has attempted to explicitly encourage or discourage certain behavioral outcomes, making some biosignals apparent such that the transmission of the data acts as a social cue [2,19]. Another class of prototypes explores how signals might affect feelings of intimacy, particularly between romantic partners [1], and several applications focus on the transmission of heartrate as a means to achieve this effect [16,25,26].…”

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Habits of the Heart(rate)

Merrill

Cheshire

2016

Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Supporting Group Work

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We investigate interpretations of a biosignal (heartrate) in uncertain social interactions. We describe the quantitative and qualitative results of a randomized vignette experiment in which subjects were asked to make assessments about an acquaintance based on an imagined scenario that included shared heartrate information. We compare the results of this experiment in adversarial and non-adversarial contexts of interaction. We find that elevated heartrate transmits cues about mood in both contexts, but that these cues do not appear to impact assessments of trustworthiness, reliability and dependability. Counter to our expectations, we find that normal (rather than elevated) heartrate leads to negative trust-related assessments, but only in an adversarial context. Our qualitative analysis points to the role of social expectations in shaping contextual interpretations of heartrate, and reveals individual differences in the way interpretations are constructed. We unpack some of the ways that social meanings can arise from biosensor data, and discuss considerations for those designing interactions with wearables.

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