Phatic Interactions: Being Aware and Feeling Connected

Vetere, Frank; Smith, Jeremy; Gibbs, Martin

doi:10.1007/978-1-84882-477-5_7

Cited by 26 publications

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“…This has potentially important ramifications for ambient awareness, both good and bad. The good, of course, is that, as Vetere et al [2009] note, the leanness of the information does not correlate with its significance. On the other hand, the potential for misrecognized narratives certainly does need to be taken into account, especially if there is the possibility of ambiguity that could affect wellbeing, as in the case of this kind of technology being deployed in parallel with telecare technologies.…”

Section: Reciprocity Of Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Ambient presence technologies and phatic technologies both have awareness as their core affordance [Vetere et al 2009], trading on a sociotechnical engagement in which awareness shades into connectedness [Dey and De Guzman 2006]. In social presence research, this shading is related to the "threshold of co-presence" [Biocca and Harms 2002, p. 13] -that moment when "automatically and without effort, a thing, technology, is suddenly perceived as somehow being, a mediated other", or rather, following Goffman [1961], two moments "(1) when individuals sense that they are able to perceive others, and (2) when others are able to perceive them" [Biocca and Harms 2002, p. 13].…”

Section: Technology Social Presence and Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ambient presence technologies are those designed to unobtrusively sustain attentional awareness between noncolocated parties by affording continuous peripheral indicators of connection [Mankoff et al 2003;Wadley et al 2013]. Phatic technologies are those designed to sustain remote relationships between noncolocated parties by affording lightweight reciprocal communication in which the fact of exchange itself is more important than the quality or quantity of information exchanged [Vetere et al 2005[Vetere et al , 2009.…”

Section: Technology Social Presence and Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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SonicAIR

Baharin

Viller

Rintel

2015

ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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Sonic Atomic Interaction Radio (SonicAIR) is an ambient awareness technology probe designed to explore how connecting the soundscapes of friends or family members might reduce the isolation of seniors living independently. At its core, SonicAIR instruments kitchen activity sites to produce an always-on real-time aural representation of remote domestic rhythms. This article reports how users in two pilot SonicAIR deployments used the sounds as resources for recognizing comfortable narratives of sociability. Used alongside telecare monitoring, such technologized interaction might enable older people to engage in communityoriented soundscape narratives of shared social responsibility. ACM Reference Format:Hanif Baharin, Stephen Viller, and Sean Rintel. 2015. SonicAIR: Supporting independent living with reciprocal ambient audio awareness. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum.

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Section: Reciprocity Of Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Technology Social Presence and Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Technology Social Presence and Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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SonicAIR

Baharin

Viller

Rintel

2015

ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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“…For example Gaver (2002) designed awareness technologies that used 'poetic' hardware design and the senses of touch and smell, and Dey and de Guzman (2006) augmented household objects to respond to the activity of remote family members. Related to this approach is 'phatic' technology, which is intended not to transfer information but to establish and maintain human relationships (Vetere et al, 2009). Technologies such as the 'Virtual Intimate Object' (Kaye, 2006) support nonintrusive social connection through the exchange of lowbandwidth messages which convey simply that one user is thinking of another.…”

Section: Ambient Presencementioning

confidence: 99%

Mobile ambient presence

Wadley¹,

Vetere²,

Kulik³

et al. 2013

Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration

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We are exploring "mobile ambient presence" (MAP) as an approach to sustaining unobtrusive social connection. Prior research has shown that ambient technology can support connectedness by conveying social presence. Since mobile devices are typically always-on and often in peripheral vision, they are candidate ambient displays that might convey presence. We tested a MAP app for tablet computers, finding that it sustained connection in two settings where high-fidelity communication media were considered intrusive. In this paper we discuss the advantages and challenges of mobile ambient presence and the contexts in which it could be put to use.

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“…Designers and researchers have shown that technologies can successfully support users' social interaction and increase intimacy [16]. Hence, we feel that technology might also support the social aspects of sleep [11].…”

Section: The Current Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing the sleeping quality of partners living apart

Scherini

Melo

Craenendonck

et al. 2010

Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

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An increasing number of people reports sleeping problems. In the present paper we describe Somnia: a system designed to support remote couples to fall asleep faster and to enhance their sleep quality. Following a user-centered design process, Somnia was prototyped and evaluated. Qualitative feedback after a two-week user study showed that Somnia succeeded in providing a sense of connectedness between partners when sleeping remotely. This sense of connectedness might lead to a more pleasant sleeping experience. Based on our findings, we recommend designers of sleep related technologies to (a) incorporate the social aspects of sleep in their designs and (b) to focus on emotional arguments rather than rational arguments to influence sleeping habits.

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Phatic Interactions: Being Aware and Feeling Connected

Cited by 26 publications

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