Social and privacy aspects of a system for collaborative public expression

Abstract

In this paper, we are concerned with how a real-world social situation shapes the interaction with a novel technology that combines collocated mobile phone and public display use for groups of people. We present a user study of a system that allows collaborative creation and sharing of comic strips on public displays in a social setting such as a pub or café. The system utilizes mobile phones and public displays for shared collaborative expression between collocated users. A user study spanning three sessions was conducted in real-world settings: one during the social event following a seminar on games research and two in a bar on a regular weekday evening. We present and discuss our findings with respect to how the larger social situation and location influenced the interaction with the system, the collaboration between participants of a team, how people moved between different roles (i.e., actor, spectator and bystander), and the privacy issues it evoked from participants

CommunityConnect

“…their satisfaction with social life in the hall. Care was taken to ensure that no questions created privacy concerns [4] [10]. We selected our test site because it has a central lobby and the RHD was a supportive host.…”

Tutorial on Human Computer Interaction for Third Places - THCI-3P

“…Yet, with the increasing number of mobile devices with access to geo-location services, pervasive sensing and place-dependent services, new societal and technical challenges have begun to arise. This has sparked a growing interest from both industry and academia to better understand how humans interact with technologies in third places [8,7,5]. We believe that INTERACT2015 is scheduled at an ideal time and possesses an ideal venue to hold a Tutorial on Human Computer Interaction in Third Places.…”

Workshop on human computer interaction in third places.

“…Yet, with the increasing number of mobile devices with access to geo-location services, pervasive sensing and place-dependent services, new societal and technical challenges have begun to arise. This has sparked a growing interest from both industry and academia to better understand how humans interact with technologies in third places [8,7,5].…”