Diaries as family communication tools

Fleuriot, Constance; Meech, John F.; Thomas, Peter J.

doi:10.1145/286498.286828

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“…Research on SMS and the home environment is beginning to emerge, though. Various user studies have highlighted the importance of both text messaging and home-centric display artefacts in the management of everyday family life [4,6], but technologies building on this research seem few.…”

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TxtBoard

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et al. 2005

CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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The design of existing mobile phone technology has emphasised the primacy of person-to-person communication for voice, SMS and image-based communication. It may be contrasted with place-to-place communication, the key property of fixed line telephony. However, other forms of communication may mix these two approaches: these include place-to-person or person-to-place for example. These patterns may afford different values to users. This reports a field study of a prototype person-to-place SMS communications device, 'TxtBoard'. This is a small, fixed display appliance for home settings. It displays text messages sent to it from any standard mobile phone. The study highlights how the person-to-place character of the device, combined with the 'public' or situated characteristics of its placement within home settings in particular, create new opportunities for use of SMS.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The scenario we had in mind was a person messaging to their family, in the home. This domain appealed since prior studies had shown that micromanagement is an important function of SMS, and family life entails a great deal of micro-management [4,5,6].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%