Listening Together while Apart: Intergenerational Music Listening

Chowdhury, Nabila; Latulipe, Celine; Young, James E.

doi:10.1145/3462204.3481765

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“…Technology struggles as social opportunities Chowdhury et al (Chowdhury et al, 2021) identified how video conferencing and music listening platforms separately cannot support music colistening online. Kleinberger et al (Kleinberger et al, 2019) discussed concerns regarding technological barriers between grandparents and grandchildren and how such barriers can disrupt intergenerational interaction.…”

Section: Co-listening Supports Positive Intergenerational Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, these are typically designed for work (e.g., Zoom, Skype), or on-demand video conferencing (e.g., FaceTime), and there is room for features to explicitly support the kinds of rich recreational features that can promote sustained interactions. While it is possible to appropriate video conferencing software and then use screen sharing and other online applications for online co-recreation, this requires a lot of tinkering on both ends of the communication channel (Chowdhury et al, 2021), which could be a barrier for many users.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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"Music co-listening over video chat to support intergenerational connectedness: An exploratory study"

Chowdhury¹,

Latulipe²,

Young³

2022

Gerontechnology

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Background: Meaningful intergenerational interaction can help older adults view aging more positively, provide a means to pass on their cultural identity, and support general well-being. However, maintaining intergenerational relationships may be difficult due to geographical separation, lack of common conversation topics, scheduling challenges, and recently, pandemic-related restrictions. We explored music co-listening over a typical video-conferencing platform to see how such platforms can support a rich and sustained connectedness between grandparents and teen grandchildren. Objective: In this research, we explored the following questions: What interaction and conversation patterns happen when older adults and grandchildren share their music with each other over a synchronous video conferencing tool? What types of intergenerational interactions around music co-listening online should communications technology support, in order to support inter-generational conversation? Method: We conducted a qualitative study where a grandparent and teen grandchild colistened to favourite songs and had a conversation about them. Results: From this exploratory study, we found that the inclusion of music provided a 'Ticket-to-Talk' between our dyads (6 dyads, 12 participants) by supporting peripheral quality interaction with mu-sic. Our 'Private DJ' mechanism simplified the process of colistening to music online and conversing around it for the dyads. The planning of songs to share, anticipating the other party's song selections, watching the partner's song selection, and having time between the songs to have a conversation, all seemed to contribute to making the synchronous intergenerational communication enjoyable between our dyads. Conclusion: Our results support the ongoing design of online family communication technologies to include increased support for co-activities such as music co-listening, to make it easier for separated family members to have meaningful and sustained communications.

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Section: Co-listening Supports Positive Intergenerational Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%