The #selfiestation: Design and Use of a Kiosk for Taking Selfies in the Enterprise

Abstract

Abstract. This paper describes the design and use of the #selfiestation, a kiosk for taking selfies. Deployed in an office of a large enterprise, its use was studied through analysis of 821 photos taken by 336 users over 24 weeks and interviews with 10 users. The findings show high adoption amongst residents (81.5%); describe selfie usage patterns (funatics, communicators, check-ins, doppelgangers, and groupies); illustrate social photo-taking behavior (78.6% of users posed as part of groups, and those who did took almost four times as many photos); and raises questions for future investigations into flexibility in self-representation over time. Office residents seeing social and communitybuilding value in selfies suggests that they have a place in the enterprise.

A Research Literature Study of Enterprise SocialMedia Platforms in Organizations

“…Later, IBM developed other ESMPs. Such platforms included IBM Connections (Muller et al 2012), #selfiestation (Dugan et al 2015), Enterprise Social Pulse (Shami et al 2014), Know Me (Gou et al 2014), Lotus Connections and Lotus System, providing the opportunity to make advanced analysis of the dynamics of ESMPs and how employee make use of features after years of adoption. For example, papers explore how users search, filter and interact with activity streams.…”