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TY - GEN
T1 - The tyranny of the everyday in mobile video messaging
AU - Rintel, S.
AU - Harper, R.
AU - O'Hara, K.
PY - 2016/5/7
Y1 - 2016/5/7
N2 - This paper reports on how asynchronous mobile video messaging presents users with a challenge to doing 'being ordinary'. 53 participants from three countries were recruited to try Skype Qik at launch for two weeks. Some participants embraced Skype Qik as a gift economy, emphasizing a special relationship enacted through crafted self-presentation. However, gift exchange makes up only a small proportion of conversation. Many participants struggled with the self-presentation obligations of video when attempting more everyday conversation. Faced with the 'tyranny of the everyday', many participants reverted to other systems where content forms reflected more lightweight exchange. We argue that designing for fluid control of the obligations of turn exchange is key to mobile applications intended to support everyday messaging.
AB - This paper reports on how asynchronous mobile video messaging presents users with a challenge to doing 'being ordinary'. 53 participants from three countries were recruited to try Skype Qik at launch for two weeks. Some participants embraced Skype Qik as a gift economy, emphasizing a special relationship enacted through crafted self-presentation. However, gift exchange makes up only a small proportion of conversation. Many participants struggled with the self-presentation obligations of video when attempting more everyday conversation. Faced with the 'tyranny of the everyday', many participants reverted to other systems where content forms reflected more lightweight exchange. We argue that designing for fluid control of the obligations of turn exchange is key to mobile applications intended to support everyday messaging.
KW - Asynchronous messaging
KW - Everyday
KW - Exchange economies
KW - Mobile
KW - Self-presentation
KW - Turn-taking
KW - Video
KW - Human engineering
KW - Self presentations
KW - Human computer interaction
U2 - 10.1145/2858036.2858042
DO - 10.1145/2858036.2858042
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781450333627
SP - 4781
EP - 4792
BT - CHI '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - ACM
CY - New York
ER -