Exploring Embodied Approaches for Large Age Gap Sibling Communication through Technology Probes

Stuti Arora; Qiao Jin; Svetlana Yarosh

doi:10.1145/3585088.3593892

Exploring Embodied Approaches for Large Age Gap Sibling Communication through Technology Probes

Stuti Arora, Qiao Jin, Svetlana Yarosh

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Large age differences and geographic distance between siblings can often hinder the development of close relationships, as they may have different social circles and schedules. Younger siblings may also have limited access to digital technology, which can further complicate communication and interaction between them. In this paper, we developed two technology probes, Haptic Bubble and Emoji Board. Both of these systems utilize embodied interaction, which has been shown to be an effective way to engage children in remote communication. Our work focused on three main goals through the development and preliminary study: the system design goal involved testing the feasibility of the embodied design approach, the empirical goal was to collect information on how siblings use embodied communication technology and the design goal was to inspire new kinds of technology to support large gap siblings’ needs.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Rediscovering Childhood
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	635-640
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400701313
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593892
State	Published - Jun 19 2023
Event	22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood, IDC 2023 - Chicago, United States Duration: Jun 19 2023 → Jun 22 2023

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Name	Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood

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Conference	22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood, IDC 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	6/19/23 → 6/22/23

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Funding Information:
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the participants who took part in this study. Your contributions have been invaluable in providing meaningful insights and data. We would also like to extend our thanks Anna Frenz and David Nguyen for their work on this project. This research was supported by NSF grant No. 1651575 and the University of Minnesota’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. A special thank you to my sister, Stavya Arora, for all her support and encouragement.

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© 2023 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).

Keywords

children
distributed family
embodied interaction
remote communication
siblings

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Arora, S., Jin, Q., & Yarosh, S. (2023). Exploring Embodied Approaches for Large Age Gap Sibling Communication through Technology Probes. In Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood (pp. 635-640). (Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593892

Exploring Embodied Approaches for Large Age Gap Sibling Communication through Technology Probes. / Arora, Stuti; Jin, Qiao; Yarosh, Svetlana.
Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2023. p. 635-640 (Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Arora, S, Jin, Q & Yarosh, S 2023, Exploring Embodied Approaches for Large Age Gap Sibling Communication through Technology Probes. in Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood. Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 635-640, 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood, IDC 2023, Chicago, United States, 6/19/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593892

Arora S, Jin Q, Yarosh S. Exploring Embodied Approaches for Large Age Gap Sibling Communication through Technology Probes. In Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2023. p. 635-640. (Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood). doi: 10.1145/3585088.3593892

Arora, Stuti ; Jin, Qiao ; Yarosh, Svetlana. / Exploring Embodied Approaches for Large Age Gap Sibling Communication through Technology Probes. Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2023. pp. 635-640 (Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood).

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