Socio-technical Opportunities in Long-Distance Communication Between Siblings with a Large Age Difference

Qiao Jin; Irene Ye Yuan; Svetlana Yarosh

doi:10.1145/3544548.3580720

Socio-technical Opportunities in Long-Distance Communication Between Siblings with a Large Age Difference

Qiao Jin, Irene Ye Yuan, Svetlana Yarosh

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Siblings play a crucial and long-lasting role in family connections and relationships. However, with the older sibling transitioning out of their parental home, maintaining a close sibling relationship can be challenging, especially if siblings have a large age difference. We conducted a diary and interview study with nine families in China which have spaced siblings, to identify design opportunities for technology to better support their communication and connection needs. We contribute to the HCI community in three aspects. First, we contribute an empirical understanding of current communication patterns from distributed families with large age gap siblings in China. Second, we identify current facilitation roles, practices, and challenges regarding sibling relationships from different stakeholders' perspectives. Last but not least, we present technological opportunities for supporting the large-gap sibling relationship, informing directions for future research and design for distributed families.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450394215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580720
State	Published - Apr 19 2023
Event	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: Apr 23 2023 → Apr 28 2023

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	4/23/23 → 4/28/23

Bibliographical note

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 to the reviewers for their constructive comments and feedback, which greatly enhanced the quality of this study. This research was supported by NSF grant No. 1651575. Finally, special thanks to Tian Jin (the first author’s younger brother), who helped with the pilot study and provided the inspiration for this research.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 ACM.

Keywords

children
computer-mediated communication
distributed families
non-Western
siblings

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Jin, Q., Yuan, I. Y., & Yarosh, S. (2023). Socio-technical Opportunities in Long-Distance Communication Between Siblings with a Large Age Difference. In CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 94 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580720

Socio-technical Opportunities in Long-Distance Communication Between Siblings with a Large Age Difference. / Jin, Qiao; Yuan, Irene Ye; Yarosh, Svetlana.
CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. 94 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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

Jin, Q, Yuan, IY & Yarosh, S 2023, Socio-technical Opportunities in Long-Distance Communication Between Siblings with a Large Age Difference. in CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 94, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023, Hamburg, Germany, 4/23/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580720

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