Title
Using physical-social interactions to support information re-finding
Abstract
A dominant way in which we organize our world is through social interactions. Much research has made use of social context as a way to support information storage and re-finding. However, they tend to focus only on the virtual side of sociality, and downplay the role of physicality in social interaction. In our research, we investigate how a person's physical-social interactions, in the form of co-presence, can be employed to support digital information management. We designed and implemented a system based on this concept and evaluated it in three two-month long case studies. Our system associates digital information used in social situations with co-present individuals through the use of automatic or manual tagging. Our findings showed that although the three participants varied greatly in their information filing and information use strategies, they all accessed digital information using people or groups of people, thereby supporting our initial premise. However, we found that the need to use digital information during social interactions arises only when there is a shared focus in the form of, for example, a large display, or when there is a social purpose for the information, for instance to share it with other meeting members at a later time. Our observations suggest the need for further research and innovation in technology affordances for real-time information use in physical-social interactions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2212776.2212861
CHI Extended Abstracts
Keywords
Field
DocType
real-time information use,information use strategy,digital information,physical-social interaction,information filing,social interaction,system associates digital information,digital information management,accessed digital information,information re-finding,information storage,real time,information management,personal information management,social context
Social group,Social relation,Social environment,Management information systems,Information management,Information needs,Personal information management,Computer science,Group information management,Human–computer interaction
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
16
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Blake Sawyer1101.34
Francis Quek2606.56
Wai Choong Wong3172.83
Mehul Motani41492127.55
Sharon Lynn Chu Yew Yee5353.00
Manuel Perez-Quinones661.49