Paper Info
Title
Personalizing Ambience and Illusionary Presence: How People Use “Study with me” Videos to Create Effective Studying Environments
Abstract
ABSTRACT“Study with me” videos contain footage of people studying for hours, in which social components like conversations or informational content like instructions are absent. Recently, they became increasingly popular on video-sharing platforms. This paper provides the first broad look into what “study with me” videos are and how people use them. We analyzed 30 “study with me” videos and conducted 12 interviews with their viewers to understand their motivation and viewing practices. We identified a three-factor model that explains the mechanism for shaping a satisfactory studying experience in general. One of the factors, a well-suited ambience, was difficult to achieve because of two common challenges: external conditions that prevent studying in study-friendly places and extra cost needed to create a personally desired ambience. We found that the viewers used “study with me” videos to create a personalized ambience at a lower cost, to find controllable peer pressure, and to get emotional support. These findings suggest that the viewers self-regulate their learning through watching “study with me” videos to improve efficiency even when studying alone at home.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1145/3411764.3445222
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
study with me, productivity, social learning, self-regulated learning, social presence, motivation, distraction, interview, mixed-method
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yoonjoo Lee100.34
John Joon Young Chung222.41
Jean Song3395.68
Minsuk Chang455.16
Juho Kim563268.72