An experience sampling study into awareness needs of busy families

J.V. Khan; P. Markopoulos; J.H. Eggen

doi:10.1109/HSI.2009.5091002

An experience sampling study into awareness needs of busy families

J.V. Khan, P. Markopoulos, J.H. Eggen

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Abstract

We report an investigation into the communication needs of working parents pertaining to awareness of each other's whereabouts and activities. Twenty working parents took part in an experience sampling study for a period of one week and in follow up interviews. Analysis of participant responses shows that working parents can benefit from automatically updated information relating to availability of each other through the day, support for micro-coordination especially surrounding dinner time and children's activities and getting reassurance regarding the well being of the family. Analyzing the situational variations of information needs we find that parents seek their partner's communication availability during the day, require information to coordinate evening tasks and are prone to exchange information at home than at work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Human System Interaction
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	338-343
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-3960-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2009.5091002
Publication status	Published - Sep 2009
Event	International Conference on Human System Interaction: HSI 2009 - Duration: 21 May 2009 → 23 May 2009

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human System Interaction
Period	21/05/09 → 23/05/09

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An experience sampling study into awareness needs of busy families. / Khan, J.V.; Markopoulos, P.; Eggen, J.H.

Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Human System Interaction. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009. p. 338-343.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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