Background The growing capabilities of technology are enabling increased support for
communication and meaningful interactions that span distance, cultures, and generations …

Recently, there has been growing interest in the way in which digital games can affect
intergenerational interactions. Although the existing body of knowledge on intergenerational …

This paper offers an exploration of the attitudes of older adults to kee** in touch with
people who are important to them. We present findings from three focus groups with people …

Social media sites have become immensely popular. In 2010 it was estimated that
Americans spent a quarter of their online time using social networking sites (SNSs) and …

We present a review of literature from the fields of gerontology, HCI and human factors,
which focus on the nature of family and peer relationships in old age. We find both simplistic …

Children are one of the largest new user groups of mobile technology--from phones to micro-
laptops to electronic toys. These products are both lauded and criticized, especially when it …

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 …

We deployed the ShareTable-a system that provides easy-to-initiate videochat and a shared
tabletop task space-in four divorced households. Throughout the month of its use, the …

Parents and children in families living with regular separation due to work develop strategies
to manage being apart. We interviewed 14 pairs of parents and children (ages 7--13) from …

We present an empirical investigation of video-mediated free play between 13 pairs of
friends (ages 7 and 8). The pairs spent 10 minutes playing with each of four different …