Diverse fields, including CSCW, Communication, and Human Development studies, have
investigated how technologies can better support parent-child relationships. While these …

Research shows that text messages, short type-written messages sent via mobile
telephones, are primarily being used to commence, advance, maintain, or otherwise impact …

Visions of ambient intelligence and ubiquitous computing involve integrating tiny
microelectronic processors and sensors into everyday objects in order to make them “smart.” …

Intimacy is a crucial element of domestic life, and many interactive technologies designed for
other purposes have been appropriated for use within intimate relationships. However, there …

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 …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of previously co-located information workers had to
work from home, a trend expected to become much more commonplace in the future. We …

Computer displays can be helpful for making users aware of the remote presence of friends
and family. In many of the research projects that have explored the use of novel displays, the …

Affective computing holds the promise of creating effortless, integrated, and automatic ways
of communicating emotions within our intimate social network. This could augment …

Parrhasios, it is recorded, entered into a competition with Zeuxis, who produced a picture of
grapes so successfully represented that birds flew up to the stage buildings [in the theater …

We reflect on two museum visiting experiences that adopted the strategy of
interpersonalization in which one visitor creates an experience for another. In the Gift app …