Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | NordiCHI '16 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450347631 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Oct 2016 |
| Event | NordiCHI 2016: Game-Changing Design - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 23 Oct 2016 → 27 Oct 2016 http://www.nordichi2016.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | NordiCHI 2016 |
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| Country | Sweden |
| City | Gothenburg |
| Period | 23/10/16 → 27/10/16 |
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Keywords
- Relationship break up
- separation
- divorce
- HCI
- life transitions
- digital
- memory
- curation
- media
- identity
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Digital Possessions After a Romantic Break Up. / Herron, Daniel (Lead / Corresponding author); Moncur, Wendy; van den Hoven, Elise.
NordiCHI '16: Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. 36.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
TY - GEN
T1 - Digital Possessions After a Romantic Break Up
AU - Herron, Daniel
AU - Moncur, Wendy
AU - van den Hoven, Elise
N1 - Herron’s PhD research is supported by an EPSRC Doctoral Training Award. Moncur’s research is supported by Research Councils UK (project reference EP/L00383X/1). Van den Hoven’s research is supported by an STW VIDI grant (number 016.128.303) of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
PY - 2016/10/23
Y1 - 2016/10/23
N2 - With technology becoming more pervasive in everyday life, it is common for individuals to use digital media to support the enactment and maintenance of romantic relationships. Partners in a relationship may create digital possessions frequently. However, after a relationship ends, individuals typically seek to disconnect from their ex-partner. This becomes difficult due to the partners’ interwoven digital presence in the collection of digital possessions. In this paper, we report on a qualitative study exploring individuals’ experiences of relationship break up in a digital context, and discuss their attitudes towards digital possessions from those relationships. Five main themes emerged from our results: digital possessions that sustain relationships, comparing before and after, tainted digital possessions, digital possessions and invasions of privacy, and involved and emotional reminiscing. Opportunities for design were identified in managing attitudes towards digital possessions, disconnecting and reconnecting, and encouraging awareness of digital possessions.
AB - With technology becoming more pervasive in everyday life, it is common for individuals to use digital media to support the enactment and maintenance of romantic relationships. Partners in a relationship may create digital possessions frequently. However, after a relationship ends, individuals typically seek to disconnect from their ex-partner. This becomes difficult due to the partners’ interwoven digital presence in the collection of digital possessions. In this paper, we report on a qualitative study exploring individuals’ experiences of relationship break up in a digital context, and discuss their attitudes towards digital possessions from those relationships. Five main themes emerged from our results: digital possessions that sustain relationships, comparing before and after, tainted digital possessions, digital possessions and invasions of privacy, and involved and emotional reminiscing. Opportunities for design were identified in managing attitudes towards digital possessions, disconnecting and reconnecting, and encouraging awareness of digital possessions.
KW - Relationship break up
KW - separation
KW - divorce
KW - HCI
KW - life transitions
KW - digital
KW - memory
KW - curation
KW - media
KW - identity
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U2 - 10.1145/2971485.2971539
DO - 10.1145/2971485.2971539
M3 - Conference contribution
BT - NordiCHI '16
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
CY - New York
ER -