Transitions in digital personhood: Making sense of online activity in early retirement

Abigail  Durrant; David  Kirk; Diego Trujillo-Pisanty; Wendy Moncur; Kathryn Orzech; Tom Schofield; Chris Elsden; Andrew Monk

doi:10.1145/3025453.3025913

Transitions in digital personhood: Making sense of online activity in early retirement

Abigail Durrant (Lead / Corresponding author)
, David Kirk
, Diego Trujillo-Pisanty
, Wendy Moncur
, Kathryn Orzech
, Tom Schofield
, Chris Elsden
, Andrew Monk

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Abstract

We present findings from an experience-centered study about how Internet use supports self-functioning following the life transition into retirement. This qualitative study engaged six recent retirees and included the field deployment of OnLines, a design research artifact that logged and visualized key online services used by each participant at home over a four-week period. An interview
was conducted before and after each deployment, alongside a group interview with three available participants. OnLines prompted participants’ perspective taking and reflection on their patterns of Internet use. Data was analyzed using a
phenomenological method. Position Exchange Theory was further used to understand retirees’ sense making on online activity from a lifespan perspective, informing the design of supportive online services. This paper delivers a three-fold contribution to the human-computer interaction (HCI) field: to the lifespan-oriented discourse by conceptualizing personhood as a dialogical phenomenon that develops and changes over time; to the ageing discourse by studying
retirees’ complex identities in the context of their life histories; to the discourse on research through design, using OnLines to foster participant reflection.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2017
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	6398-6411
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450346559
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025913
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2017
Event	CHI '17: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Denver, United States Duration: 6 May 2017 → 11 May 2017 https://chi2017.acm.org/

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Conference	CHI '17
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	6/05/17 → 11/05/17
Internet address	https://chi2017.acm.org/

Keywords

retirement
lifespan-oriented research
personhood
Ageing
research through design
position exchange theory

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Digital Personhood: Charting the Digital Lifespan (Joint with University of Newcastle, University of Nottingham, University of Surrey and Heriot-Watt University)
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Durrant, A., Kirk, D., Trujillo-Pisanty , D., Moncur, W., Orzech, K., Schofield, T., Elsden, C., & Monk, A. (2017). Transitions in digital personhood: Making sense of online activity in early retirement. In CHI 2017: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 6398-6411). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025913

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Durrant, A, Kirk, D, Trujillo-Pisanty , D, Moncur, W, Orzech, K, Schofield, T, Elsden, C & Monk, A 2017, Transitions in digital personhood: Making sense of online activity in early retirement. in CHI 2017: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 6398-6411, CHI '17, Denver, United States, 6/05/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025913

Transitions in digital personhood: Making sense of online activity in early retirement. / Durrant, Abigail (Lead / Corresponding author); Kirk, David ; Trujillo-Pisanty , Diego et al.
CHI 2017: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. p. 6398-6411.

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