Enhancing online personal connections through the synchronized sharing of online video
Source:
Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), ACM, Florence, Italy, p.2931-2936 (2008)
ISBN:
978-1-60558-012-X
URL:
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1358628.1358786
Abstract:
Going to movies in a group and inviting friends over to
watch TV are common social activities. This social
engagement both improves the viewing experience and
helps us stay close with our friends and family. To bring
this feeling of co-presence to the Internet, we
developed a set of prototypes that enable people to feel
more connected by watching web video together in
sync. We present the preliminary results of a
quantitative usage study and show initial evidence that
simultaneous video sharing online can help people feel
closer and more connected to their friends and family.
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