Let's stay in touch: Sharing photos for restoring social connectedness between rehabilitants, friends and family

Margit Biemans; Betsy van Dijk; Pavan Dadlani; Aart van Halteren

doi:10.1145/1639642.1639674

Let's stay in touch: Sharing photos for restoring social connectedness between rehabilitants, friends and family

Margit Biemans, Betsy van Dijk, Pavan Dadlani, Aart van Halteren

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Abstract

A case study on the use of an existing photo sharing application in a spinal cord lesion rehabilitation centre is presented. The study focuses on enhancing social connectedness through sharing photos between rehabilitants and their families and friends. Four rehabilitants participated in this study for 6-7 weeks. Most photos sent related to sharing things in everyday life and keeping the rehabilitant informed about regular events. The combination of interviews and content analysis reveals that only a minority of the photos lead to follow-up communication about the contents of the photos. Rehabilitants were positively surprised how spontaneous photo sharing simplified the way they could reconnect to their friends and family, without the immediate need or obligation to engage in a (phone) conversation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASSETS '09
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility : October 25-28, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	179-186
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-60558-558-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1639642.1639674
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2009
Event	11th international ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2009 - Pittsburgh, United States Duration: 25 Oct 2009 → 28 Oct 2009 Conference number: 11

Conference

Conference	11th international ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2009
Abbreviated title	ASSETS
Country	United States
City	Pittsburgh
Period	25/10/09 → 28/10/09

Keywords

HMI-HF: Human Factors
Photo-sharing
Social connectedness
Rehabilitation

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Biemans, M., van Dijk, B., Dadlani, P., & van Halteren, A. (2009). Let's stay in touch: Sharing photos for restoring social connectedness between rehabilitants, friends and family. In ASSETS '09: Proceedings of the Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility : October 25-28, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (pp. 179-186). New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/1639642.1639674

Biemans, Margit ; van Dijk, Betsy ; Dadlani, Pavan ; van Halteren, Aart. / Let's stay in touch : Sharing photos for restoring social connectedness between rehabilitants, friends and family. ASSETS '09: Proceedings of the Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility : October 25-28, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. New York, NY : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2009. pp. 179-186

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Biemans, M, van Dijk, B, Dadlani, P & van Halteren, A 2009, Let's stay in touch: Sharing photos for restoring social connectedness between rehabilitants, friends and family. in ASSETS '09: Proceedings of the Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility : October 25-28, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, NY, pp. 179-186, 11th international ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2009, Pittsburgh, United States, 25/10/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1639642.1639674

Let's stay in touch : Sharing photos for restoring social connectedness between rehabilitants, friends and family. / Biemans, Margit; van Dijk, Betsy; Dadlani, Pavan; van Halteren, Aart.

ASSETS '09: Proceedings of the Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility : October 25-28, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. New York, NY : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2009. p. 179-186.

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Biemans M, van Dijk B, Dadlani P, van Halteren A. Let's stay in touch: Sharing photos for restoring social connectedness between rehabilitants, friends and family. In ASSETS '09: Proceedings of the Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility : October 25-28, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2009. p. 179-186 https://doi.org/10.1145/1639642.1639674