Life Changes, Connection Stays: Photo Sharing and Social Connectedness for People with Special Needs

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

doi:10.1145/1962300.1962327

Life Changes, Connection Stays: Photo Sharing and Social Connectedness for People with Special Needs

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

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Abstract

We study the effects of digital photo sharing on social connectedness of people with special needs. We target people dealing with a transition in life that forced them to live away from their family and friends. Our study included four people with spinal-cord injury staying in a rehabilitation centre and eight elderly people staying in a nursing home. Each participant was provided with a web-enabled digital photo frame and their family members were provided with a camera phone. The results of our study show positive effects. For rehabilitants photo sharing simplified the way they could reconnect to their family. For the elderly people, photo sharing served as ‘food for talk’.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECCE 2010
Subtitle of host publication	28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010 : 25-27 August 2010, Delft, the Netherlands
Editors	Willem-Paul Brinkman, Mark Neerincx
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	135-142
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-60558-946-6
ISBN (Print)	978-94-90818-04-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1962300.1962327
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010
Event	28th Annual European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ECCE 2010 - Delft, Netherlands Duration: 25 Aug 2010 → 27 Aug 2010 Conference number: 28

Conference

Conference	28th Annual European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ECCE 2010
Abbreviated title	ECCE
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Delft
Period	25/08/10 → 27/08/10

Keywords

HMI-HF: Human Factors
Social connectedness
Photo-sharing
Elderly
Rehabilitation
Photo frames
Special needs
ICT support

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van Dijk, B., Dadlani, P., van Halteren, A., & Biemans, M. (2010). Life Changes, Connection Stays: Photo Sharing and Social Connectedness for People with Special Needs. In W.-P. Brinkman, & M. Neerincx (Eds.), ECCE 2010: 28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010 : 25-27 August 2010, Delft, the Netherlands (pp. 135-142). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/1962300.1962327

van Dijk, Betsy ; Dadlani, Pavan ; van Halteren, Aart et al. / Life Changes, Connection Stays : Photo Sharing and Social Connectedness for People with Special Needs. ECCE 2010: 28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010 : 25-27 August 2010, Delft, the Netherlands. editor / Willem-Paul Brinkman ; Mark Neerincx. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 2010. pp. 135-142

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van Dijk, B, Dadlani, P, van Halteren, A & Biemans, M 2010, Life Changes, Connection Stays: Photo Sharing and Social Connectedness for People with Special Needs. in W-P Brinkman & M Neerincx (eds), ECCE 2010: 28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010 : 25-27 August 2010, Delft, the Netherlands. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 135-142, 28th Annual European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ECCE 2010, Delft, Netherlands, 25/08/10. https://doi.org/10.1145/1962300.1962327

Life Changes, Connection Stays: Photo Sharing and Social Connectedness for People with Special Needs. / van Dijk, Betsy; Dadlani, Pavan; van Halteren, Aart et al.
ECCE 2010: 28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010 : 25-27 August 2010, Delft, the Netherlands. ed. / Willem-Paul Brinkman; Mark Neerincx. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2010. p. 135-142.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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van Dijk B, Dadlani P, van Halteren A, Biemans M. Life Changes, Connection Stays: Photo Sharing and Social Connectedness for People with Special Needs. In Brinkman WP, Neerincx M, editors, ECCE 2010: 28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010 : 25-27 August 2010, Delft, the Netherlands. New York: Association for Computing Machinery. 2010. p. 135-142 doi: 10.1145/1962300.1962327

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