Longitudinal, cross-site and "in the Wild": a study of public displays user communities' situated snapshots

ABSTRACT

Networked public displays are a new medium, and as such they can improve the quality and experience of urban spaces by providing new means to engage members of place-based communities. As they are located in different public spaces understanding commonalities and differences between their users helps in building a solid foundation for knowledge on how networked public displays operate. In this paper, we describe findings from a 12 weeks deployment of the Moment Machine application that allows posting and viewing situated snapshots across 4 displays placed in urban settings of the Screens in the Wild Network (UK). We describe similarities/differences between the four user communities in terms of the photos taken, returning users behavior, interaction session properties etc. Overall, our findings contribute to the buildup of knowledge on general engagement patterns of networked public displays. We suggest that situated snapshots and their analysis as described in this paper can be used as a research tool and methodology for capturing and uncovering the part of a place-based community interested in interacting with public displays.

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Index Terms

• Human-centered computing

  • Collaborative and social computing

    • Collaborative and social computing design and evaluation methods

      • Ethnographic studies

    • Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms

      • Collaborative content creation

  • Human computer interaction (HCI)

    • Empirical studies in HCI

    • HCI design and evaluation methods

      • User studies