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Connecting Families The Impact of New Communication Technologies on Domestic Life /

New technologies are radically changing the way that families connect with one another: we can text our teenagers from work, eat dinner with far-away parents via video link, and instantly upload and share photos after a family day out. Whether we are bridging time or distance, and whether we are enh...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Neustaedter, Carman. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Harrison, Steve. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sellen, Abigail. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Computers and civilization.
User interfaces (Computer systems).
Software engineering.
Computers and Society.
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.
Software Engineering.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4192-1
Table of Contents:
  • Connecting Families: An Introduction
  • Section 1: Couples
  • Designing for Collocated Couples
  • Shared Living, Experiences, and Intimacy over Video Chat in Long Distance Relationships
  • Section 2: Immediate Families and Children
  • Intra-Family Messaging with Family Circles
  • Enriching Virtual Visitation in Divorced Families
  • Kids & Video: Playing with Friends at a Distance
  • Section 3: The Extended, Distributed Family
  • Connecting Families Across Time Zones
  • Inter-Family Messaging with Domestic Media Spaces
  • Reading, Laughing, and Connecting with Young Children
  • Connecting Grandparents and Grandchildren
  • Index.

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