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CSCW
2011
ACM
13 years 23 days ago
Me and my avatar: exploring users' comfort with avatars for workplace communication
This paper describes results from a large-scale survey to explore users’ comfort with different styles of avatars for workplace communication. Thirty-one avatars were evaluated ...
Kori M. Inkpen, Mara Sedlins
CSCW
2011
ACM
13 years 23 days ago
Network properties and social sharing of emotions in social awareness streams
The relationship between social sharing of emotions, social networks and social ties is an ongoing topic of research. Such sharing of emotions occurs frequently in “social aware...
Funda Kivran-Swaine, Mor Naaman
CSCW
2011
ACM
13 years 23 days ago
Peer interaction effectively, yet infrequently, enables programmers to discover new tools
Computer users rely on software tools to work effectively and efficiently, but it is difficult for users to be aware of all the tools that might be useful to them. While there a...
Emerson R. Murphy-Hill, Gail C. Murphy
CSCW
2011
ACM
13 years 23 days ago
It's about time: confronting latency in the development of groupware systems
The presence of network latency leads to usability problems in distributed groupware applications. Example problems include difficulty synchronizing tightly-coupled collaboration...
Cheryl Savery, T. C. Nicholas Graham
CSCW
2011
ACM
13 years 23 days ago
Sociable killers: understanding social relationships in an online first-person shooter game
Online video games can be seen as medium for the formation and maintenance of social relationships. In this paper, we explore what social relationships mean under the context of o...
Yan Xu, Xiang Cao, Abigail Sellen, Ralf Herbrich, ...
CSCW
2011
ACM
13 years 23 days ago
"Not my bug!" and other reasons for software bug report reassignments
Bug reporting/fixing is an important social part of the software development process. The bug-fixing process inherently has strong inter-personal dynamics at play, especially in h...
Philip J. Guo, Thomas Zimmermann, Nachiappan Nagap...
CSCW
2011
ACM
13 years 23 days ago
Supporting air traffic control collaboration with a TableTop system
Collaboration is key to safety and efficiency in Air Traffic Control. Legacy paper-based systems enable seamless and non-verbal collaboration, but trends in new software and hardw...
Stéphane Conversy, Hélène Gas...