Bridging the digital divide one tweet at a time: twitter-enabled devices for family communication

Authors:
Joseph Nesbitt;AnnMarie Thomas
Affiliations:
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, USA;University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, USA
Venue:
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2010

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Abstract

We present two devices designed to facilitate information transfer and communication between family members, particularly older adults and their younger relatives. Central to both devices is their use of Twitter to send updates and messages to relatives and friends. In this paper, we report on the design of the system and share results from preliminary focus groups.