The Gift of the Gab?: A Design OrientedSociology of Young People's Use of Mobiles
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Exploring technology adoption and use through the lens of residential mobility
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
From awareness to connectedness: the design and deployment of presence displays
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Magic moments in situated mediascapes
Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology
AutoTopography: what can physical mementos tell us about digital memories?
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Keeping in touch by technology: maintaining friendships after a residential move
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing for User eXperiences
Extending family to school life: College students' use of the mobile phone
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Collocated photo sharing, story-telling, and the performance of self
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Home curation versus teenage photography: Photo displays in the family home
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Family memories in the home: contrasting physical and digital mementos
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
On human remains: Values and practice in the home archiving of cherished objects
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Designing for dynamic family structures: divorced families and interactive systems
Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Social media ownership: using twitter as a window onto current attitudes and beliefs
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Teenagers and their virtual possessions: design opportunities and issues
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The ownership and reuse of visual media
Proceedings of the 11th annual international ACM/IEEE joint conference on Digital libraries
The Future of Looking Back (Microsoft Research)
The Future of Looking Back (Microsoft Research)
Going to college and staying connected: communication between college freshmen and their parents
Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Lost in translation: understanding the possession of digital things in the cloud
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Towards a more cherishable digital object
Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Rethinking the web as a personal archive
Proceedings of the 22nd international conference on World Wide Web
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We report findings from interviews with new undergraduate students, in which they identified particular items as supporting a sense of connectedness with home. We characterize ways in which artifacts underpinned a sense of connection, including by conveying the character of the parental home, supporting a sense of continuity with it, and enabling a physical presence to be maintained there. We then consider how simple affordances offered by these artifacts, such as being able to move, position and sort them, enabled participants to reinforce the meanings that were associated with them. Such actions are normally taken for granted, but we describe how they are compromised for social media especially, due to functional limitations and questions of ownership. We highlight design opportunities for making the transition from home more gradual, and supporting the archiving and display of social media.