How the Nintendo generation learns
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on LISP
When are Personal Technologies for Children?
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Business email: the killer impact
Communications of the ACM
Students' linguistic behaviour in online discussion groups: Does gender matter?
Computers in Human Behavior
Assessing emotions related to learning new software: The computer emotion scale
Computers in Human Behavior
Remote conversations: the effects of mediating talk with technology
Human-Computer Interaction
Family communication: phone conversations with children
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Information and Management
Making love in the network closet: the benefits and work of family videochat
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Video playdate: toward free play across distance
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Emotion encoding and interpretation in computer-mediated communication: Reasons for use
Computers in Human Behavior
Children's interactions in an asynchronous video mediated communication environment
INTERACT'11 Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part I
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Video-mediated communication (VMC) has become a feasible way to connect people in remote places for work and play. Nevertheless, little research has been done with regard to children and VMC. In this paper, we explore the behavior of a group of children, who exchanged video messages in an informal context. In particular, this paper presents the results of 11-week VMC study of 30 children from the USA and Greece, exploring children's behavior with the asynchronous video-based messaging tool we developed called VideoPal. In the study, children's interactions, perceptions, content exchanged and emotions were collected. The results from the analyses highlight that the emotion of happiness dominated in the communication. Moreover, the content included useful personal information and is connected with children's interactions (e.g., number of views and of recipients). In addition, children generally preferred VideoPal to email because they felt that it was easier and has more fun.