Give and take: a study of consumer photo-sharing culture and practice
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mobiphos: a collocated-synchronous mobile photo sharing application
Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Mobiphos: A study of user engagement with a mobile collocated-synchronous photo sharing application
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
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Imagery and picture sharing are an important and growing part of online communities. Many prior studies of online interaction and collaboration rely heavily on text. This study takes a different analytic approach by focusing instead on the images that individuals use to present themselves and to interact. Image data collected from several online communities is analyzed to characterize a range of visual conversational styles. Four specific styles of visual conversation are illustrated and explained; positional play, image quote, text-in-picture and animation. These visual conversation styles are contrasted with textual communication techniques that are commonly taken for granted. The discussion identifies several tradeoffs when designing communities to promote visual conversation.