Prototyping the self-authored video interview: challenges and opportunities

Snow, Stephen, Rittenbruch, Markus and Brereton, Margot (2015) Prototyping the self-authored video interview: challenges and opportunities. The 15th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Interact 2015. 14 - 18 Sep 2015. pp. 150-158 . (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22668-2_13).

Abstract

Self-authored video- where participants are in control of the creation of their own footage- is a means of creating innovative design material and including all members of a family in design activities. This paper describes our adaptation to this process called Self Authored Video Interviews (SAVIs) that we created and prototyped to better understand how families engage with situated technology in the home. We find the methodology produces unique insights into family dynamics in the home, uncovering assumptions and tensions unlikely to be discovered using more conventional methods. The paper outlines a number of challenges and opportunities associated with the methodology, specifically, maximising the value of the insights gathered by appealing to children to champion the cause, and how to counter perceptions of the lingering presence of researchers

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