TY - GEN
T1 - Food messaging
T2 - 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2014
AU - Wei, Jun
AU - Ma, Xiaojuan
AU - Zhao, Shengdong
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Food is more than just a means of survival; it is also a form of communication. In this paper, we investigate the potential of food as a social message carrier (a.k.a., food messaging). To investigate how people accept, use, and perceive food messaging, we conducted exploratory interviews, a field study, and follow-up interviews over four weeks in a large information technology (IT) company. We collected 904 messages sent by 343 users. Our results suggest strong acceptance of food messaging as an alternative message channel. Further analysis implies that food messaging embodies characteristics of both text messaging and gifting. It is preferred in close relationships for its evocation of positive emotions. As the first field study on edible social messaging, our empirical findings provide valuable insights into the uniqueness of food as a message carrier and its capabilities to promote greater social bonding. Copyright © 2014 ACM.
AB - Food is more than just a means of survival; it is also a form of communication. In this paper, we investigate the potential of food as a social message carrier (a.k.a., food messaging). To investigate how people accept, use, and perceive food messaging, we conducted exploratory interviews, a field study, and follow-up interviews over four weeks in a large information technology (IT) company. We collected 904 messages sent by 343 users. Our results suggest strong acceptance of food messaging as an alternative message channel. Further analysis implies that food messaging embodies characteristics of both text messaging and gifting. It is preferred in close relationships for its evocation of positive emotions. As the first field study on edible social messaging, our empirical findings provide valuable insights into the uniqueness of food as a message carrier and its capabilities to promote greater social bonding. Copyright © 2014 ACM.
KW - Affective communication
KW - Edible social messaging
KW - Field study
KW - Food HCI
KW - Food messaging
KW - Food printer
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U2 - 10.1145/2556288.2557026
DO - 10.1145/2556288.2557026
M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
SN - 9781450324731
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 2873
EP - 2882
BT - CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 26 April 2014 through 1 May 2014
ER -