To what extent can social interactions augment people's natural search experiences? What factors influence the decision to turn to a friend for help? Our paper presents the p...
Online personal advertisements have recently become an easy, socially acceptable way to meet partners for dates or relationships. Because popular personals systems not only reflec...
Nowadays it has become increasingly common for family members to be distributed in different time zones. These time differences pose specific challenges for communication within t...
Xiang Cao, Abigail Sellen, A. J. Bernheim Brush, D...
Selective availability in instant messaging can improve connectiveness while at the same time keeping disruption low. In this paper we report on an experience sampling study of se...
Shifts in the culture of civic engagement, technologies and practices surrounding social media, and pressure from political leaders have ignited a movement amongst gov’t agencie...