TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding Families' Non-/Use Practices and Choices
T2 - The Case of Smart Speakers and Smart Interactive Toys
AU - Garg, Radhika
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to thank all the participants for sharing their technology practices with us. Author also acknowledges the work of the research team in terms of participants’ recruitment and the analysis of data. Finally, the author would also like to gratefully thank Syracuse University for partially funding this work.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10/18
Y1 - 2021/10/18
N2 - Over the past few years, in-home smart technologies have dramatically increased and changed. This paper aims to investigate how families of different socioeconomic status use or forgo the use of smart devices, specifically smart speakers and smart interactive toys. To this end, we interviewed 14 parents with low socioeconomic status and 16 parents with high socioeconomic status from varied races and different levels of education, lifestyles, and occupations. Our findings reveal how socioeconomic differences reflect and impact use of these devices in terms of parenting aids, parents' regulation of children's use, and the non-use practices of families. In the end, we discuss the implications of our findings and provide design recommendations for smart speakers and smart toys that address the diverse values and preferences of families from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
AB - Over the past few years, in-home smart technologies have dramatically increased and changed. This paper aims to investigate how families of different socioeconomic status use or forgo the use of smart devices, specifically smart speakers and smart interactive toys. To this end, we interviewed 14 parents with low socioeconomic status and 16 parents with high socioeconomic status from varied races and different levels of education, lifestyles, and occupations. Our findings reveal how socioeconomic differences reflect and impact use of these devices in terms of parenting aids, parents' regulation of children's use, and the non-use practices of families. In the end, we discuss the implications of our findings and provide design recommendations for smart speakers and smart toys that address the diverse values and preferences of families from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
KW - internet of things
KW - IoT
KW - non-use
KW - smart home
KW - smart interactive toys
KW - smart speakers
KW - smart toys
KW - socioeconomic status
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U2 - 10.1145/3476036
DO - 10.1145/3476036
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85117919403
SN - 2573-0142
VL - 5
JO - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
JF - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
IS - CSCW2
M1 - 295
ER -