Abstract
The COVID 19 2020 lockdown measures altered how families spent time together, with many fathers adopting new household roles and spending more time with their children. This paper contributes an empirical account of technology use and fatherhood during the COVID 19 pandemic, and draws implications for the design of technologies to support fathers. We outline the findings from semi
structured interviews carried out with fathers during lockdown in the UK. Initial interviews (n=19) highlighted challenges in screen viewing, family dynamics, idea generation and self care. This informed the design of four prototype apps to enrich follow up interviews (n=12), using these prototypes as prompts to explore the emergent challenges in more depth. The interviews identified significant changes and concerns related to technology use within the context of COVID 19, with new roles for fathers conflicting with traditional ones combined with situational stressors to amplify issues with guilt, shame and self care related to technology use.
structured interviews carried out with fathers during lockdown in the UK. Initial interviews (n=19) highlighted challenges in screen viewing, family dynamics, idea generation and self care. This informed the design of four prototype apps to enrich follow up interviews (n=12), using these prototypes as prompts to explore the emergent challenges in more depth. The interviews identified significant changes and concerns related to technology use within the context of COVID 19, with new roles for fathers conflicting with traditional ones combined with situational stressors to amplify issues with guilt, shame and self care related to technology use.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CSCW 22 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 2022 ACM conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Number of pages | 32 |
Volume | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 11 Nov 2022 |
Event | The 25th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing - Duration: 12 Nov 2022 → 16 Nov 2022 |
Publication series
Name | CSCW |
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Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Number | CSCW2 |
Volume | 6 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2573-0142 |
Conference
Conference | The 25th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing |
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Abbreviated title | CSCW 2022 |
Period | 12/11/22 → 16/11/22 |
Research Groups and Themes
- Digital Health
- Bristol Interaction Centre
- Human-computer interaction
- Bristol Interaction Group