Abstract
There has been a growing concern over the huge increase in use of smart media by young children. This study explores the possibility of using augmented-reality(AR) for regulat-ing preschoolers' media usage behavior. With MABLE (mobile application for behavioral learning and education), parents can provide AR-assisted feedback by changing fa-cial expressions and sound effects. When overlaying a smart media, which has MABLE running, in front of a QR marker on a puppet, a facial expression is displayed on top of the puppet's face. A two-week long experiment with 36 parent-child pairs showed that compared to using just the puppet, using MABLE showed higher amount of engage-ment among preschoolers. For the effectiveness of parental mediation in terms of self-control, our data showed mixed results. MABLE had positive effects in that the amount of rule-compliance increased and problematic behaviors de-creased, whereas the level of behavioral dependency on smart media was not influenced.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Subtitle of host publication | Engage with CHI |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450356206, 9781450356213 |
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| State | Published - 20 Apr 2018 |
| Event | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 21 Apr 2018 → 26 Apr 2018 |
Publication series
| Name | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
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| Volume | 2018-April |
Conference
| Conference | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Montreal |
| Period | 21/04/18 → 26/04/18 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 ACM.
Keywords
- Augmented reality (AR)
- Engagement
- Parental mediation
- Preschoolers
- Rule compliance
- Smart media usage