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TrainYarn: Probing Perceptions of Social Space in Urban Commuter Trains

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Markus Rittenbruch,

Andry RakotonirainyAuthors Info & Claims

OzCHI '15: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction

Pages 455 - 464

https://doi.org/10.1145/2838739.2838760

Published: 07 December 2015 Publication History

Abstract

We studied the ways that urban commuter train passengers experience their journeys. We present the design process and in-situ evaluation of TrainYarn, a mobile app prototype designed to facilitate social interaction between co-located urban train passengers. Through the deployment of the prototype, we sought to probe perceptions of social space with a view to positively impact the assessment of public transport. Our results support that our target users saw value in the use of TrainYarn, perceiving it as emancipatory, in alignment with their communicative needs, and having the ability to transform their perceptions of social space. To further inform future research and practice, we put forward a series of design recommendations.

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