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April 24, 2017
Connective recovery in social networks after the death of a friend
Nature Human Behavior
Most individuals have few close friends, leading to potential isolation after a friend’s death. Do social networks heal to fill the space left by the loss? We conduct such a study of self-healing and resilience in social networks.
William Hobbs, Moira Burke
February 22, 2017
Automatic Alt-text: Computer-generated Image Descriptions for Blind Users on a Social Network Service
CSCW
Paper covers the design and deployment of an automatic alt-text (AAT), a system that applies computer vision technology to identify faces, objects, and themes from photos to generate photo alt-text for screen reader users on Facebook.
Jeffrey Wieland, Julie Schiller, Omid Farivar, Shaomei Wu
December 16, 2016
The Paradox of Weak Ties in 55 Countries
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
This is the first paper to use a single dataset and methodology to compare the importance of weak ties across countries.
Laura K. Gee, Jason J. Jones, Christopher J. Fariss, Moira Burke, James H. FowlerOctober 31, 2016
Online Social Integration is Associated with Reduced Mortality Risk
PNAS
We reference 12 million social media profiles against California Department of Public Health vital records and use longitudinal statistical models to assess whether social media use is associated with longer life.
Moira Burke, Will Hobbs, James Fowler, Nicholas ChristakisJuly 27, 2016
The Relationship between Facebook Use and Well-Being Depends on Communication Type and Tie Strength
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
An extensive literature shows that social relationships influence psychological well-being, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We test predictions about online interactions and well-being made by theories of belongingness, relationship maintenance, relational investment, social support, and social comparison.
Moira Burke, Robert KrautJuly 23, 2016
HapticWave: Directional Surface Vibrations using Wave-Field Synthesis
SIGGRAPH 2016
HapticWave is a novel haptic technology that delivers directional haptic sensations generated on a flat surface to the user, without requiring him/her to wear a physical device.
Ravish Mehra, Chris Clock, David Perek, Elia Gatti, Riccardo DeSalvo, Sean KellerMay 7, 2016
Changes in Engagement Before and After Posting to Facebook
CHI 2016
We are interested in the ways in which posting content changes individuals’ engagement with Facebook. The study augments previous knowledge about uses and gratifications from posting on social network sites by focusing on short-term activity of contributors.
Nir Grinberg, Alex Dow, Lada Adamic, Mor NaamanMay 7, 2016
Legacy Contact: Designing and implementing stewardship at Facebook
CHI 2016
In this paper we describe Legacy Contact, a new feature that better supports people coping with the death of a loved one on Facebook while giving people more control over what happens to their Facebook account in the future.
Jed R. Brubaker, Vanessa Callison-BurchMay 7, 2016
Finexus: Tracking Fingertips Using Four Magnetometers
CHI 2016
We built a system to magnetically track the fingertips in order to bring hands into VR. It works by instrumenting electromagnets at the tips of the finger; the system is able to track the delicate movements in real time using only four magnetic sensors.
Ke-Yu Chen, Shwetak Patel, Sean KellerFebruary 27, 2016
Modeling Self-disclosure in Social Networking Sites
ACM CSCW
Social networking sites (SNSs) offer users a platform to build and maintain social connections. Understanding when people feel comfortable sharing information about themselves on SNSs is critical to a good user experience, because self-disclosure helps maintain friendships and increase relationship closeness.
Yi-Chia Wang, Moira Burke, Robert KrautFebruary 27, 2016
How Blind People Interact with Visual Content on Social Networking Services
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
In this paper, we explore blind people’s motivations, challenges, interactions, and experiences with visual content on Social Networking Services (SNSs). We present findings from an interview study of 11 individuals and a survey study of 60 individuals, all with little to no functional vision.
Violeta Voykinska, Shiri Azenkot, Shaomei Wu, Gilly LeshedFebruary 27, 2016
Once more with feeling: Supportive responses to social sharing on Facebook
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
Using millions of de-identified Facebook status updates with poster-annotated feelings (e.g., feeling thankful or feeling worried), we examine the magnitude and circumstances in which people share positive or negative feelings and characterize the nature of the responses they receive.
Moira Burke, Mike DevelinFebruary 27, 2016
What’s in a Like? Attitudes and behaviors around receiving Likes on Facebook
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
What social value do Likes on Facebook hold? This research examines people’s attitudes and behaviors related to receiving one-click feedback in social media.
Lauren Scissors, Moira Burke, Steve WengrovitzJanuary 13, 2016
Social Networks and Labor Markets: How Strong Ties Relate to Job Transmission On Facebook’s Social Network
Journal of Labor Economics
This is an observational study of the social networks of 1.4 million US Facebook users who list an employer in their profile.
Moira Burke
December 1, 2015
Internet Use and Psychological Well-Being: Effects of Activity and Audience
Communications of the ACM
Two lines of research fifteen years apart demonstrate that talking with close friends online is associated with improvements in social support, depression, and other measures of well-being. Talking with strangers and reading about acquaintances are not.
Robert Kraut, Moira BurkeApril 26, 2014
Incentives to Participate in Online Research: An Experimental Examination of “Surprise” Incentives
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
In this work, we present four experiments examining how two different kinds of ‘surprise’ financial incentives affect the rate of participation in a longitudinal study when participants are initially solicited with either an appeal to intrinsic motivation to participate in research or one that also offers extrinsic financial incentives.
Andrew Tresolini Fiore, Coye Cheshire, Lindsay Shaw Taylor, G.A. MendelsohnApril 26, 2014
Visually Impaired Users on an Online Social Network
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
In this paper we present the first large-scale empirical study of how visually impaired people use online social networks, specifically Facebook. We identify a sample of 50K visually impaired users, a…
Shaomei Wu, Lada AdamicApril 26, 2014
Growing Closer on Facebook: Changes in Tie Strength Through Site Use
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI)
Scientists debate whether people grow closer to their friends through social networking sites like Facebook, whether those sites displace more meaningful interaction, or whether they simply reflect existing ties.
Moira Burke, Robert KrautApril 11, 2014
Designing and Deploying Online Field Experiments
International World Wide Web Conference (WWW)
Online experiments are widely used to compare specific design alternatives, but they can also be used to produce generalizable knowledge and inform strategic decision making. Doing so often requires sophisticated experimental designs, iterative refinement, and careful logging and analysis.
Eytan Bakshy, Dean Eckles, Michael Bernstein
April 7, 2014
Personalized Collaborative Clustering
International World Wide Web Conference (WWW)
We study the problem of learning personalized user models from rich user interactions. In particular, we focus on learning from clustering feedback (i.e., grouping recommended items into clusters), wh…
Yisong Yue, Chong Wang, Khalid El-Arini, Carlos Guestrin