Priya C. Kumar

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"It's totally pointless, but it's fun”: How BeReal Fits into Young Adults’ Social Media Ecosystem and Friendships.

The social media app BeReal positions itself as a space for meaningful connections, however, little is known about how the app’s unique combination of ephemerality, informality, and improvisation actually supports relationship maintenance. We aimed to understand what role BeReal plays in young adults’ friendships and…

CHI '26CorrespondingPrivacy Perception & Decision-Making +2

Collective Privacy Sensemaking of Everyday Lived Experiences: A Study of Reddit and Discord Teen Communities

Teenagers regularly use social media to connect and share information with peers. While much existing research focuses on the adverse impacts of social media on teens' privacy and well-being, little research has examined how teens' privacy could be strengthened through participating in online peer communities. Through…

CSCW '241st AuthorSession 3c: Evolving Approaches to Privacy

A Roadmap for Applying the Contextual Integrity Framework in Qualitative Privacy Research

Privacy is an important topic in HCI and social computing research, and the theory of contextual integrity (CI) is increasingly used to understand how sociotechnical systems—and the new kinds of information flows they introduce—can violate privacy. In empirical research, CI can serve as a conceptual framework for expl…

CHI '24CorrespondingSocial Platform Design & User Behavior +1

‘A Teaspoon of Authenticity’: Exploring How Young Adults BeReal on Social Media

BeReal is the latest social media platform to tout itself as a more authentic space for connection. The app notifies users at a random time each day and gives users two minutes to post an image from their smartphone’s front- and back-facing cameras. While prior work has theorized authenticity on social media and studi…

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