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Observer Effect in Social Media Use

While social media data is a valuable source for inferring human behavior, its in-practice utility hinges on extraneous factors. Notable is the ``observer effect,'' where awareness of being monitored can alter people's social media use. We present a causal-inference study to examine this phenomenon on the longitudinal…

Koustuv Saha et al.Georgia Institute of Technology

Sleep Patterns and Sleep Alignment in Remote Teams during COVID-19

Working remotely from home during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant shifts and disruptions in the personal and work lives of millions of information workers and their teams. We examined how sleep patterns---an important component of mental and physical health---relates to teamwork. We used wearable sen…

Thomas Breideband et al.University of Colorado

Remote Work, Motivation, and Burnout; Remote Work, Motivation, and Burnout

Home-Life and Work Rhythm Diversity in Distributed Teamwork: A Study with Information Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of previously collocated information workers had to work from home, a trend expected to become much more commonplace in the future. We interviewed 53 information workers from 17 U.S. teams to understand how this unique extended work-from-home setting influenced teamwork and how t…

Thomas Breideband et al.University of Colorado

Remote Work, Motivation, and Burnout; Remote Work, Motivation, and Burnout

Constructing Embodied Algebra by Sketching

Mathematical models and expressions traditionally evolved as symbolic representations, with cognitively arbitrary rules of symbol manipulation. The embodied mathematics philosophy posits that abstract math concepts are layers of metaphors grounded in our intuitive arithmetic capabilities, such as categorizing objects…

Nazmus Saquib et al.Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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What Life Events are Disclosed on Social Media, How, When, and By Whom?

Social media platforms continue to evolve as archival platforms, where important milestones in an individual's life are socially disclosed for support, solidarity, maintaining and gaining social capital, or to meet therapeutic needs. However, a limited understanding of how and what life events are disclosed (or not) p…

Koustuv Saha et al.Georgia Institute of Technology

Emotional Footprints of Email Interruptions

Working in an environment with constant interruptions is known to affect stress, but how do interruptions affect emotional expression? Emotional expression can have significant impact on interactions among coworkers. We analyzed the video of 26 participants who performed an essay task in a laboratory while receiving e…

Christopher Blank et al.University of Houston

Email Makes You Sweat: Examining Email Interruptions and Stress Using Thermal Imaging

Workplace environments are characterized by frequent interruptions that can lead to stress. However, measures of stress due to interruptions are typically obtained through self-reports, which can be affected by memory and emotional biases. In this paper, we use a thermal imaging system to obtain objective measures of…

Fatema Akbar et al.University of California

The Perpetual Work Life of Crowdworkers: How Tooling Practices Increase Fragmentation in Crowdwork

Crowdworkers regularly support their work with scripts, extensions, and software to enhance their productivity. Despite their evident significance, little is understood regarding how these tools affect crowdworkers' quality of life and work. In this study, we report findings from an interview study (N=21) aimed at exp…

Alex C Williams et al.University of Waterloo

Crowds and Collaboration

Effects of Individual Differences in Blocking Workplace Distractions

Information workers are experiencing ever-increasing online distractions in the workplace, and software to block distractions is becoming more popular. We conducted an exploratory field study with 32 information workers in their workplace using software to block online distractions for one week. We discovered that wit…

Gloria Mark et al.University of California

The Context of College Students’ Facebook Use and Academic Performance: An Empirical Study

The effects of Facebook on academic performance have attracted both public and scholarly attention. Prior research found that Facebook use is linked to poor academic performance, suggesting that Facebook distracts students from studying. These studies, which are primarily based on survey responses, are insufficient to…

Yiran Wang et al.University of California

Supporting Workplace Detachment and Reattachment with Conversational Intelligence

Research has shown that productivity is mediated by an individual’s ability to detach from their work at the end of the day and reattach with it when they return the next day. In this paper we explore the extent to which structured dialogues, focused on individuals’ work-related tasks or emotions, can help them with t…

Alex C Williams et al.University of Waterloo

Pocket Skills: A Conversational Mobile Web App To Support Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Mental health disorders are a leading cause of disability worldwide. Although evidence-based psychotherapy is effective, engagement from such programs can be low. Mobile apps have the potential to help engage and support people in their therapy. We developed Pocket Skills, a mobile web app based on Dialectical Behavi…

Jessica Schroeder et al.University Of Washington

Fostering Civil Discourse Online: Linguistic Behavior in Comments of #MeToo Articles Across Political Perspectives

Linguistic style and affect shape how users perceive and assess political content on social media. Using linguistic methods to compare political discourse on far-left, mainstream and alt-right news articles covering the #MeToo movement, we reveal rhetorical similarities and differences in commenting behavior across th…

Eugenia Ha Rim Rho et al.University of California

Language and Linguistics

Paper Title	Authors	Research Topics
emoji_events Observer Effect in Social Media Use While social media data is a valuable source for inferring human behavior, its in-practice utility hinges on extraneous factors. Notable is the ``observer effect,'' where awareness of being monitored can alter people's social media use. We present a causal-inference study to examine this phenomenon on the longitudinal…	KS Koustuv Saha et al.Georgia Institute of Technology
Sleep Patterns and Sleep Alignment in Remote Teams during COVID-19 Working remotely from home during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant shifts and disruptions in the personal and work lives of millions of information workers and their teams. We examined how sleep patterns---an important component of mental and physical health---relates to teamwork. We used wearable sen…	TB Thomas Breideband et al.University of Colorado	Remote Work, Motivation, and Burnout; Remote Work, Motivation, and Burnout
Home-Life and Work Rhythm Diversity in Distributed Teamwork: A Study with Information Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of previously collocated information workers had to work from home, a trend expected to become much more commonplace in the future. We interviewed 53 information workers from 17 U.S. teams to understand how this unique extended work-from-home setting influenced teamwork and how t…	TB Thomas Breideband et al.University of Colorado	Remote Work, Motivation, and Burnout; Remote Work, Motivation, and Burnout
Constructing Embodied Algebra by Sketching Mathematical models and expressions traditionally evolved as symbolic representations, with cognitively arbitrary rules of symbol manipulation. The embodied mathematics philosophy posits that abstract math concepts are layers of metaphors grounded in our intuitive arithmetic capabilities, such as categorizing objects…	NS Nazmus Saquib et al.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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What Life Events are Disclosed on Social Media, How, When, and By Whom? Social media platforms continue to evolve as archival platforms, where important milestones in an individual's life are socially disclosed for support, solidarity, maintaining and gaining social capital, or to meet therapeutic needs. However, a limited understanding of how and what life events are disclosed (or not) p…	KS Koustuv Saha et al.Georgia Institute of Technology
Emotional Footprints of Email Interruptions Working in an environment with constant interruptions is known to affect stress, but how do interruptions affect emotional expression? Emotional expression can have significant impact on interactions among coworkers. We analyzed the video of 26 participants who performed an essay task in a laboratory while receiving e…	CB Christopher Blank et al.University of Houston
Email Makes You Sweat: Examining Email Interruptions and Stress Using Thermal Imaging Workplace environments are characterized by frequent interruptions that can lead to stress. However, measures of stress due to interruptions are typically obtained through self-reports, which can be affected by memory and emotional biases. In this paper, we use a thermal imaging system to obtain objective measures of…	FA Fatema Akbar et al.University of California
The Perpetual Work Life of Crowdworkers: How Tooling Practices Increase Fragmentation in Crowdwork Crowdworkers regularly support their work with scripts, extensions, and software to enhance their productivity. Despite their evident significance, little is understood regarding how these tools affect crowdworkers' quality of life and work. In this study, we report findings from an interview study (N=21) aimed at exp…	AW Alex C Williams et al.University of Waterloo	Crowds and Collaboration
Effects of Individual Differences in Blocking Workplace Distractions Information workers are experiencing ever-increasing online distractions in the workplace, and software to block distractions is becoming more popular. We conducted an exploratory field study with 32 information workers in their workplace using software to block online distractions for one week. We discovered that wit…	GM Gloria Mark et al.University of California
The Context of College Students’ Facebook Use and Academic Performance: An Empirical Study The effects of Facebook on academic performance have attracted both public and scholarly attention. Prior research found that Facebook use is linked to poor academic performance, suggesting that Facebook distracts students from studying. These studies, which are primarily based on survey responses, are insufficient to…	YW Yiran Wang et al.University of California
Supporting Workplace Detachment and Reattachment with Conversational Intelligence Research has shown that productivity is mediated by an individual’s ability to detach from their work at the end of the day and reattach with it when they return the next day. In this paper we explore the extent to which structured dialogues, focused on individuals’ work-related tasks or emotions, can help them with t…	AW Alex C Williams et al.University of Waterloo
Pocket Skills: A Conversational Mobile Web App To Support Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Mental health disorders are a leading cause of disability worldwide. Although evidence-based psychotherapy is effective, engagement from such programs can be low. Mobile apps have the potential to help engage and support people in their therapy. We developed Pocket Skills, a mobile web app based on Dialectical Behavi…	JS Jessica Schroeder et al.University Of Washington
Fostering Civil Discourse Online: Linguistic Behavior in Comments of #MeToo Articles Across Political Perspectives Linguistic style and affect shape how users perceive and assess political content on social media. Using linguistic methods to compare political discourse on far-left, mainstream and alt-right news articles covering the #MeToo movement, we reveal rhetorical similarities and differences in commenting behavior across th…	ER Eugenia Ha Rim Rho et al.University of California	Language and Linguistics