Being in Public and Reciprocity Design for Portholes and User Preference.pdfVIP

1. INTRODUCTION As we become better connected by communication networks, geographically-distributed individuals and groups are using mediated communication technolo- gies (e.g., video conferencing) to support work col- laborations. Group and collaboration awareness tools (Cool 1992, Narine 1997, Tang 1994) have been pro- posed for enabling non-co-located people to be aware of their coworkers and of the potential for col- laboration. They largely use video images as the information kernel for awareness. Portholes is one flavor of such a tool that provides an integrative view of one’s community