Poster: Improving communication and communicability with smarter use of text-based messages on mobile and wearable devices

• Main Author: CHOO, Kenny T. W.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Communication Technology and New Media; Databases and Information Systems; Digital Communications and Networking
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3586; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4587/viewcontent/poster_improving__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

While smartphones have undoubtedly afforded many modern conveniences such as emails, instant messaging or web search, the notifications from smartphones conversely impact our lives through a deluge of information, or stress arising from expectations that we should turn our immediate attention to them (e.g., work emails). In my latest research, we find that the glanceability of smartwatches may provide an opportunity to reduce the perceived disruption from mobile notifications. Text is a common medium for communication in smart devices, the application of natural language processing on text, together with the physical affordances of smartwatches, present exciting opportunities for research to improve communication between people.