Study of calm communication method for connecting the asymmetric life world of family members who live apart

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23300263
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: General human life sciences
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: KINOE Yosuke 法政大学, 国際文化学部, 教授 (70343613)
• Research Collaborator: Sjölinder Marie Swedish Institute of Computer Science, シニアリサーチャー ; UCHITOMI Ayako 法政大学, 大学院国際文化研究科 ; NOGUCHI Asuka 法政大学, 大学院国際文化研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: コミュニケーション支援 / 離れて暮らす家族 / フィールド調査 / 質的研究 / 非言語コミュニケーション / 多感覚情報通信 / 家族生活史 / クオリティ・オブ・ライフ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study presented an integrated approach that combined a qualitative study and development of a new communication supporting environment for geographically distributed family members. Our process consisted of field interviews, qualitative analysis, establishment of design principles, and development of peripheral communication prototypes.
We conducted a series of in-depth semi-structured interviews with various families of the different types of household structures, who lived alone, lived apart or lived together. They included elderly persons, visually impaired persons, long-hospitalized children, and their family members. On the basis of the analysis results, we established a set of design principles and developed different types of peripheral communication. We also conducted field evaluation sessions. Positive responses were obtained for a prototype employing tangible communication, and a prototype based on a specific family episode.

Free Research Field

人間工学