@inproceedings{413cd92302a2450abe146941f5382c42,
title = "Globally fit: Attending to international users and advancing a sociotechnological design agenda for wearable technologies",
abstract = "This study investigates cultural perceptions toward the use and design of popular wearable technologies. Through surveys and qualitative interviews of 21 international college students, narrative data were collected and analyzed with a modified grounded theory methodology. This paper reports the preliminary findings from this study, including themes that indicate mismatch between designed features and user expectation due to sociocultural differences. Key distinctions involving cross-cultural literacy practices and technology expectations are discussed. Accordingly, I argue for a reenactment of a sociotechnological agenda as a culturally sensitive model for the research and design of wearables and emerging technologies.",
keywords = "Cultures, International and Intercultural Communication Design, Sociotechnological Design Agenda, Wearable Technology",
author = "Tham, {Jason Chew Kit}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 ACM.; 34th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2016 ; Conference date: 23-09-2016 Through 24-09-2016",
year = "2016",
month = sep,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1145/2987592.2987599",
language = "English",
series = "SIGDOC 2016 - 34th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
editor = "Sarah Gunning",
booktitle = "SIGDOC 2016 - 34th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication",
}