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Social Distancing and Social Biosensing: Intersubjectivity from Afar
1School of Information, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA USA.
Computer Supported Cooperative Work : CSCW : an International Journal
|August 1, 2022
Summary
Social biosensing, sharing physiological data like electrodermal activity (EDA), can enhance remote connection. Friends navigated shelter-in-place by sharing EDA, developing unique ways to understand this intimate data.
Area of Science:
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Social Psychology
- Communication Studies
Background:
- COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders shifted relationships to computer-mediated communication (CMC).
- Traditional CMC lacks crucial social cues, hindering deep connection.
- Novel communication methods are needed to foster social connection remotely.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how friends experienced sharing electrodermal activity (EDA) during shelter-in-place.
- To understand the meaning-making processes involved in interpreting interpersonal physiological data.
- To investigate the role of intersubjectivity in understanding shared biosensory information.
Main Methods:
- Studied nine pairs of friends (N=18) during shelter-in-place.
- Participants shared electrodermal activity (EDA) data in response to videos.
- Employed a phased approach to analyze the temporal development of understanding unfamiliar biosensory data.
Main Results:
- Participants found typical CMC artificial and unnatural.
- EDA was interpreted as both emotional response and personal characteristic.
- Identified three meaning-making typologies: 'stablers', 'broadeners', and 'puzzlers'.
Conclusions:
- Social biosensing offers a pathway to deeper remote connection.
- Intersubjectivity, through analogical apperception and dialogical interaction, is key to interpreting biosensory data.
- Findings inform CMC design, social biosensing research, and intersubjectivity theory.
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