Design for forgetting: Disposing of digital possessions after a breakup

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1823-1832

  Sas, Corina ^a   Whittaker, Steve ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memories; Digital possessions; Disposal; Intentional forgetting; Relationship dissolution; Sense of self

Indexed keywords

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; DIGITAL POSSESSIONS; DIGITAL SPACE; INTENTIONAL FORGETTING; SENSE OF SELF; SENSEMAKING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84877972518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2470654.2466241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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