Social Printers - A Physical Social Network for Political Debates

Explore a conference talk from the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems that introduces Social Printers, innovative physical devices creating a pseudonymous social network between households during televised political debates. Delve into the research conducted around the Scottish Parliamentary Election and EU Referendum in 2016, examining how these devices engage viewers with political debates by displacing interaction from conventional social media and second screens. Learn about the success of Social Printers in encouraging participants to share thoughts and create personal social experiences. Discover potential implications for traditional social media and second screens in the context of political television programs. The presentation covers topics such as research through design, the Social Printers concept, object design, methodologies, roles and responsibilities, restrictions, community building, commentating, discourse, and the intimate experience created by these devices.