Social Calm: Group Vlog

Social Calm: Group VlogA pilot program to share happiness within a small social circle using video Huyen Tran Stanford University Spring 2011

The Problem: Negativity We are always worried, stressed, unsatisfied... caught up in our own internal seas of turmoil.Where is the time to appreciate the good things in life?

is HOTpeople love watching youTube videos (3 billion views/day)people like posting videos (48 hours uploaded every minute)accessible (record directly on the site; mobile phone apps)slogan: “Broadcast Yourself” has encouraged vlogging (videoblogging) culturemost popular social media site among college students, afterfacebook because videos = extremely entertaining!stats found here: http://www.geek.com/articles/news/youtube-hits-3-billion-views-per-day-48-hours-of-video-uploaded-per-minute-20110526/

Group Vlog5 days, 13 participantsAnswer a daily positive topicRecord video of self using computer webcam or smartphoneShare video with group of friends46% participated 100% (recorded video every day)15% stopped contributing after first day

Daily E-mails Sent a daily e-mail: youTube link to yesterday’s read & respond compilation of videos according to personal schedules today’s topic most responses came youTube link to my video response for today in at night, after work/school only had to send a reminder e-mail on 1/5 days Bonus: Gmail lab feature lets usersconveniently view youTube videos right inside e-mail message!

Video Cycle daily e-mail withyouTube links and record video w/ computer webcam & topic programs like PhotoBooth or smartphone camera e-mail video compile videos together in iMovie back to me & upload privately to youTube

Daily Topics “the right questions to ask are those that you would ask when you’re with someone andGood range of topics: conversation is dead, and you’re just trying to come up with something to talk about.” favorite color, cartoon what’s on your mind right “good mix of simple and introspective topics that now? I felt helped me learn a lot about other people, but are also pretty simple to give an answer to for what made you smile/feel myself.” good today? “sometimes it’s good to just be able to think about stuff that’s not school for once.”

“What’s on your mind right now?”When I asked this question, participants generallyresponded with things like work and deadlines that werestressing them out... Someone responded realizing that most of My their thoughts were worry/stress-related most exciting moment: and decided at that moment to think about something positive. this is exactly what my program aims to do: get people to escape daily worries and appreciate the beauty of a positive thought!

Social Success! *even passive Participants*’ participants who didn’t Favorite Part Daily Video Compilations contribute videos enjoyed them “I love getting daily updates... made me“I liked seeing smile.” everone.” “hearing about good things “The best part was catching up seeing & knowing others going on in the lives of people I with everyone.” are recording kept love made me happy!” participation strong

Far from perfect... Even with modern tech & youTube, it’s still difficult to get people to record videos. In fact, many people enjoy youTube without contributing any videos themselves.recording self: technical difficulties: e-mail = cold trigger: - camera shyness and self - alas! iphones & webcams are - limited responses to “you’re consciousness barriers not ubiquitous... sitting at home, feeling - awkward talking to - those without had to go comfortable” type reflections camera or recording alone through too many steps - might have received more - embarrassed when others (camera -> memory stick- interesting responses if daily present while recording >computer->find file->e-mail) topics were sent out via text

The Future... ...looks promising!The idea of social video is gaining more and more popularity: - youTube’s video responses - facebook’s video message posts If more people -video chatting (Skype, FaceTime) were less camera shy/concerned about publicity, everyone would The Secret Sauce: be posting video making people feel comfortable. messages on everyone’s Group Vlog worked extremely well facebook wall! with close-knit friends, and even better with long-distance friends

Questions? Huyen Tran E-mail: huyen@stanford.edu Twitter: @thehuyentran WANT MORE CALMING TECH?Check out what my classmates are up to! Blog: cs377t.posterous.com Twitter: #CalmingTech

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Social Calm: Group Vlog

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