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People have reported encountering coincidences when using particular technologies to interact with personal digital content. However, to date, there is a paucity of research to understand these experiences. This article applies McCarthy and Wright's [2004; 2005] experiential framework to analyze these kinds of technology-mediated coincidences. By focusing upon encounters of coincidence during people's digital music listening, we identified the elements at play, elucidated the properties of the individual elements, their inter-relationships, and an understanding of how coincidences can arise. We also reveal how, under particular conditions, such elements provide people with opportunities to encounter coincidence. This understanding of coincidence demonstrates how McCarthy and Wright's [2004; 2005] framework can be usefully applied to an empirical investigation of user experience.
Author(s): Leong TW, Vetere F, Howard S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Year: 2012
Volume: 19
Issue: 1
Pages: 6
Print publication date: 01/03/2012
ISSN (print): 1073-0516
ISSN (electronic): 1557-7325
Publisher: ACM Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2147783.2147789
DOI: 10.1145/2147783.2147789
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