"More than a cliché": Experiencing Hybrid Gifting in the Wild
"More than a cliché": Experiencing Hybrid Gifting in the Wild
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“不仅仅是陈词滥调”:在野外体验混合礼物
DOI:
10.1145/3577015
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Spence J
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作者:
Spence J
Gifting is socially and economically important. Studies of gifting physical objects have revealed motivations, values, and the tensions between them, while HCI research has revealed weaknesses of digital gifting and explored possibilities of hybrid gifting. We report an “in the wild” study of a hybrid chocolate gift deployed as a commercial product. Interviews reveal the experiences of receivers and givers, as well as the producer's friction points and tangible benefits. We reveal how in hybrid gifts the digital elevates the physical while the physical grounds the digital. We discuss how hybrid gifts bridge the tension between receiver-preference and relationship-signalling motivations, the need to further strengthen the exchange and reveal stages of hybrid gifting, and to manage the privacy of sensitive personal messages. We propose to extend the concept of hybrid wrapping to include a finer-grained interleaving of digital into complex packaging and multi-layered wrappings to create more holistic gifting experiences.