No More Handshaking: How have COVID-19 pushed the expansion of computer-mediated communication in Japanese idol culture?

要旨

In Japanese idol culture, meet-and-greet events where fans were allowed to handshake with an idol member for several seconds were regarded as its essential component until the spread of COVID-19. Now, idol groups are struggling in the transition of such events to computer-mediated communication because these events had emphasized meeting face-to-face over communicating, as we can infer from their length of time. I anticipated that investigating this emerging transition would provide implications because their communication has a unique characteristic that is distinct from well-studied situations, such as workplace communication and intimate relationships. Therefore, I first conducted a quantitative survey to develop a precise understanding of the transition, and based on its results, had semi-structured interviews with idol fans about their perceptions of the transition. The survey revealed distinctive approaches, including one where fans gathered at a venue but were isolated from the idol member by an acrylic plate and talked via a video call. Then the interviews not only provided answers to why such an approach would be reasonable but also suggested the existence of a large gap between conventional offline events and emerging online events in their perceptions. Based on the results, I discussed how we can develop interaction techniques to support this transition and how we can apply it to other situations outside idol culture, such as computer-mediated performing arts.

著者
Hiromu Yakura
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
DOI

10.1145/3411764.3445252

論文URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445252

動画

会議: CHI 2021

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2021.acm.org/)

セッション: Mobile Studies, Mediation, & Sharing / COVID-19 Pandemic Response

[A] Paper Room 06, 2021-05-12 17:00:00~2021-05-12 19:00:00 / [B] Paper Room 06, 2021-05-13 01:00:00~2021-05-13 03:00:00 / [C] Paper Room 06, 2021-05-13 09:00:00~2021-05-13 11:00:00
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