Title
FeelTheNews: Augmenting Affective Perceptions of News Videos with Thermal and Vibrotactile Stimulation
Author
Ooms, Simone (Eindhoven University of Technology; Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI))
Lee, Minha (Eindhoven University of Technology; Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI))
Cesar, Pablo (TU Delft Multimedia Computing; Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)) 
El Ali, Abdallah (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI))
Date
2023
Abstract
Emotion plays a key role in the emerging wave of immersive, multi-sensory audience news engagement experiences. Since emotions can be triggered by somatosensory feedback, in this work we explore how augmenting news video watching with haptics can influence affective perceptions of news. Using a mixed-methods approach, we design and evaluate FeelTheNews, a prototype that combines vibrotactile and thermal stimulation (Matching, 70Hz/20° C, 200Hz/40° C) during news video watching. In a within-subjects study (N=20), we investigate the effects of haptic stimulation and video valence on perceived valence, emotion intensity, comfort, and overall haptic experiences. Findings showed: (a) news valence and emotion intensity ratings were not affected by haptics, (b) no stimulation was more comfortable than including stimulation, (c) attention and engagement with the news can override haptic sensations, and (d) users' perceived agency over their reactions is critical to avoid distrust. We contribute cautionary insights for haptic augmentation of the news watching experience.
Subject
emotion
haptics
journalism
news
thermal
vibrotactile
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585638
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Embargo date
2023-10-19
ISBN
978-1-4503-9422-2
Source
CHI 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Event
2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023, 2023-04-23 → 2023-04-28, Hamburg, Germany
Series
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.
Part of collection
Institutional Repository
Document type
conference paper
Rights
© 2023 Simone Ooms, Minha Lee, Pablo Cesar, Abdallah El Ali