Computational and causal examinations of wellbeing in situated contexts by leveraging social media and multimodal data

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Abstract

Assessing wellbeing can be complemented with social and ubiquitous technologies. This dissertation uses social media in concert with multimodal sensing focusing on situated communities. Before incorporating such assessments in practice, we need to account for confounds impacting behavior change. One such confound is 'observer effect', that individuals may self-alter their otherwise normal behavior because of the awareness of being 'monitored'. My proposed work studies this problem on social media behavior. On a multisensor study of 750 participants, I intend to conduct a causal study of modeling behavior change during study participation. This work will provide valuable insights and guide recommendations for correcting biases due to observer effect. This dissertation bears implications for social computing systems and stakeholders to support wellbeing and crisis intervention efforts in situated communities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCSCW 2020 Companion - Conference Companion Publication of the 2020 Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages147-152
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450380591
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 17 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Oct 17 2020Oct 21 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Conference

Conference3rd ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period10/17/2010/21/20

Keywords

  • Causal inference
  • College campus
  • Observer effect
  • Situated
  • Social media
  • Wellbeing
  • Workplace

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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