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In her research, Melanie Berger demonstrates a number of ways by which we can design for shared media control in order to promote active participation and fairness, consequently enriching shared experiences and sustaining a social bond among co-located people. 

User-centered design

Using a user-centered design approach that focuses on user needs and expectations, Berger explored the design of collaborative, shared media control through various design interventions, experimentally assessed in the settings of a car and the living room in a home.

Recommendations

The culmination of the insights from these interventions led to recommendations and the design of support tools for the development of the next generation of media systems with shared control, ultimately aiming to create enriched togetherness and group experiences. These tools aim to help in the application of the key findings from Berge’s research in the industrial context, in research, and in education alike.

Funding

Berger’s research project was funded by ruwido austria GmbH, a leading company in the field of premium input devices such as remote controls and keyboards.

The insights and contributions from her research work will be key to designing and deploying the next generation of media control for the living room together with their IPTV-provider clients such as Bouygues, Telekom Austria, and Vodafone.

Title of PhD thesis: . Supervisors: Regina Bernhaupt, Bastian Pfleging, and Bahareh Barati.