Mom vloggers, stay-at-home moms streaming their daily life through short videos, suffer from both intensive motherhood and heavy digital work, yet receive little attention from researchers and designers. Toward understanding mom vloggers' motivations, practices, and challenges, we present exploratory results of an interview study (N=4) situated in China. Financial return, recording life and seeking agency/identity are found to be main motivators for mom vlogging. Revenues gained from advertising/selling products may make up for the decrease of income after leaving their paid employment, and together with the support and feedback from viewers, our participants' worth-based self-esteem is fulfilled. Typical challenges associated with mom vlogging include privacy leakage, invisibility of videos in early stage, and intensive digital work. Based on the findings, we propose design implications to accommodate the needs of mom vloggers.
翻译:Mom vloggers, 住在家中的妈妈通过短视频流出其日常生活,她们受到密集的孕产和沉重的数字工作的影响,但却很少受到研究人员和设计者的注意。为了了解母亲的动机、做法和挑战,我们介绍了在中国进行的访谈研究(N=4)的探索性结果。 财务回报、记录生活和寻找代理机构/身份被认为是母亲的动力。 广告/销售产品所得的收入可能弥补了离开带薪工作后收入的减少,加上观众的支持和反馈,我们参与者的有价值自尊得以实现。 与妈妈有关的典型挑战包括隐私渗漏、早期录像的隐蔽性以及密集的数字化工作。 根据研究结果,我们提出了满足母亲 vloggers 需求的设计影响。