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Understanding Blind or Visually Impaired People on YouTube through Qualitative Analysis of Videos

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Woosuk Seo,

Hyunggu JungAuthors Info & Claims

TVX '18: Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

Pages 191 - 196

https://doi.org/10.1145/3210825.3213565

Published: 25 June 2018 Publication History

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In this paper, we analyzed videos to explore blind or visually impaired (BVI) people on YouTube. While researchers found how BVI people interact with contents and other people on social media platforms (e.g., Facebook), little is known about the experience of BVI people on video-based social media platforms (e.g., YouTube). To use videos as a mean of identifying the needs of BVI people on YouTube, we collected and analyzed a specific type of video called Visually Impaired People (VIP) Tag video. This Tag video has a set of structured questions about eye condition and experience as a BVI person. Based on the qualitative analysis of 24 VIP Tag videos created by BVI people, we found how they create videos and why they joined YouTube. In conclusion, we present how video-content analysis can be used to create an inclusive video-based social media platform.

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1. Human-centered computing
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    1. Collaborative and social computing systems and tools
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TVX '18: Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

June 2018

266 pages

ISBN:9781450351157

DOI:10.1145/3210825

General Chairs:
Hokyoung Ryu
Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
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Jieun Kim
Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
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Teresa Chambel
LASIGE, Fac. de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Newcastle University, UK
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BBC Research & Development, UK
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National University of Singapore, Singapore

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