Tailoring methodological bricolage to investigate non-discretionary use of digital technology (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sobolewska, E. (2017, July). Tailoring methodological bricolage to investigate non-discretionary use of digital technology. Presented at BHCI 2017: Digital Make Believe, Sunderland, UK

Digital technology appears to be an integral part of everyday life: at homes, workplaces, during leisure time; mediating interactions, demanding attention and engagement. In the age of cloud computing, social media, and ubiquitous mobile devices, it... Read More about Tailoring methodological bricolage to investigate non-discretionary use of digital technology.

Learning to Cope with Digital Technology (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sobolewska, E. (2014, May). Learning to Cope with Digital Technology. Poster presented at FECCE, Postgraduate Research Conference 2014

There is a widespread assumption, that everyone uses modern interactive technology and appreciates its liberating effects. However, according to recent reports, ten million people in UK alone have never been on-line. Whilst four million of these peop... Read More about Learning to Cope with Digital Technology.

Learning to Cope with Digital Technology (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sobolewska, E., & Benyon, D. (2011, July). Learning to Cope with Digital Technology. Presented at 25th BCS Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Technology surrounds people; it functions as their best friend and the worst enemy. From a trip to the local supermarket, to almost every aspect of people's professional and social lives technology is present; mediating their interactions, demanding... Read More about Learning to Cope with Digital Technology.

Traditional and Contemporary vs. Engaged accounts in HCI (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sobolewska, E. (2010, May). Traditional and Contemporary vs. Engaged accounts in HCI. Paper presented at CFP - FECCI Research Student Conference

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Mental models, magical thinking and individual differences. (2009)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Sobolewska, E. (2009). Mental models, magical thinking and individual differences. Human technology an interdisciplinary journal on humans in ICT environments, 5, 90-113

Broadly, there are two mutually exclusive accounts of how people (non-specialist users) reason about and conceptualize interactive technology. The first is based on classical cognitive psychology and is characterized by the term mental model. The sec... Read More about Mental models, magical thinking and individual differences..

Auto-ethnography: problems, pitfalls and promise (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sobolewska, E., Smith, C. F., & Turner, P. (2009, April). Auto-ethnography: problems, pitfalls and promise. Paper presented at HCI Educators 2009

The teaching and perhaps more importantly the practice of ethnographic techniques has become increasing important within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). But ethnography is also synonymous with in situ data collection over extended periods of time m... Read More about Auto-ethnography: problems, pitfalls and promise.