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Video-as-data: Technical and social aspects of a collaborative multimedia application

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We studied the use of a collaborative multimedia system for coordinating teamwork among members of a neurosurgical team. We analyze the use of video within the operating room and the use of broadcast audio and video to other locations in the hospital to enable remote neurophysiological monitoring. We describe how the multimedia system was used in a real world work context, including its benefits and problems. We argue that video can be useful as more than just pictures of people talking to one another; video can be a rich tool to enable analysis and problem solving. We discuss privacy problems inherent in collaborative multimedia technology and describe how they played out in the hospital during the course of our study.

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  1. Apple Computer, 1 Infinite Loop, 95014, Cupertino, CA, USA

    Bonnie A. Nardi

  2. Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, 1501 Page Mill Road, 94304, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Allan Kuchinsky & Robert Leichner

  3. Lotus Development Corporation, 1 Rogers St., 02142, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Steve Whittaker

  4. Program in Science, Technology, Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E51-017, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Heinrich Schwarz

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Nardi, B.A., Kuchinsky, A., Whittaker, S. et al. Video-as-data: Technical and social aspects of a collaborative multimedia application. Comput Supported Coop Work 4, 73–100 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00823364

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