TY - CHAP A1 - Wohlmacher, Bernhard A1 - Klapperich, Holger A1 - Mertle, Fabian A1 - Huldtgren, Alina ED - Stolze, Markus ED - Loch, Frieder ED - Baldauf, Matthias ED - Alt, Florian ED - Schneegrass, Christina ED - Kosch, Thomas ED - Hirzle, Teresa ED - Sadeghian, Shadan ED - Draxler, Fiona ED - Bektas, Kenan ED - Lohan, Katrin ED - Knierim, Pascal T1 - Overcoming technology and communication barriers in intergenerational communication with a tangible interface T2 - MuC '23: Mensch und Computer 2023, Rapperswil Switzerland, September 3 - 6, 2023 N2 - Despite the higher uptake of digital media also in older age groups, there are still challenges for people of high ages and with cognitive or motoric problems, which prevent them from learning and using devices like smartphones or tablets. Tangible user interfaces provide an opportunity to connect these people to social media, thereby increasing their digital participation in society and reducing loneliness. In this paper, we discuss the challenges of intergenerational communication and research the opportunities affiliated with tangible technologies to overcome technology barriers for adults of high ages. We present a hybrid system for social media interactions between young smartphone users and their old relatives, who do not use mobile technologies. The system consists of a tangible user interface designed specifically for old adults that connects to a standard mobile messenger service. TAMI was designed in a user-centered process to fulfill the needs of older adults and tested in a longer-term field study with pairs of young and old relatives. Y1 - 2023 SN - 979-8-4007-0771-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/3603555.3608554 SP - 508 EP - 512 PB - Association for Computing Machinery CY - New York ER -