Factors That May Prevent Meaningful Digital Legacy

Abstract

We increasingly live our lives digitally and capture memories on devices such as smartphones. Over time, we collect an array of digital assets, especially photographs, that we may wish to leave for others as a digital legacy. In this PhD project, a mixed method approach was used to compare survey data with semi-structured interviews to see how technological advances may have aided photo management practices, and to what extent other types of digital assets might better represent the end user in terms of legacy. Based on the findings, it would appear that digital assets support various personas during life and should continue to do so after death, additionally possible design implications emerged that might aide more meaningful digital legacy curation.

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