Category: CSCW
Abstract: There are only about 100 video conferencing (VC)
        sites world-wide, a figure that falls far short of
        the expected promise. Egido gives two main reasons
        for this failure. First, vendors gave VC an
        ill-conceived image as a replacement for face to
        face meetings. Second, VC is based on inadequate
        needs assessment methodologies. Most formal
        interactions are not suitable for video
        conferencing, and travel is not reduced. Rather,
        Egido notices that VC actually increases the
        physical face-to-face meetings, and argues that it
        is best viewed as a supplement, rather than a
        replacement of the normal meeting process.
Bibtype: InProceedings
Booktitle: Proceedings of the Conference on
        Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '88)
Author: C. Egido
Pages: 13-24
Month: September 26-28
Title: Video conferencing as a technology to support group
        work: A review of its failures
Note: video, organizational concerns, remote meetings
Year: 1988
Address: Portland, Oregon
Publisher: ACM Press