{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7153839615","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799098","title":"Awkward No More: A Review of Icebreaking Practices in CHI","display_name":"Awkward No More: A Review of Icebreaking Practices in CHI","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-04-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7153839615","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799098"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3772363.3799098","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799098","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799098","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5120577483","display_name":"Wen Zhan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165526535","display_name":"Royal College of Art","ror":"https://ror.org/01egahc47","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165526535"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wen Zhan","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Design, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4411-543X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Design, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165526535"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5118590937","display_name":"Peiyue Lin","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I86211378","display_name":"University of the Arts London","ror":"https://ror.org/04cnfrn26","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I86211378"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Peiyue Lin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8657-3072","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I86211378"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5120577484","display_name":"Ziqun Hua","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165526535","display_name":"Royal College of Art","ror":"https://ror.org/01egahc47","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165526535"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ziqun Hua","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Design, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4276-5300","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Design, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165526535"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5133446243","display_name":"Yunfei Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8421-9427"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16609230","display_name":"Hunan University","ror":"https://ror.org/05htk5m33","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16609230"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yunfei Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Design, Hunan University, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8421-9427","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Design, Hunan University, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16609230"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.28423835,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10470","display_name":"Usability and User Interface Design","score":0.23810000717639923,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10470","display_name":"Usability and User Interface Design","score":0.23810000717639923,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10803","display_name":"Innovative Human-Technology Interaction","score":0.2232999950647354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10789","display_name":"Interactive and Immersive Displays","score":0.14910000562667847,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work","display_name":"Work (physics)","score":0.2678000032901764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/field","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","score":0.2587999999523163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.23109999299049377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relation","display_name":"Relation (database)","score":0.20569999516010284}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.4860000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.2678000032901764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2635999917984009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.2587999999523163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107053488","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2674423","display_name":"Construction engineering","level":1,"score":0.2410999983549118},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.23109999299049377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77595967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3151013","display_name":"Forensic engineering","level":1,"score":0.22830000519752502},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178802073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8421","display_name":"Aeronautics","level":1,"score":0.22040000557899475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199104240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118291","display_name":"Marine engineering","level":1,"score":0.218299999833107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25343380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277521","display_name":"Relation (database)","level":2,"score":0.20569999516010284}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3772363.3799098","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799098","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3772363.3799098","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799098","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13","display_name":"Climate action","score":0.7860797643661499}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":56,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1979290264","https://openalex.org/W2075950485","https://openalex.org/W2108749680","https://openalex.org/W2122873741","https://openalex.org/W2149106267","https://openalex.org/W2395566225","https://openalex.org/W2592023363","https://openalex.org/W2610364475","https://openalex.org/W2610510707","https://openalex.org/W2779706042","https://openalex.org/W2795743913","https://openalex.org/W2796088126","https://openalex.org/W2796202023","https://openalex.org/W2891378911","https://openalex.org/W2899136066","https://openalex.org/W2910031023","https://openalex.org/W2940468973","https://openalex.org/W2941208903","https://openalex.org/W2941245948","https://openalex.org/W2941982452","https://openalex.org/W2972582572","https://openalex.org/W3010025336","https://openalex.org/W3028992194","https://openalex.org/W3029832204","https://openalex.org/W3030367426","https://openalex.org/W3094956525","https://openalex.org/W3113232005","https://openalex.org/W3144277077","https://openalex.org/W3161282819","https://openalex.org/W3162020024","https://openalex.org/W4224979884","https://openalex.org/W4225011965","https://openalex.org/W4252148582","https://openalex.org/W4299866001","https://openalex.org/W4319787265","https://openalex.org/W4322493062","https://openalex.org/W4366547462","https://openalex.org/W4366547869","https://openalex.org/W4392270830","https://openalex.org/W4396832517","https://openalex.org/W4396832640","https://openalex.org/W4399277541","https://openalex.org/W4399621497","https://openalex.org/W4400206485","https://openalex.org/W4403489516","https://openalex.org/W4407725608","https://openalex.org/W4409053503","https://openalex.org/W4409736018","https://openalex.org/W4409746268","https://openalex.org/W4409746289","https://openalex.org/W4409746371","https://openalex.org/W4409747750","https://openalex.org/W4409748959","https://openalex.org/W4409749295","https://openalex.org/W4409767340","https://openalex.org/W4409871004"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Icebreaking":[0],"is":[1,17,54,121],"a":[2,125,137],"recurring":[3],"yet":[4,119],"insufficiently":[5],"examined":[6],"element":[7],"of":[8,83,117],"workshops":[9],"reported":[10,108],"at":[11],"the":[12,47,113],"CHI":[13,76],"conference":[14,77],"proceedings.":[15],"It":[16],"often":[18,55],"introduced":[19],"to":[20,60,81],"ease":[21],"social":[22],"barriers,":[23],"foster":[24],"trust,":[25],"and":[26,43,57,62,107,115,139],"stimulate":[27],"participation.":[28],"Across":[29],"papers,":[30],"icebreaking":[31,94,135],"takes":[32],"diverse":[33],"forms":[34],"such":[35],"as":[36,92,124,136],"onboarding":[37],"exercises,":[38],"reflective":[39],"sharing,":[40],"exploratory":[41],"probes,":[42],"role":[44],"play.":[45],"However,":[46],"concept":[48],"remains":[49],"inconsistently":[50],"defined,":[51],"its":[52,58],"reporting":[53],"limited,":[56],"contribution":[59],"collaboration":[61],"design":[63],"outcomes":[64],"has":[65],"rarely":[66,122],"been":[67],"discussed":[68],"or":[69,88],"evaluated":[70],"in":[71,142],"detail.":[72],"We":[73,128],"reviewed":[74],"376":[75],"proceedings":[78],"from":[79],"2015":[80],"2025,":[82],"which":[84],"93":[85],"explicitly":[86],"describe":[87],"can":[89],"be":[90],"identified":[91],"involving":[93],"activities.":[95],"Through":[96],"thematic":[97],"coding,":[98],"we":[99],"classified":[100],"practices":[101],"by":[102],"purpose,":[103],"format,":[104],"facilitation":[105],"strategy,":[106],"outcome.":[109],"Findings":[110],"highlight":[111],"both":[112],"ubiquity":[114],"under-theorization":[116],"icebreaking,":[118],"it":[120],"treated":[123],"designable":[126,138],"element.":[127],"conclude":[129],"with":[130],"methodological":[131],"reflections":[132],"that":[133],"frame":[134],"context-sensitive":[140],"practice":[141],"future":[143],"workshops.":[144]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-29T14:22:42.915294","created_date":"2026-04-13T00:00:00"}