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Are mobile users more vigilant?

Published: 23 June 2014 Publication History

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As mobile device usage continues to grow, active mobile users frequently interact with mobile devices while doing other things, dividing their attention between the real world and the mediated world. We may infer that these users are highly engaged within a mobile experience or unfulfilled by their real world experience, or maybe they're simply addicted to their social network. But in many cases their frequent usage may be compelled instinctually, by a form of vigilant behavior. This research seeks to understand whether or not mobile usage leads to an increased prevalence of user vigilance, first by establishing criteria that can be used to determine if a specific session of use is vigilant, and then applying these criteria to analyze observed sessions of use for two distinct cohorts: mobile users and situated users. In the analysis, it was found that everyday vigilant usage scenarios are fairly prevalent, and also that mobile users were 3 times more vigilant than situated users. These initial findings need further validation, but may prove significant to interaction design: optimizing a software interface to better support vigilant usage requires an opposing set of considerations when compared to traditional consumer product design. These design considerations are discussed, in addition to the limitations of the study, and guidance for future work.

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WebSci '14: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM conference on Web science
June 2014
318 pages
ISBN:9781450326223
DOI:10.1145/2615569
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Published: 23 June 2014

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  1. interaction design.
  2. mobile
  3. social media
  4. vigilance

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June 23 - 26, 2014
Indiana, Bloomington, USA

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