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Modeling Place: Usage of Mobile Data Services and Applications within Different Places

Modeling Place: Usage of Mobile Data Services and Applications within Different Places

Homer Papadopoulos
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 20
ISSN: 1941-627X|EISSN: 1941-6288|EISBN13: 9781466690332|DOI: 10.4018/IJESMA.2016040101
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Papadopoulos, Homer. "Modeling Place: Usage of Mobile Data Services and Applications within Different Places." IJESMA vol.8, no.2 2016: pp.1-20. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJESMA.2016040101

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Papadopoulos, H. (2016). Modeling Place: Usage of Mobile Data Services and Applications within Different Places. International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA), 8(2), 1-20. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJESMA.2016040101

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Papadopoulos, Homer. "Modeling Place: Usage of Mobile Data Services and Applications within Different Places," International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) 8, no.2: 1-20. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJESMA.2016040101

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Abstract

Recent research has shown how new mobile networked environments have added new complexity to the notion of “place”, now considered as an important concept in the context of technology adoption and the usage of mobile technologies, applications and services. The aim of this paper is to propose a new framework to gain insight into the usage behaviour of mobile data services and applications. A model of place was generated, adopting the humanistic geographical perspective as represented by the four “layers of place” introduced by Tuan's theory, which can be served as a sensitizing device in order to interpret and analyse the collected data. The model has been applied on an observational field study which tried to explore, understand and highlight the role of place in the decision of the people to use mobile data services. The model assisted researchers to show that the end users' decision to start using mobile data services has been influenced and triggered by their experience of place. This highlights the value of the proposed new framework of understanding users' interaction with their surrounding environment when adopting new technologies and using mobile data services.

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