Location and activity sharing in everyday mobile communication

  • Authors:
  • Frank R. Bentley;Crysta J. Metcalf

  • Affiliations:
  • Motorola Labs, Schaumburg, IL, USA;Motorola Labs, Schaumburg, IL, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

We present a study on current, real-world communication of location and activity information based on analyzing context-sharing practices in recorded mobile phone calls. In 176 conversations, we found that over 70 percent contain disclosures of location or activity for one of eight main purposes. Based on our observations, we provide implications for the design of new systems for mobile social software.