A multifaceted approach to exploring mobile annotations

  • Authors:
  • Guanghao Low;Dion Hoe-Lian Goh;Chei Sian Lee

  • Affiliations:
  • Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University;Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University;Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University

  • Venue:
  • ICADL'10 Proceedings of the role of digital libraries in a time of global change, and 12th international conference on Asia-Pacific digital libraries
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Mobile phones with capabilities such as media capture and location detection have become popular among consumers, and this has made possible the development of location-based mobile annotation sharing applications. The present research investigates the creation of mobile annotations from three perspectives: the recipients of the annotations, the type of content created, and the goals behind creating these annotations. Participants maintained a two week-long diary, documenting their annotation activities. Results suggest that range of motivational factors, including those for relationship maintenance and entertainment. Participants were also more inclined to create leisure-related annotations, while the types of recipients were varied. Implications of our work are also discussed.