The sound of music: sharing song selections between collocated strangers in public urban places

Authors:
Jan Seeburger;Marcus Foth;Dian Tjondronegoro
Affiliations:
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane QLD, Australia;Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane QLD, Australia;Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane QLD, Australia
Venue:
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Year:
2012

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Abstract

This paper presents Capital Music, a mobile application enabling real-time sharing of song choices with collocated urban dwellers. Due to the real-time, location-based peer-to-peer approach of the application, a user experience study was performed utilising the Wizard of Oz method. The study provides insight into how sharing non-privacy sensitive but personal data in an anonymous way can influence the user experience of people in public urban places. We discuss the findings in relation to how Capital Music influences the process of "cocooning" in public urban places, the practice of designing anonymous interactions between collocated strangers, and how the sharing of song choices can create a sense of commonality between anonymous users in the urban space. The outcomes of this study are relevant for future location-based social networking applications that aim to create interactions between collocated strangers.