Special Issue on Location Modeling in Ubiquitous Computing
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Guest Editorial: Mobile Communication and the Reformulation of the Social Order
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
User needs for location-aware mobile services
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
What we talk about when we talk about context
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Context as a dynamic construct
Human-Computer Interaction
Bridging gaps: affective communication in long distance relationships
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A multi-national study of attitudes about mobile phone use in social settings
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Encouraging better hand drying hygiene
Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGCHI New Zealand Chapter's International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Design Centered HCI
The effects of mutual location-awareness on group coordination
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Being there with others: copresence and technologies for informal interaction
Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction
Computers in Human Behavior
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Location appears to be one of the most important aspects of context in mobile communication. It is a complex piece of information involving several levels of detail. Location intertwines with other relevant aspects of context: the parties’ present activity, relative time and identities. The analysis of mobile conversations provides insights into the functions of “location” for mobile users. Most mobile calls involve a sequence in which location is reported. Location is made relevant by the parties’ activities. Location telling takes place in five different activity contexts during mobile calls. Location may be an index of interactional availability, a precursor for mutual activity, part of an ongoing activity, or it may bear emergent relevance for the activity or be presented as a social fact. Typically, joint activities make relevant spatio-temporal location such as distance in minutes from the meeting point via the vehicle used. For users, location does not appear to be relevant in purely geographical terms.