Being mobile influences not only the types of information people seek but also the ways they attempt to access it. Mobile contexts present challenges of changing location and social context, restricted time for information access, and the need to share attentional resources among concurrent activities. Understanding mobile information needs and associated interaction challenges is fundamental to improving designs for mobile phones and related devices. We conducted a two-week diary study to better understand mobile information needs and how they are addressed. Our study revealed that depending on the time and resources available, as well as the situational context, people use diverse and, at times, ingenious ways to obtain needed information. We summarize key findings and discuss design implications for mobile technology.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 Sohn:2008:DSM:1357054.1357125
%A Sohn, Timothy
%A Li, Kevin A.
%A Griswold, William G.
%A Hollan, James D.
%B Proceeding of the twenty-sixth annual SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems
%C New York, NY, USA
%D 2008
%I ACM
%K design diary haifa-mlearning learning methodology mlearning mobile
%P 433-442
%R 10.1145/1357054.1357125
%T A diary study of mobile information needs
%U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1357054.1357125
%X Being mobile influences not only the types of information people seek but also the ways they attempt to access it. Mobile contexts present challenges of changing location and social context, restricted time for information access, and the need to share attentional resources among concurrent activities. Understanding mobile information needs and associated interaction challenges is fundamental to improving designs for mobile phones and related devices. We conducted a two-week diary study to better understand mobile information needs and how they are addressed. Our study revealed that depending on the time and resources available, as well as the situational context, people use diverse and, at times, ingenious ways to obtain needed information. We summarize key findings and discuss design implications for mobile technology.
%@ 978-1-60558-011-1
@inproceedings{Sohn:2008:DSM:1357054.1357125,
abstract = {Being mobile influences not only the types of information people seek but also the ways they attempt to access it. Mobile contexts present challenges of changing location and social context, restricted time for information access, and the need to share attentional resources among concurrent activities. Understanding mobile information needs and associated interaction challenges is fundamental to improving designs for mobile phones and related devices. We conducted a two-week diary study to better understand mobile information needs and how they are addressed. Our study revealed that depending on the time and resources available, as well as the situational context, people use diverse and, at times, ingenious ways to obtain needed information. We summarize key findings and discuss design implications for mobile technology.},
acmid = {1357125},
added-at = {2011-04-19T11:18:04.000+0200},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
author = {Sohn, Timothy and Li, Kevin A. and Griswold, William G. and Hollan, James D.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2569c6f8aa9dc2297e7268df9ac7bb8e4/yish},
booktitle = {Proceeding of the twenty-sixth annual SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems},
description = {A diary study of mobile information needs},
doi = {10.1145/1357054.1357125},
interhash = {20c13dcc1124f7351e114b614ff094cd},
intrahash = {569c6f8aa9dc2297e7268df9ac7bb8e4},
isbn = {978-1-60558-011-1},
keywords = {design diary haifa-mlearning learning methodology mlearning mobile},
location = {Florence, Italy},
numpages = {10},
pages = {433-442},
publisher = {ACM},
series = {CHI '08},
timestamp = {2011-04-19T11:18:04.000+0200},
title = {A diary study of mobile information needs},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1357054.1357125},
year = 2008
}