Motivations for media sharing among mobile phone users

Author

Chua, Alton Y K ; Lee, Chei Sian ; Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian ; Ang, Rebecca P.

Author_Institution

Wee Kim Wee Sch. of Commun. & Inf., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2009

fDate

1-4 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Mobile media sharing has become an increasingly commonly activity. Using a dairy study, we investigated motivations behind mobile media sharing. Participants maintained a month-long diary, documenting their media sharing activities. Post-study interviews were also conducted to elicit additional information. Results suggest a range of motivational factors for media sharing behavior. These include personal and social influences. Participants were also more inclined to share photos than with any other media due to cost and transmission time considerations. Implications of our work are discussed.

Keywords

human factors; mobile computing; mobile handsets; multimedia systems; media sharing activities; media sharing behavior; media sharing motivations; mobile media sharing; mobile phone users; month long diary; personal influences; social influences; transmission time considerations; Mobile handsets;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Information Management, 2009. ICDIM 2009. Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ann Arbor, MI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4253-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4254-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDIM.2009.5356782

Filename

5356782