From awareness to repartee: sharing location within social groups

Barkhuus, L., Brown, B., Bell, M., Sherwood, S., Hall, M. and Chalmers, M. (2008) From awareness to repartee: sharing location within social groups. In: CHI '08 Annual SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Florence, Italy, 5-10 April 2008, pp. 497-506. ISBN 9781605580111 (doi: 10.1145/1357054.1357134)

Abstract

This paper investigates emergent practices around 'microblogging', changing and sharing status within a social group. We present results from a trial of 'Connecto', a phone based status and location sharing application that allows a group to 'tag' areas and have individuals' locations shared automatically on a mobile phone. In use the system moved beyond being an awareness tool to a way of continuing the ongoing 'story' of conversations within the group. Through sharing status and location the system supported each groups' ongoing repartee - a site for social exchange, enjoyment and friendship.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Barkhuus, Dr Louise and Brown, Dr Barry and Bell, Dr Marek and Sherwood, Dr Scott and Hall, Dr Malcolm and Chalmers, Professor Matthew
• Authors: Barkhuus, L., Brown, B., Bell, M., Sherwood, S., Hall, M., and Chalmers, M.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• ISBN: 9781605580111