Paper Info
Title
Use Contexts For The Mobile Internet: A Longitudinal Study Monitoring Actual Use Of Mobile Internet Services
Abstract
The mobile Internet, which gives access to the World Wide Web through a mobile device, has been gaining in popularity. The mobile Internet differs from the traditional stationary Internet in that it can be used in a wider variety of contexts. However, no studies have identified the contexts in which mobile Internet services are used most frequently, or determined which contexts exert significant influence on a user's choice of mobile service. This article proposes a framework of use contexts that reflects the characteristics of the mobile Internet. To explore these contexts, a research method was devised and a longitudinal monitoring study was conducted. The results indicate that mobile Internet use is heavily clustered around a few key contexts, rather than dispersed widely over diverse contexts. Further, participants in the monitoring study were found to concentrate their use on a few mobile services, rather than on exploring diverse services. Perhaps most interestingly, some contextual factors were found to correlate closely with the selection of specific mobile Internet services. On the basis of these results, the article concludes with implications for developers of mobile Internet services.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1207/s15327590ijhc1803_2
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
18
3
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1044-7318
69
4.09
References 
Authors
25
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Inseong Lee134321.78
Jinwoo Kim21918168.52
Jinwoo Kim3694.09