Paper Info
Title
How push-to-talk makes talk less pushy
Abstract
This paper presents an exploratory study of college-age students using two-way, push-to-talk cellular radios. We describe the observed and reported use of cellular radio by the participants. We discuss how the half-duplex, lightweight cellular radio communication was associated with reduced interactional commitment, which meant the cellular radios could be used for a wide range of conversation styles. One such style, intermittent conversation, is characterized by response delays. Intermittent conversation is surprising in an audio medium, since it is typically associated with textual media such as instant messaging. We present design implications of our findings.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1145/958160.958187
GROUP '03 Proceedings of the 2003 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work
Keywords
DocType
Volume
audio medium,lightweight cellular radio communication,walkie talkies,intermittent conversation,present design implication,college-age student,conversation style,instant messaging,exploratory study,push-to-talk cellular radio,two-way radio,cellular radio
Conference
cs.HC/0311006
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
Proc. ACM SIGGROUP Conf. on Supporting Group Work, Sanibel Island, FL, Nov. 2003, 170-179. ACM Press.
1-58113-693-5
23
PageRank 
References 
Authors
2.50
15
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Allison Woodruff1232.50
Paul M. Aoki21194264.37