Mobile Phone Use as Sequential Processes: From Discrete Behaviors to Sessions of Behaviors and Trajectories of Sessions
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Title
Mobile Phone Use as Sequential Processes: From Discrete Behaviors to Sessions of Behaviors and Trajectories of Sessions
Subject
Behavioral Pattern, Linear Mixed Modeling, Mobile Device, Mobile Re-engagement, Sequence, Temporal Boundary, Time
Description
Mobile phone use is an unfolding process by nature. In this study, it is explicated as two sequential processes: mobile sessions composed of an uninterrupted set of behaviors and mobile trajectories composed of mobile sessions and mobile-off time. A data set of a five-month behavioral logfile of mobile application use by approximately 2,500 users in Hong Kong is used. Mobile sessions are constructed and mined to uncover sequential characteristics and patterns in mobile phone use. Mobile trajectories are analyzed to examine intraindividual change and interindividual differences on mobile re-engagement as indicators of behavioral dynamics in mobile phone use. The study provides empirical support for and expands the boundaries of existing theories about combinatorial use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Finally, the understanding on mobile temporality is enhanced, that is, mobile temporality is homogeneous across social sectors. Furthermore, mobile phones redefine, rather than blur, the boundary between private and public time.
Creator
Tai-Quan Peng & Jonathan J. H. Zhu
Source
https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/25/2/129/5823244
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Date
29 July 2019
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 25 (2020)
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Citation
Tai-Quan Peng & Jonathan J. H. Zhu, “Mobile Phone Use as Sequential Processes: From Discrete Behaviors to Sessions of Behaviors and Trajectories of Sessions,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 19, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/8653.