Capturing mobile phone usage: Research methods for mobile studies

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wei, Carolyn Y ^a  

^a GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Mobile phones; Research methods

Indexed keywords

TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE;

DATA COLLECTION; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH METHODS;

MOBILE PHONES;

EID: 51149092577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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