Understanding Mobile Q and A usage: An exploratory study

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3215-3224

  Lee, Uichin ^a   Kang, Hyanghong ^a   Yi, Eunhee ^a   Yi, Mun Y ^a   Kantola, Jussi ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mobile Q A system; Online community; Ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGIES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FACTUAL INFORMATION; INFORMATION NEED; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERACTION PATTERN; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MOBILE ENVIRONMENTS; MOBILE INTERNET; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SATISFICING; SOCIAL CONTEXT;

MOBILE DEVICES; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

MESSAGE PASSING;

EID: 84862075125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2207676.2208741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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