The iPhone Effect: The Quality of In-Person Social Interactions in the Presence of Mobile Devices

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 275-298

  Misra, Shalini ^a   Cheng, Lulu ^b   Genevie, Jamie ^a   Yuan, Miao ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

face to face social interaction; hybrid places; mobile devices; naturalistic field experiment; third places

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84953725971     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916514539755     Document Type: Article

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