Re-explicating Mobile Phone Use as a Sequential Process

• In Event: New Directions and Reflections on Computational Methods

Abstract

The study explicates mobile phone use as a sequential process unfolding over time. With behavioral data collected from a representative sample of users over five months, the study aims to describe the sequential rhythms in mobile phone use, discover sequential patterns in mobile phone use, and explore how such sequential rhythms and patterns can advance our understanding of human communicative behavior.

Authors

• Winson Peng, Michigan State U

• Jonathan J. H. Zhu, City U of Hong Kong

• Hexin Chen, City U of Hong Kong