Eco-Apps: Design to Influence Environmentally Friendly Behavior

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Typhina
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Mobile Social Networking ◽  
The Social ◽  
Application Developers

The search for mechanisms to encourage pro-environmental behavior has ranged from marketing to community events. This study continues the search by exploring how the language and features programmed into mobile social networking applications influence users to experience nature and share those experiences. To guide data analysis, the study uses the social influence network theory and adapts components of influence from the field of online social networking. One hundred posts, spanning almost two years, were analyzed from the Sierra Club's mobile Facebook page, Foursquare's Outdoors Raleigh search, and #Litterati's Instagram feed. Results point to the language and features that can help mobile application developers, government agencies, and environmental advocates to better design mobile apps for pro-environmental behavior. The author concludes with a call for more novel data uploading options outside of text, such as uploading video, creating music to represent nature experiences, or use of external sensors with mobile devices.

scholarly journals Constructing the check-in: Reflections on photo-taking among Foursquare users

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-117
Author(s):  
Rowan Wilken ◽  
Lee Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Written Responses ◽  
Mobile Social Networking ◽  
Memory Traces ◽  
The Social

In this article, we explore the social construction of geomedia in relation to mobile photo-taking. The article draws from a study of location-sensitive mobile social networking and search and recommendation service Foursquare in Melbourne and New York City. The study utilized photo elicitation techniques, with each participant asked to provide photographs they associated with their own Foursquare check-ins, accompanied by written responses to questions designed to encourage them to reflect upon their motivations for recording and uploading each image. What emerged from our analysis of how participants discussed the construction of their Foursquare check-ins, were certain consistencies with the findings of prior work on Foursquare (e.g. to register a new venue or a nice meal, as part of exercises in self-expression, and to record memory traces). Strikingly, though, we also noticed something subtly yet significantly different in relation to photo use. Many of the submitted images and accompanying explanations revealed a particular sensitivity toward the local and the familiar, and a desire to capture “a mood, a feeling”—an “ordinary affect.” In light of this, in this article we are interested in the tension that exists between designed or intended uses of Foursquare, the social appropriation and shaping that is undertaken by Foursquare’s end-users, and the technological and strategic business adjustments that are undertaken by Foursquare in response.

Mobile Advert's Contextual Consistency

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Yi Liu ◽  
Chuan-Hoo Tan ◽  
Juliana Sutanto
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Protocol Analysis ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Front Page ◽  
Mobile Social Networking ◽  
Think Aloud Protocol ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions

How adverts can be better displayed to attract more click-throughs has been enduringly debated, and mixed findings have been reported regarding the effectiveness of contextual consistency. This study reconciles prior debates by anchoring on the load theory of selective attention to propose that user response to contextually consistent adverts is dependent on their intra-page and inter-page positional display. In collaboration with a European mobile application company, adverts were randomly displayed in its location-based mobile social networking application. The follow-up think-aloud protocol analysis, conducted to collect qualitative feedback from users, validates the theoretical assumptions. The findings reveal that high click-through could be obtained when contextually consistent adverts are displayed at the top positions or the front page of the mobile application. These findings address an enduringly debated issue of how to leverage on new technology, such as mobile device, to display commercial information most effectively.

Understanding social influence on mobile social networking sites: A social support perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Informational Support ◽  
Mobile Social Networking ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mobile Sns

Due to the social networking relationship, users’ continuance of social networking sites (SNS) may receive social influence from their peers and referents. This research identified the effect of social support on social influence in mobile SNS. Social support consists of both informational support and emotional support. Social influence is reflected by three factors: subjective norm, social identity and group norm. The results suggested that social support has a significant effect on social influence. The results imply that service providers need to build a supportive climate in order to facilitate social influence and users’ continuance usage.

scholarly journals Mobile Application for Tourism

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Mobile Phone Application ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Usability Metrics ◽  
Application Developers

The current study developed a proposed mobile app for tourism companies in Egypt and tested its usability. A survey from a group of 53 respondents was conducted based on the mobile app features which were developed by tourists. The proposed mobile app was then tested by using usability measurement framework which was used to test the usability of the app interface and to ensure that this app meets user requirements. Three main usability metrics were employed in this study; effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction. This study contributes to the current Mobile tourism and Mobile apps literature and offers useful information for ministry of tourism, software companies, mobile application developers and, of course, mobile device users in addition to entrepreneurs, policy makers, practitioners, researchers and educators through providing a clearer view and deep understanding for the issues related to the adoption of tourism-related new mobile phone application in Egypt.

Social Network Sites

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nisrine Zammar
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Chat Rooms ◽  
The Social

This article examines the role of actors in a Social Network Sites and also the triggers and challenges they represent to social networking between today’s communities and businesses. A Social Network Sites is the product of the evolution of social liaisons and the emergence of online communities of people who are interested in exploring the concerns and activities of others. A social network is the assembly of direct or indirect contacts; a network is the product of interactions with the actors (individuals, families, enterprises, etc.) enabled by means of the structural design of web 2.0. Social Network Sites bring people together to interact through chat rooms, and share personal information and ideas around any topics via personal homepage publishing tools. This article is intended to be a trigger to deeply and more intensely explore potential roles of actor-network theory in the Social Network Sites context, in today’s and tomorrow’s world.

scholarly journals Modal sosial paguyuban dalam pengembangan fasilitas pendidikan di sekolah dasar

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yolanda Stepy ◽  
Firman Firman
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Heterogeneous Population ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Village

This study aimed to describe the social capital of the community in developing educational facilities in SD Negeri 005 State Petapahan Jaya, Kampar District. With the reality of a heterogeneous population inhabited by self-employed trans-migrants consisting of Sundanese, Batak, Minang, Malay, and Javanese. Economically the village had developed significantly, especially since the opening of the Palm Oil plantation. This research used a qualitative approach. Data collection was done through observation, interviews and document use. Data analysis techniques used in this study are data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results of this study indicate that there were three elements of community social capital in developing educational facilities in SD Negeri 005 Petapahan Jaya, Kampar Regency: (1) Social Networking, in the form of community participation and solidarity (2) Trust in the form of honesty and cooperation (3) The existence of norms that jointly owned.

scholarly journals Rancang Bagun Aplikasi Mobile Ekatalog Berbasis IOS Sebagai Media Bantu Pengenalan Produk Miulan

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashari Juang ◽  
Desi Purwanti ◽  
Etika Kartikadarma
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Product Introduction ◽  
Life Cycle Engineering ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Forward Engineering ◽  
Time Update ◽  
Application Developers

Abstract Miulan Hijab is a business entity who produces hijab and Muslim clothing for the ladies. Most of the current consumers are those who actively using the social media. The social media such as twitter and Facebook views the products in a timeline (based on the time update) making it difficult to show the well-organized product. However miulanhijab.com website is used as a landing page, or marketing media. But the website does not have an optimum display when opened using an iOS device. Now Miulan hijab businesses is booming, this make Miulan requires an alternative media to develop the brand and the business to a higher segment. This research is a forward engineering research. Forward engineering: life cycle engineering begins from the plan, analysis, and construct, until applied. This research will explain how to develop a mobile application with the iOS platform as a supplementary media for Miulan hijab product introduction. The expected contribution is to provide a design for mobile application developers of iOS-based eCatalog. The details of the development of this application will be reviewed in the report. Keywords: iOS, Miulan Hijab, eCatalog, Mobile Applications.

The Social Media Neologisms: A Case Study of Facebook Users in Kenya.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-212
Author(s):  
Vitalis Kandie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Translation Error ◽  
The Social

This study sought to investigate the Kenyan generated neologisms as used in social media. This study was informed by the fact that human language is a dynamic and an ever-changing phenomenon only stable in performing its communicative function. The researcher conducted a Facebook survey as a representation of other social networking channels. The researcher purposely sampled 50 neologisms of Kenyan origin on Facebook and thereafter, using a descriptive qualitative data analysis approach, made a description of one of the commonest sites of social networking in Kenya, people from various walks of life engage on a litany of matters concerning their lives, be it political, socio-economic or even personal. Facebook was chosen explicitly for its wider outreach among Kenyans in comparison to other social networking channels. 50 neologisms belonging to Kenyan origin were purposively sampled on Facebook aftermath; a descriptive method of data analysis approach was used, to make a description of the word-formation processes, which are involved in their generation. A vast number of neologisms on Facebook belonging to Kenyan origin could be identified and documented by the study, most of them laced with a local flavour. Furthermore, the study analysed the word-formation processes that were involved in their development. Some of the neologisms with Kenyan origin documented in this study are; uhunye, saitan, isorait amongst others while some of the most common word formation processes employed include; loan translation, error, compounding and others. This study advocates for research on how words and expressions from indigenous Kenyan languages are being adopted in multicultural discourse among the diverse members of the Kenyan speech community through social media and general cross-cultural interactions.

E-Business Perspectives through Social Networks

2011 ◽  
pp. 651-660
Author(s):  
Mahesh Raisinghani ◽  
Elon Marques
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
New Research

This chapter is focused on some of the current research being conducted in the field of social network theory. The importance of studying the social network concepts is attached to a better understanding of individuals and how and why people interact with each other, as well as how technology and the Internet can affect this interaction. The social network theory field has grown significantly in the last years, and the use of the Internet and advanced computing technology has contributed to new research in this growing area. The first aspect to be covered is the social network theory and some applications for social networks. Also virtual communities, as well as the control over communications tools through social networks will be discussed. Finally, the technology side of social networks will be presented, as mobile social networks, internet social networking systems and e-business correlation, social network software and future trends of social networks. The main objective of this research is to illustrate the correlation between electronic (e-) business (of which e-government is a subset) and social networking.

Social Network Sites

2011 ◽  
pp. 2300-2309
Author(s):  
Nisrine Zammar
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Chat Rooms ◽  
The Social

This article examines the role of actors in a Social Network Sites and also the triggers and challenges they represent to social networking between today’s communities and businesses. A Social Network Sites is the product of the evolution of social liaisons and the emergence of online communities of people who are interested in exploring the concerns and activities of others. A social network is the assembly of direct or indirect contacts; a network is the product of interactions with the actors (individuals, families, enterprises, etc.) enabled by means of the structural design of web 2.0. Social Network Sites bring people together to interact through chat rooms, and share personal information and ideas around any topics via personal homepage publishing tools. This article is intended to be a trigger to deeply and more intensely explore potential roles of actor-network theory in the Social Network Sites context, in today’s and tomorrow’s world.

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