TY - GEN
T1 - A mobile application to support phatic communication in the hybrid space
AU - Bilandzic, Mark
AU - Filonik, Daniel
AU - Gross, Michael
AU - Hackel, Andreas
AU - Mangesius, Herbert
AU - Krcmar, Helmut
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents a prototype implementation of the PengYo application that offers a cross-platform interaction method between an online social community and mobile users based on the "beeping" phenomenon. PengYo provides a novel interface that explicitly supports the practice of beeping, a nearly-globally applied implicit communication method of calling somebody and hanging up before the call is answered. In contrast to the traditional beeping-method, PengYo provides a custom-tailored user interface and user interaction style for beeping, following the real-life cognitive model of "tapping someone on the shoulder". PengYo builds a platform for further investigation of the beeping phenomenon and its usage patterns, that very little research has been done on so far. The results of further research studies that base on PengYo might deliver crucial information for redesigning and enhancing existing channels following the user-led communication phenomenon of beeping.
AB - This paper presents a prototype implementation of the PengYo application that offers a cross-platform interaction method between an online social community and mobile users based on the "beeping" phenomenon. PengYo provides a novel interface that explicitly supports the practice of beeping, a nearly-globally applied implicit communication method of calling somebody and hanging up before the call is answered. In contrast to the traditional beeping-method, PengYo provides a custom-tailored user interface and user interaction style for beeping, following the real-life cognitive model of "tapping someone on the shoulder". PengYo builds a platform for further investigation of the beeping phenomenon and its usage patterns, that very little research has been done on so far. The results of further research studies that base on PengYo might deliver crucial information for redesigning and enhancing existing channels following the user-led communication phenomenon of beeping.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77951106866
U2 - 10.1109/ITNG.2009.261
DO - 10.1109/ITNG.2009.261
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951106866
SN - 9780769535968
T3 - ITNG 2009 - 6th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations
SP - 1517
EP - 1521
BT - ITNG 2009 - 6th International Conference on Information Technology
T2 - 6th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, ITNG 2009
Y2 - 27 April 2009 through 29 April 2009
ER -