Moira McGregor
ABSTRACT
My PhD focuses on studying mobile apps in everyday life. Taking an ethnomethodological approach, my thesis draws upon findings from three studies of app usage -- moving from the micro through to a macro perspective, using video and interview methods. The first study focuses on how users complete specific information search tasks: map-reading and internet search. Study two describes how app use is interwoven with communication, including through talk with co-present others. In the last study I provide a macro perspective on apps, investigating the economic potential of the Uber "rideshare" taxi app in the management and distribution of labour.
- Brown, B., McGregor, M., Laurier, E., 2013. iPhone in Vivo: Video Analysis of Mobile Device Use, in: CHI '13. ACM, NY, USA, pp. 1031--1040. Google Scholar
Digital Library
- Brown, B., McGregor, M., McMillan, D., In publication. Searchable Objects: Search in Everyday Conversation, in: CSCW 2015. ACM Press. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Brown, B., McGregor, M., McMillan, D., 2014. 100 Days of iPhone Use: Understanding the Details of Mobile Device Use, in: MobileHCI '14. ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 223--232. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Church, K., Neumann, J., Cherubini, M., Oliver, N., 2010. The "Map Trap?": an evaluation of map versus text-based interfaces for location-based mobile search services, in: World Wide Web. ACM, USA, pp. 261--270. Google ScholarDigital Library
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- Licoppe, C., Figeac, J., 2013. Patterns of Gaze Switching in the Naturally-Occurring? Uses of Smartphones in Urban Mobile Settings. Dept. of Economics and Social Sciences ECOM ParisTech.Google Scholar
- McGregor, M., Brown, B., McMillan, D., 2014. 100 Days of iPhone Use: Mobile Recording in the Wild, in: CHI EA '14. ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 2335--2340. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Slade, G., 2012. The Big Disconnect: The Story of Technology and Loneliness. Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y.Google Scholar
- Sohn, T., Li, K.A., Griswold, W.G., Hollan, J.D., 2008. A Diary Study of Mobile Information Needs, in: CHI '08. ACM, USA, pp. 433--442. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Turkle, S., 2012. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, First Trade Paper Edition edition. ed. Basic Books, New York. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Verkasalo, H., 2009. Contextual Patterns in Mobile Service Usage. Personal Ubiquitous Comput. 13, 331--342. Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- The App in Everyday Life: Research Overview for Doctoral Colloquium
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