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标题：Getting Real: A Naturalistic Methodology for Using Smartphones to Collect Mediated Communications
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作者：Chad C. Tossell ; Philip Kortum ; Clayton W. Shepard 等
期刊名称：Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
印刷版ISSN：1687-5893
电子版ISSN：1687-5907
出版年度：2012
卷号：2012
DOI：10.1155/2012/815972
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：This paper contributes an intentionally naturalistic methodology using smartphone logging technology to study communications in the wild. Smartphone logging can provide tremendous access to communications data from real environments. However, researchers must consider how it is employed to preserve naturalistic behaviors. Nine considerations are presented to this end. We also provide a description of a naturalistic logging approach that has been applied successfully to collecting mediated communications from iPhones. The methodology was designed to intentionally decrease reactivity and resulted in data that were more accurate than self-reports. Example analyses are also provided to show how data collected can be analyzed to establish empirical patterns and identify user differences. Smartphone logging technologies offer flexible capabilities to enhance access to real communications data, but methodologies employing these techniques must be designed appropriately to avoid provoking naturally occurring behaviors. Functionally, this methodology can be applied to establish empirical patterns and test specific hypotheses within the field of HCI research. Topically, this methodology can be applied to domains interested in understanding mediated communications such as mobile content and systems design, teamwork, and social networks.