Social practices and mobile phone use of young migrant workers

Lang, Xueming; Oreglia, Elisa; Thomas, Suzanne

doi:10.1145/1851600.1851613

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“…This scenario reflects the desire of many migrant workers for a sense of connectedness, as reported in [14]. In the context of resource constrained environments such as this example, then, we argue that PaperChains is a novel and compelling way of collaborating to combine the story emerging on paper with the story emerging in the audio.…”

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confidence: 53%

PaperChains

Pearson

Robinson

Jones

2015

Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work &Amp; Social Computing

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In this paper we present a novel interface for collaborative creation of evolving audio-visual documents. PaperChains allows users to sketch on paper and then augment with digital audio, allowing both the physical and digital objects to evolve simultaneously over time. The technique we have developed focuses on affordability and accessibility in its design, using standard cameraphones and telephone connections, which allow it to be used in regions where literacy, technological experience and data connections cannot necessarily be taken for granted. The main use-case that we focus on in this paper is for collaborative storytelling, an area which has been well studied and previously proven to be of value in resource constrained environments. To investigate the relevance of the approach in these contexts, we undertook two usability evaluations in India and South Africa. Results from these investigations indicate users' ability to both create and interpret stories using the software, as well as demonstrating high overall usability and enjoyment. We end with a discussion of the implications of our design and opportunities for use in other contexts.

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confidence: 53%

PaperChains

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2015

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“…This has led to a steady stream of studies that analyse problems and potential solutions for these users. These include studying text messages from a structural and functional point of view [6]; a study exploring the use of computing technology by young migrant workers in China [7]; and a job searching website designed for illiterate people in Pakistan [8].…”

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Analysing Emergent Users' Text Messages Data and Exploring its Benefits

Alsallakh¹,

Rextin²,

Kakakhail³

et al. 2018

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While users in the developed world can choose to adopt the technology that suits their needs, the emergent users cannot afford this luxury, hence, they adapt themselves to the technology that is readily available. When technology is designed, such as the mobile-phone technology, it is an implicit assumption that it would be adopted by the emergent users in due course. However, such user groups have different needs, and they follow different usage patterns as compared to users from the developed world. In this work, we target an emergent user base, i.e., users from a university in Pakistan, and analyse their texting behaviour on mobile phones. We see interesting results such as, the long-term linguistic adaptation of users in the absence of reasonable Urdu keyboards, the overt preference for communicating in Roman Urdu and the social forces related to textual interaction. We also present two case studies on how a single dataset can effectively help understand emergent users, improve usability of some tasks, and also help users perform previously difficult tasks with ease.

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“…Lang et al [28], in an ethnographic study, argued that the reason why so many young migrant workers purchase mobile phones is because they need them to support their specific social practices, to "give them relief, a sense of belonging, as sense of fun, as well as information related to life and work" (ibid : 60). No w, in and of itself, this is a truism, but is revealing in a context where migrant workers have moved a long way from existing family networks and have no stable networks of social relations to replace them.…”

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Enriching the distressing reality

Liu

Boden

Randall

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work &Amp; Social Computing

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Based on a field study in Guangdong Province, this paper describes the social med ia use of Ch inese migrant workers in the manufacturing sector. It was found that social media plays a significant role in the lives of young workers who have left their rural ho metowns in early adulthood and struggle to survive in the urban centers. They buy expensive IT devices to gain a social reputation, as social med ia provides opportunities for self-expression; strengthens their self-consciousness; and to a certain extent, influences their wo rld view. For most of the workers in our study, social med ia has become a very important part of leisure t ime and entertain ment. Moreover, the life in v irtual worlds provides them a psychological co mpensation mechanis m to temporarily avoid the pressure of their daily lives. Author Ke ywordsChina; social media; virtual identity; migrant worker; field study ACM Classification KeywordsH5.m. Informat ion interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): Miscellaneous.

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Social practices and mobile phone use of young migrant workers

Cited by 9 publications

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