Mobile phones for the next generation: Device designs for teenagers

Sara Berg; Alex S. Taylor; Richard Harper

doi:10.1145/642611.642687

Mobile phones for the next generation: Device designs for teenagers

Sara Berg^*, Alex S. Taylor, Richard Harper

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In this paper, we demonstrate how ethnographic fieldwork studies can be used to inform the design of third generation mobile phones. We draw on a field study of teenage mobile phone users and, specifically, their participation in gift-giving practices to design the user interface and form of a concept mobile phone. The concept device is designed to support teenagers' social practices through a novel multimedia messaging system and the augmentation of the phone's address book. We report on the process adopted to design the concept and briefly describe preliminary reactions from potential users. To conclude the paper, we comment on the lessons we have learnt in applying ethnographic findings to design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI '03: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	433-440
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	1581136307
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/642611.642687
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2003
Event	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2003 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL, United States Duration: 5 Apr 2003 → 10 Apr 2003

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Conference	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2003
Abbreviated title	CHI'03
Country/Territory	United States
City	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Period	5/04/03 → 10/04/03

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

3G
Cell phones
Ethnography
Gift-giving
Interaction design
Mobile phones
Multimedia messaging
Teenagers

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Berg, S, Taylor, AS & Harper, R 2003, Mobile phones for the next generation: Device designs for teenagers. in CHI '03: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 433-440, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Florida, United States, 5/04/03. https://doi.org/10.1145/642611.642687

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