The rapid growth of location-based social networks (LBSNs) has greatly enriched people’s urban experience through social media and attracted increasing number of users in recent years. Typical location-based social networking sites allow users to “check in” at a physical place and share the location with their online friends, and therefore bridge the gap between the real world and online social...

We present an approach for utilising a mobile device’s Bluetooth sensor to automatically identify social interactions and relationships between individuals in the real world. We show that a high degree of accuracy is achievable in the automatic identification of mobile devices of familiar individuals. This has implications for mobile device security, social networking and in context aware infor...

The search for mechanisms to encourage pro-environmental behavior has ranged from marketing to community events. This study continues the search by exploring how the language and features programmed into mobile social networking applications influence users to experience nature and share those experiences. To guide data analysis, the study uses the social influence network theory and adapts com...

In this paper I focus on finding new solutions to usability issues with contact book of a mobile phone, as it is one of the most text intensive features of a mobile phone. The paper attempts to provide a totally new look to the contact book by using visual experience and minimizing the usage of text in the interaction (hence making it usable to nonliterates). Some of the new features are transf...

The paper analyzes SMSGupShup, a mobile-centric social networking platform in India. It focuses on a set of dominant users (young, male) who are redefining the nature of micro-blogging and the creation of mobile networking communities. Like many social networking sites, assembling, maintaining and growing social networks are primary behaviours on GupShup. Unlike many others, where maintaining a...

Social media has dramatically changed how we communicate and collaborate both publically and internally within an organization. However, minimal research has examined the impact this media may have within the enterprise, specifically in a virtual team environment. This research examines the use of one social media, Social Networking Sites (SNS), and how the information available through this te...