Title :
Using Mobile Phones to Nurture Social Networks
Author :
Quercia, Daniele ; Ellis, Jonathan ; Capra, Licia
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Novel technologies for nurturing a person´s contacts use mobile phones to recommend new friends or track a friendship´s health. Such monitoring can also help people monitor their own emotions.
Keywords :
Internet; mobile computing; mobile handsets; social networking (online); social sciences computing; emotion monitoring; friendship health; mobile phones; nurture social networks; Connected youth; mobile computing; social computing; social networks;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2010.43
