DocumentCode :
623921
Title :
On the usage patterns of multimodal communication: Countries and evolution
Author :
Yi Wang ; Faloutsos, Michalis ; Hui Zang
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
fYear :
2013
fDate :
14-19 April 2013
Firstpage :
3135
Lastpage :
3140
Abstract :
How do people use phone calls and text messages for their communication needs? Most studies so far study each mode of communication in isolation. Here, we study the interplay of multi-modal communications. We analyze more than a billion call and text records from a Chinese city and San Francisco Area between 2007 and 2011. First, we provide some definitions towards a framework for analyzing multi-modal communications. Then,we study the relationship of the two communication modes and quantify several aspects of correlation and inference. For a communicating pair, we find that the existence of texting during the weekend is the strongest indicator that the pair will communicate at other times with texts or calls. We compare the behavior between China and the U.S. and we find several similarities and differences. For example, we find evidence of an after-lunch siesta among Chinese users. Finally, we study the evolution of the two modes over time. We find that texting has taken over in sheer number of ”events” by flipping the number of calls over that of texts from 2: 1 in 2007 to 1:2 in 2011.
Keywords :
cellular radio; electronic messaging; pattern recognition; multimodal communication; phone calls; text messages; usage patterns; Correlation; Cultural differences; Electronic mail; Internet; Measurement; Pricing; Telecommunications;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM, 2013 Proceedings IEEE
Conference_Location :
Turin
ISSN :
0743-166X
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5944-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.2013.6567127
Filename :
6567127
Link To Document :
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