Concepedia

Using Mobile Phones to Nurture Social Networks

Daniele Quercia, Jonathan Ellis, Licia Capra

IEEE Pervasive Computing · 2010 · 28 citations · 19 references

Concepts

Social SciencesPsychologySocial PsychologyInterpersonal RelationshipsMobile ComputingSocial-emotional DevelopmentMobile Health ApplicationsMobile SensingSocial ComputingSocial RecommendationSupportive CommunicationEmotionsMobile Health TrackingMobile Recommendation SystemsSmartphonesSocial Mobile ComputingSocial Network Monitoring

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.

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