The neXus research group at Microsoft Research is recruiting for a study on how people use their smartphones to manage communication availability. We are interested in the relationship between the user?s contexts and actions on their smartphone for negotiating their availability for communication. Participants must currently use the Android phone (version 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich or above) as their primary phone for communication. Participation will include completing a pre-study survey; installing an Android app and running it for a 14-day period; responding to a daily journal email; and answering a post-study survey. The Android app will passively log data from a number of sensors (e.g., location, mobility status, ringer and screen status) when receiving or responding to notifications around communication apps (e.g., texting, email, video chat). No contents of the communication and no personally identifiable information will be persistently stored, as all identities will be mapped to unique id numbers. Selected participants will also participate in a recorded interview sharing their experience in their communication activity during the period.
Gratuity:
A total of $75 gift card gratuity is possible for participation involving the pre- and post-survey, running the app for 14-days and responding to the daily journal email prompts.
An additional $25 gift card gratuity is provided for participation in the post-study interview.
Requirements:
You must be 18 years or older
You must be in a full-time (at least 30 hours per week) occupation or graduate study program
You must use an Android smartphone with version 4.0 or above (Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean) as your primary phone.
You must use your primary phone for communication (e.g., making calls, sending texts) on a daily basis.
You must live in North America.
You must fully participate in the study by generating log data every day and sending in daily email journals (please consider if you have any travel or other activities in the next few weeks that would interfere with your normal daily activities).
If you're interested, please reply to me
Gratuity:
A total of $75 gift card gratuity is possible for participation involving the pre- and post-survey, running the app for 14-days and responding to the daily journal email prompts.
An additional $25 gift card gratuity is provided for participation in the post-study interview.
Requirements:
You must be 18 years or older
You must be in a full-time (at least 30 hours per week) occupation or graduate study program
You must use an Android smartphone with version 4.0 or above (Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean) as your primary phone.
You must use your primary phone for communication (e.g., making calls, sending texts) on a daily basis.
You must live in North America.
You must fully participate in the study by generating log data every day and sending in daily email journals (please consider if you have any travel or other activities in the next few weeks that would interfere with your normal daily activities).
If you're interested, please reply to me
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