Quantifying and mitigating couples’ co-located smartphone usage
department or school: Science, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan)
department or school: Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, Department of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Huma, Zil E
issued: 2021-02-11T18:33:20Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: There is a growing concern that many individuals overuse smartphones in the presence of their family members, which sometimes creates frustration and relationship stress among them. Though couples remain co-located for a substantial portion of each day, very little effort has been made in quantifying couples’ co-located smartphone usage and exploring ways to reduce it. As such, I first conduct a two-week study quantifying couples' co-located smartphone usage. Results show that couples spend a considerable amount of time on smartphones while being co-located than when they are not with their partners. Inspired by the results, I conducted a four-week long study exploring smartphone notifications as a medium to motivate couples to limit their co-located smartphone use. The results suggest that notification has potential to help couples in reducing their co-located usage. Based on the findings, I present a set of recommendations for designing solutions to limit smartphone usage among couples.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/77277
note: Quantifying and Mitigating Couples’Co-Located Smartphone UsagebyZIL E HUMAA THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OFTHE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OFMASTER OF SCIENCEinTHE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES(Computer Science)THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA(Okanagan)February 2021c© ZIL E HUMA, 2021The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommendto the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation en-titled:Quantifying and Mitigating Couples’ Co-Located Smartphone Usagesubmitted by ZIL E HUMA in partial fulfilment of the requirements of thedegree of Master of ScienceMohammad Khalad Hasan. Irving K. Barber Faculty of ScienceSupervisorYves Lucet. Irving K. Barber Faculty of ScienceCo-SupervisorPatricia Lasserre, Irving K. Barber Faculty of ScienceSupervisory Committee MemberRamon Lawrence, Irving K. Barber Faculty of ScienceSupervisory Committee MemberKasun Hewage, School of Engineering Faculty of Applied ScienceUniversity ExamineriiAbstractThere is a growing concern that many individuals overuse smartphones inthe presence of their family members, which sometimes creates frustrationand relationship stress among them. Though couples remain co-locatedfor a substantial portion of each day, very little effort has been made inquantifying couples’ co-located smartphone usage and exploring ways toreduce it. As such, I first conduct a two-week study quantifying couples’ co-located smartphone usage. Results show that couples spend a considerableamount of time on smartphones while being co-located than when they arenot with their partners. Inspired by the results, I conducted a four-week longstudy exploring smartphone notifications as a medium to motivate couples tolimit their co-located smartphone use. The results suggest that notificationhas potential to help couples in reducing their co-located usage. Based onthe findings, I present a set of recommendations for designing solutions tolimit smartphone usage among couples.iiiLay SummarySmartp…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0395854
language: eng
degree discipline: Computer Science
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/77277