Do games motivate mobile content sharing?

Dion Hoe Lian Goh; Chei Sian Lee; Alton Yeow Kuan Chua

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-13654-2_8

Do games motivate mobile content sharing?

Dion Hoe Lian Goh, Chei Sian Lee, Alton Yeow Kuan Chua

Nanyang Technological University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

8 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Indagator (Latin for explorer) is a game which incorporates multiplayer, pervasive gaming elements into mobile content sharing. Indagator allows users to annotate real world locations with multimedia content, and concurrently, provide opportunities for play through creating and engaging interactive game elements, earning currency, and socializing. A user study of Indagator was conducted to examine the impact of the usability of Indagator's content sharing and gaming features, as well as demographic profiles on participants' motivation to use the application. Participants felt that the features in Indagator were able to support the objectives of content sharing and gaming, and that the idea of gaming could be a motivator for content sharing. In terms of motivation to use, usability of Indagator's gaming features, gender and participants' familiarity with mobile gaming emerged as significant predictors. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Role of Digital Libraries in a Time of Global Change - 12th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2010, Proceedings
Pages	61-70
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13654-2_8
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2010 - Gold Coast, QLD, Australia Duration: Jun 21 2010 → Jun 25 2010

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	6102 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	12th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2010
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Gold Coast, QLD
Period	6/21/10 → 6/25/10

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Keywords

Mobile content sharing game
motivations
social computing
usability
user evaluation

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-642-13654-2_8

Cite this

Goh, D. H. L., Lee, C. S., & Chua, A. Y. K. (2010). Do games motivate mobile content sharing? In Role of Digital Libraries in a Time of Global Change - 12th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2010, Proceedings (pp. 61-70). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6102 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13654-2_8

Goh, Dion Hoe Lian ; Lee, Chei Sian ; Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan. / Do games motivate mobile content sharing?. Role of Digital Libraries in a Time of Global Change - 12th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2010, Proceedings. 2010. pp. 61-70 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Goh, DHL , Lee, CS & Chua, AYK 2010, Do games motivate mobile content sharing? in Role of Digital Libraries in a Time of Global Change - 12th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2010, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 6102 LNCS, pp. 61-70, 12th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2010, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 6/21/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13654-2_8

Do games motivate mobile content sharing? / Goh, Dion Hoe Lian ; Lee, Chei Sian ; Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan.
Role of Digital Libraries in a Time of Global Change - 12th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2010, Proceedings. 2010. p. 61-70 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6102 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution