Jogging the distance

Shannon O'Brien; Florian 'Floyd' Mueller

doi:10.1145/1240624.1240708

Jogging the distance

Shannon O'Brien, Florian 'Floyd' Mueller

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Abstract

People enjoy jogging with others for social and motivational reasons. However, as reported by forum participants, finding a compatible, local jogging partner who shares the ability to jog at the same pace for the same duration is not always easy. One possible way to overcome this challenge is to expand the range of potential jogging partners by allowing for interaction with remote joggers. We investigated whether a jogging experience supporting conversation between remote partners could be desirable and motivating. We conducted an experiment with 18 volunteers using conventional mobile phones with headsets to support conversations as participants jogged in disjoint, outdoor areas. Results show that a simple audio connection supports participants' need to socialize and allows partners to encourage each other.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007, CHI 2007
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	523-526
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	1595935932, 9781595935939
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240708
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007 - San Jose, United States of America Duration: 28 Apr 2007 → 3 May 2007 Conference number: 25th

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Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007
Abbreviated title	CHI 2007
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	San Jose
Period	28/04/07 → 3/05/07

Keywords

Community forums
Jogging
Mobile phones
Social support

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