Mobile phone: A tool for expressing co-actualisation

Fariza H.A. Razak*, Alan Dix

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, we present an overview of the data collected from field studies of mobile phone use by Malaysian women who live in the United Kingdom. Through the data, we suggest that these women use mobile phones to help them coordinate activities in their everyday lives. Such practices, we claim, shape the way they are living in this everyday world. Their apparently mundane phone-mediated activities help support their everyday life activities, and these activities can help them become actualised in what they are potential. We found that their mundane phone-mediated activities are for other people as well - how they help support the need for self-actualisation of other people.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 13th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
Subtitle of host publicationTrust and Control in Complex Socio-technical Systems, ECCE-13
Pages100-104
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Sept 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event13th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Trust and Control in Complex Socio-technical Systems, ECCE-13 - Zurich, Switzerland
Duration: 20 Sept 200622 Sept 2006

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume250

Conference

Conference13th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Trust and Control in Complex Socio-technical Systems, ECCE-13
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityZurich
Period20/09/0622/09/06

Keywords

  • Co-actualisation
  • Human needs
  • Identity
  • Maslow's hierarchy
  • Mobile phone
  • Mundane phone-mediated activities
  • Women

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