Mobiltelefonen som social artefakt inom familjen
en studie med föräldrarna i fokus
Cell phoneSocial artifactInstant messengerParentsFamilyAvailabilityFocus troupeMobiltelefonSocial artefaktInstant messengerFöräldrarFamiljTillgänglighetFokustrupp
Studies of modern communication media such as Cell Phones and so called Instant Messengers are popular today. This study focused on these modern techniques, focused on parents as a target group and on what is important for them in everyday communication.By exploratory using three focus groups it became clear that the children, and the link to them was the absolute most important thing for the parents. It became clear that this link to a great extent today exists through the mobile phone.In a following study a Mobile Instant Messenger called My Friends was introduced. It was used by two families during two weeks to see how it would change the communication within the family. The focus was to see how problems with availability were handled, it turned out that:My friends had a more obvious way of indicating availability than the Cell Phone had. It was also consulted before making contact through other media.Emphasis was also put to find out what kind of communication the different media; phone call (Cell Phone), texting and Instant Messenger supports. It showed that three variables seemed to be important when choosing media:? the haste of the business? the goal of the business? the need for precisionThe bigger knowledge two people had of each other the more the latter was affected but the first two were unaffected.