Materialization of socially motivated human needs with the final purpose to be socially recognized. Self-extension can be realized in many ways, such as communication, the result of which is an individual’s identity recognition.
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Mobile SNS from the Perspective of Human Self-Extension
Roman Y. Shtykh (Waseda University, Japan), Qun Jin (Waseda University, Japan), Shunichi Nakadate (Waseda University, Japan), Norihiro Kandou (Waseda University, Japan), Takeshi Hayata (Waseda University, Japan), and Jianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)
Copyright: © 2009
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-046-2.ch048
Abstract
Mobile social networking services (MoSNS) are a yet unexplored environment for human networked socialization. By introducing the concept of self-extension in this chapter, we emphasize the necessity for a human participant to materialize his or her daily pursuits that are partially realized through virtual communication and interaction. We argue that mobile social networking services potentially best fit each participant’s self-extension desire as compared to personal-computer-based ones by describing and analyzing the state of the art of mobile social networking services in Japan and discussing mobile SNS peculiarities to support our view. Further, we envision the emerging of new mobile multimedia with the evolution of mobile SNS and discuss challenges and issues that have to be addressed in order to realize a mobile social networking breakthrough.