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What is Mobile Sensor

Chapter 20
Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
A converter installed in mobile phone that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an instrument. Most mobile phones are equipped with two basic sensors: camera and microphone. More advanced mobile phones come with variety of sensors, such as accelerometer, gyroscope, digital compass, and barometer.
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Dimensions of Mobile Phone Behaviors in Environmental Communication
Yuan Xin Wang (Temple University, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch020
Abstract
The article explores major dimensions of mobile phone behaviors in environmental communication and suggests that the impact of mobile phone use upon environmental communication could be explored from at least five dimensions including information seeking, propagation, interaction, organizing, and data collection behaviors. Association between mobile phone use and environmental communication is explained. Dimensions of mobile phone behaviors are illustrated through published studies of environment communication. Major issues related to the mobile phone use are also reviewed.
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