A Quantitative Exploration into the Mobile Phone Rabbit Hole

Problem Statement

This thesis aims to quantitatively explore the phenomena of "mobile phone rabbit holes". You will be re-designing an experience sampling questionnaire and implementing it into a prototype that collects and labels data relevant to mobile phone rabbit holes. This thesis seeks to deeply explore and examine the context of mobile phone rabbit holes, as a tool for individuals, and research bodies, to understand smartphone use behaviours better.

Tasks

• Customisation of an existing (!) experience sampling prototype in Android (Kotlin)
• Run data collection study
• (MT only:) Quantitative data analysis with Python
• Write a report (EP) or thesis (MT) and present your findings in the Disputationsseminar
• (Optional:) co-write a research paper

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of user research
• Experience with Android development (Kotlin)
• (MT only:) Experience with Python data analysis