Sensing, Projecting and Interpreting Digital Identity Through Bluetooth: From anonymous encounters to social engagement

Ava Fatah gen Schieck; Freya Palmer; Alan Penn; Eamonn O'Neill

Sensing, Projecting and Interpreting Digital Identity Through Bluetooth: From anonymous encounters to social engagement

Ava Fatah gen Schieck
, Freya Palmer
, Alan Penn
, Eamonn O'Neill

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter

Abstract

This chapter reports an investigation of people’s use of mobile technologies to explore digital identity and presence in the city. We examine perceptions of the Bluetooth landscape through two studies in the city of Bath: a laboratory study using data captured from Bluetooth devices in the city, and a field-based intervention. We apply “digitally augmented” methods for spatial observation and analysis combining Bluetooth scanning with conventional observational and analytical techniques. We also apply an intervention method based on sensing and projecting Bluetooth names in public. We present findings on people’s perception and interpretation of others’ Bluetooth names from the lab-based study, and describe our observations of people’s reaction to the projection of their “digital identity” in public. We note the importance of constructing socially meaningful relations between people mediated by these technologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	From social butterfly to engaged citizen: urban informatics, social media, ubiquitous computing, and mobile technology to support citizen engagement
Editors	Marcus Foth, Laura Forlano, Christine Satchell, Martin Gibbs
Place of Publication	Cambridge, U. S. A.
Publisher	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
Pages	297-314
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9780262016513
Publication status	Published - 2011

Bibliographical note

Section 4. Technologies of Engagement: 16. Sensing, Projecting and Interpreting Digital Identity through Bluetooth: From Anonymous Encounters to Social Engagement. Ava Fatah gen. Schieck (1), Freya Palmer (2), Alan Penn (1), & Eamonn O’Neill (2). (1) The Bartlett Graduate School, University College London, UK; (2) Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK.

Keywords

urban encounter
Bluetooth
pervasive systems
digital identity
digital presence

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Fatah gen Schieck, A., Palmer, F., Penn, A., & O'Neill, E. (2011). Sensing, Projecting and Interpreting Digital Identity Through Bluetooth: From anonymous encounters to social engagement. In M. Foth, L. Forlano, C. Satchell, & M. Gibbs (Eds.), From social butterfly to engaged citizen: urban informatics, social media, ubiquitous computing, and mobile technology to support citizen engagement (pp. 297-314). Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press.

Sensing, Projecting and Interpreting Digital Identity Through Bluetooth: From anonymous encounters to social engagement. / Fatah gen Schieck, Ava; Palmer, Freya; Penn, Alan et al.
From social butterfly to engaged citizen: urban informatics, social media, ubiquitous computing, and mobile technology to support citizen engagement. ed. / Marcus Foth; Laura Forlano; Christine Satchell; Martin Gibbs. Cambridge, U. S. A.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2011. p. 297-314.

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter

Fatah gen Schieck, A, Palmer, F, Penn, A & O'Neill, E 2011, Sensing, Projecting and Interpreting Digital Identity Through Bluetooth: From anonymous encounters to social engagement. in M Foth, L Forlano, C Satchell & M Gibbs (eds), From social butterfly to engaged citizen: urban informatics, social media, ubiquitous computing, and mobile technology to support citizen engagement. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Cambridge, U. S. A., pp. 297-314.

Fatah gen Schieck A, Palmer F, Penn A, O'Neill E. Sensing, Projecting and Interpreting Digital Identity Through Bluetooth: From anonymous encounters to social engagement. In Foth M, Forlano L, Satchell C, Gibbs M, editors, From social butterfly to engaged citizen: urban informatics, social media, ubiquitous computing, and mobile technology to support citizen engagement. Cambridge, U. S. A.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press. 2011. p. 297-314

Fatah gen Schieck, Ava ; Palmer, Freya ; Penn, Alan et al. / Sensing, Projecting and Interpreting Digital Identity Through Bluetooth: From anonymous encounters to social engagement. From social butterfly to engaged citizen: urban informatics, social media, ubiquitous computing, and mobile technology to support citizen engagement. editor / Marcus Foth ; Laura Forlano ; Christine Satchell ; Martin Gibbs. Cambridge, U. S. A. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2011. pp. 297-314

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