When the smartphone goes offline: A factorial survey of smartphone users' experiences of mobile unavailability

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Highlights:

• Mobile unavailability is a positive and negative experience.

• Place, duration, reason, and contact attempts influence the perception of unavailability.

• Availability management, FOMO, and conscientiousness are individual predictors.

• Cross-level effects indicate varying effects of situational factors.

• Mobile unavailability at home is perceived ambiguously.

摘要

•Mobile unavailability is a positive and negative experience.•Place, duration, reason, and contact attempts influence the perception of unavailability.•Availability management, FOMO, and conscientiousness are individual predictors.•Cross-level effects indicate varying effects of situational factors.•Mobile unavailability at home is perceived ambiguously.

论文关键词:Mobile communication,Mobile unavailability,Smartphones,Nomophobia,Fear of missing out,Factorial survey

论文评审过程:Received 20 August 2018, Revised 26 March 2019, Accepted 31 March 2019, Available online 1 April 2019, Version of Record 4 April 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.03.037