


- #Your browsing be havior for a big mac: economics of per sonal information online software#
- #Your browsing be havior for a big mac: economics of per sonal information online Offline#
This thesis presents a study into con icts that emerge amongst sensor device rules when such devices are formed into networks. This highlights one of the problems with real-time experience sampling in that completing the survey, through the process of recording feelings, becomes an experience in itself and undoubtedly has an affect on feelings before (anticipation of the call to respond), during (disruptive when participant has to stop what they are doing to complete) and after (feelings of. A beeping smartphone demanding attention may cause disruption to others and may affect the ‘flowstate’ of the individual. A consideration here would be the nature of the event and the activities that attendees may be engaged in. These can be adapted to run from web based client-servers to send the signals and questions to participants’ own devices (smartphones, tablets) (Fischer, 2009).

#Your browsing be havior for a big mac: economics of per sonal information online software#
There are a number of experience sampling software packages available, for example, Barratt and Barratt’s (2005) ESP (Experience Sampling Programme) and Froehlich, Chen, Consolvo, Harrison and Landay’s (2007) MyExperience software. For example, a larger sample size with fewer questions may be more appropriate if this can be administered cost effectively. though real time data capture may be possible at some events its use needs careful consideration. We also found that while users are overwhelmingly in favor of exchanging their PI in return for improved online services, they are uncomfortable if these same providers monetize their PI. Users also value information pertaining to financial transactions and social network interactions more than activities like search and shopping.
#Your browsing be havior for a big mac: economics of per sonal information online Offline#
We find that users value their PI related to their offline identities more (3 times) than their browsing behavior. We were able to extract the monetary value that 168 participants put on different pieces of PI. In this paper, we study how users valuate different types of PI while being online, while capturing the context by relying on Experience Sampling. However, little is known on how users valuate different types of PI while being online, as well as the perceptions of users with regards to exploitation of their PI by online service providers. This model is coming under increased scrutiny as online services are moving to capture more PI of users, raising serious privacy concerns. This operational model is inherently economic, as the “good ” being traded and monetized is PI. Most online services (Google, Facebook etc.) operate by providing a service to users for free, and in return they collect and monetize personal information (PI) of the users.
