Rousing the Mobile Herd: Apps that Encourage Real Space Engagement
- By Matthew Fisher
- April 12, 2013
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Do museums’ mobile apps encourage their visitors to spend more time looking down at their phones and less time interacting with their environment and each other? My paper for the 2013 Museums and the Web conference entitled Rousing the Mobile Herd: Apps that Encourage Real Space Engagement, explores how mobile apps can encourage social engagement, tapping into the museum’s distinct potential as a social learning space.
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