TY - GEN
T1 - The sounds of social life
T2 - 2011 ACM Multimedia Conference, MM'11 and Co-Located Workshops - 2011 Joint ACM Workshop on Human Gesture and Behavior Understanding, J-HGBU'11
AU - Mehl, Matthias
AU - Deters, Fenne Große
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper reviews a novel methodology called the Electronically Activated Recorder or EAR. The EAR is a portable audio recorder that periodically records snippets of ambient sounds from participants' momentary environments. In tracking moment-to-moment ambient sounds, it yields acoustic logs of people's days as they naturally unfold. In sampling only a fraction of the time, it protects participants' privacy. As a naturalistic observation method, it provides an observer's account of daily life and is optimized for the assessment of audible aspects of social environments, behaviors, and interactions. The paper discusses the EAR method conceptually and methodologically and identifies three ways in which it can enrich research in psychology and related fields. Specifically, it can (1) provide ecological, behavioral criteria that are independent of self-report, (2) calibrate psychological effects against frequencies of real-world behavior, and (3) help with the assessment of subtle and habitual behaviors that evade self-report.
AB - This paper reviews a novel methodology called the Electronically Activated Recorder or EAR. The EAR is a portable audio recorder that periodically records snippets of ambient sounds from participants' momentary environments. In tracking moment-to-moment ambient sounds, it yields acoustic logs of people's days as they naturally unfold. In sampling only a fraction of the time, it protects participants' privacy. As a naturalistic observation method, it provides an observer's account of daily life and is optimized for the assessment of audible aspects of social environments, behaviors, and interactions. The paper discusses the EAR method conceptually and methodologically and identifies three ways in which it can enrich research in psychology and related fields. Specifically, it can (1) provide ecological, behavioral criteria that are independent of self-report, (2) calibrate psychological effects against frequencies of real-world behavior, and (3) help with the assessment of subtle and habitual behaviors that evade self-report.
KW - Ecological momentary assessment
KW - Electronically activated recorder
KW - Social environment
KW - Social interaction
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U2 - 10.1145/2072572.2072574
DO - 10.1145/2072572.2072574
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84855394677
SN - 9781450309981
T3 - MM'11 - Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Multimedia Conference and Co-Located Workshops - JHGBU 2011 Workshop, J-HGBU'11
SP - 1
EP - 5
BT - MM'11 - Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Multimedia Conference and Co-Located Workshops - JHGBU 2011 Workshop, J-HGBU'11
Y2 - 28 November 2011 through 1 December 2011
ER -