자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0017165030

International Standard Book Number  

9798384462552

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

384

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Ross, Morgan Quinn.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : The Ohio State University., 2024

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024

Physical Description  

98 p.

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-04, Section: B.

General Note  

Advisor: Bayer, Joseph.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2024.

Summary, Etc.  

요약Scholars have long interrogated the boundary between possessions and the self. In this tradition, Belk (1988) proposed self-extension as the extent to which "we regard our possessions as parts of ourselves" (p. 139). A growing literature has applied it to possessions that are almost always on the self: mobile communication technologies. The transition from cellphones to smartphones has expanded how mobile communication technology informs and reflects the self. Accordingly, an increasing number of studies have examined smartphone self-extension. However, extant work suggests that smartphone self-extension is only loosely related to actual smartphone behavior, calling its real-world impact into question. This dissertation clarifies how self-extension relates to behavior by examining more granular and theoretically grounded behaviors derived from a large, multi-faceted dataset of digital traces. I integrate work on smartphone self-extension and extended cognition to provide rationale for hypotheses linking smartphone self-extension with digital trace measures. I measure smartphone self-extension based on its original functional, anthropomorphic, and ontological dimensions (Park & Kaye, 2019) as well as an identity dimension, which subsumes the anthropomorphic and ontological dimensions (Ross & Bayer, 2021). The digital trace measures include overall frequency of smartphone use, frequencies of using smartphone functions, variety of smartphone functions, smartphone use across spatial contexts, smartphone use across temporal contexts, and potential for reactibility. Ontological self-extension received partial support across almost all hypotheses and research questions; identity self-extension retained some of these relationships; anthropomorphic self-extension was only positively associated with certain frequencies of using smartphone functions (particularly social media); and functional self-extension was unrelated to digital trace measures. These findings were generally more robust for measures based in sessions or episodes than screen time, although screen time was more robust for metrics that measured shorter periods of time (time spent on routes, hours). Finally, the related concept of smartphone attachment displayed similar but distinct links to the digital trace indicators as smartphone self-extension. Overall, this dissertation revealed digital traces of smartphone self-extension, grounding this abstract perception in real-world behavior. Furthermore, it sheds light on potential psychological processes that may link self-extension with behavior, which can be tapped into directly in future work. Yet, future work should continue to explore the value of perceptions that serve as lenses to interpret behavior.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Communication.

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Engineering.

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Computer science.

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Information technology.

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Anthropomorphic

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Behavior

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Digital traces

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Extended cognition

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Frequency

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Self-extension

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The Ohio State University Communication

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Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-04B.

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