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Keith Hampton.
Gupta, Neeti
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
2008-09-03T15:23:30Z
2008-09-03T15:23:30Z
2004
2004
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42341
233842535
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75).
The relationship between coffee-shops and Internet has recently been highlighted by the launch of wireless "hotspots" which provides e-access through Wi-Fi technology, in coffee-shops and several other public places in America. This thesis explores the social implications of introduction of Wi-Fi in coffee-shops, drawing on ethnographic research, online surveys and interviews with Internet users in coffee-shops, Wi-Fi providers and coffee-shop owners and their staff. It reviews the user experience of the Wi-Fi users in these public spaces. This thesis looks closely at Wi-Fi users everyday activities in four typical research-settings. It is suggested that a closer understanding of the ways in which Wi-Fi users interact - online as well as face-to-face, sustaining their offline and online relationships - is fundamental to understanding the impact of wireless hotspots in America's public spaces.
by Neeti Gupta.
S.M.
88 p.
eng
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Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.
Grande Wi-Fi : understanding what Wi-Fi users are doing in coffee-shops
Grande wireless fidelity : understanding what Wi-Fi users are doing in coffee-shops
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