Year: 2004
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Due to a significant cost advantage, mobile multicasting technology bears the potential to achieve extensive diffusion of mobile rich media applications.As weak performance of previous mobile data services suggests, past developments have focused on technology and missed customer preferences.Mobile multicasting represents a radical innovation.Currently, little research on consumer behavior exists regarding such services.The paper addresses this gap by presenting results of qualitative and quantitative surveys conducted in Switzerland and Israel.It provides a continuous customer integration approach that applies established methods of market research to the creation of mobile services.Means-end chain analysis reveals consumers' cognitive reasoning and conjoint analysis drills down to the importance of service attributes.Desire for self confidence and social integration are identified key motivators for consumption of mobile media.Services should aim for technological perfection and deliver actual and entertaining content.Interestingly, consumers appreciate reduced but tailored contents and price appears not to be a superseding criterion.
Authors: Torsten Brodt, Mark Heitmann
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W57244503