Mobile Media and Society
There is an increasing technological convergence in terms of alternating technologies that are consumed in increasingly different ways as technology and it's freedom utlity provide consumers with such an array of multitudes.
Digital convergence talks of the combination of telecommunications,broadcast and print that constitute new domains in creating and forming new forms of communication and information deployment.
Broadband and IP can be seen as the foundation through which consumers organize their everyday activities and they are also what is penetrating the foundations of what was the until now separate video content, communications, and advertising industries
Interactive media and it's freedom means that technology acts as a regulator in which demises mass media and regulation.
This freedom has in some ways, generated technology such as mobile media to become a dependency item as the extremes of usage can go from someone whom has a $70 cell phone that does the basics to a phone that may cost thousands if not hundreds and thousands of dollars for an encrusted gold top of the range cellphone.
Has expensive cell-phones become the norm? I don't really think we need all these functions on cellphones but as we call for more immediacy in communication perhaps being able to be connected 24/7 on one device will be the norm and it is becoming this way with the developing ideas for Ipod phones and Blackberries etc.
Also important is the idea of innies and outies and in what context should cell phones be confined to. Public or Private?
In the public sphere, a cellphone call numerous times throughout a day is becoming a social norm but this can be determined depending on context. If you were to receive a call surrounded by people you knew who knew your situation then what constitues a cellphone can be radically different compared to being in a lecture room of relative strangers.
The uptake of 3g cellphones is also an interesting one. Suggestive reasons to why include the relative cost which really outweighs the benefits considering you can webcam someone within any geographical distance at a small cost. Also the quality lags and people won't uptake to these phones if others don't, causing it to never really take off. Benefits < Costs.
Thus, it will be interesting to see where the place of mobile media will go in changing the conditions of social norms and communication as our society shifts towards a multitude of technological advances that are changing the way we participate in society and how they're proving that it's not just about communication but the packaging that consists within communication in terms of image and trends.
~Sarah McElwain
Digital convergence talks of the combination of telecommunications,broadcast and print that constitute new domains in creating and forming new forms of communication and information deployment.
Broadband and IP can be seen as the foundation through which consumers organize their everyday activities and they are also what is penetrating the foundations of what was the until now separate video content, communications, and advertising industries
Interactive media and it's freedom means that technology acts as a regulator in which demises mass media and regulation.
This freedom has in some ways, generated technology such as mobile media to become a dependency item as the extremes of usage can go from someone whom has a $70 cell phone that does the basics to a phone that may cost thousands if not hundreds and thousands of dollars for an encrusted gold top of the range cellphone.
Has expensive cell-phones become the norm? I don't really think we need all these functions on cellphones but as we call for more immediacy in communication perhaps being able to be connected 24/7 on one device will be the norm and it is becoming this way with the developing ideas for Ipod phones and Blackberries etc.
Also important is the idea of innies and outies and in what context should cell phones be confined to. Public or Private?
In the public sphere, a cellphone call numerous times throughout a day is becoming a social norm but this can be determined depending on context. If you were to receive a call surrounded by people you knew who knew your situation then what constitues a cellphone can be radically different compared to being in a lecture room of relative strangers.
The uptake of 3g cellphones is also an interesting one. Suggestive reasons to why include the relative cost which really outweighs the benefits considering you can webcam someone within any geographical distance at a small cost. Also the quality lags and people won't uptake to these phones if others don't, causing it to never really take off. Benefits < Costs.
Thus, it will be interesting to see where the place of mobile media will go in changing the conditions of social norms and communication as our society shifts towards a multitude of technological advances that are changing the way we participate in society and how they're proving that it's not just about communication but the packaging that consists within communication in terms of image and trends.
~Sarah McElwain
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