Thoughts from Media On The Move
The implication of the Media on The Move:Public Discourses, article is that mobile phones are more than just a vehicle for communication. They have become physcological and social symobols.
I thought it was very interesting to look back ten years ago and see how mobile phone use in public spaces were open to criticism. Is it because the dominant population of mobile users where young males using them as status symbols? When someone takes a private conversation into a public place the cell phone might be a way of projecting there importance, e.g. Someone carrying on a business conversation in front of others coming off full of confidence and in charge. It is amazing to me that the cell phone that was once created to improve the communication technology has come developed its own culture. Your relationship to your cell phone , and how and when you use it, contributes to the making of the image you project to others.
This comment makes me think about etiquette for cell phone. Even vibrate system can bother audience while I am catching a play or during a class. I also hesitate to talk on the phone in front of other people. I like to step out and talk when I feel nervous about talking on the phone in a particular space.
Comment by K.Shinjo — February 20, 2008 @ 3:32 am