COMM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Internet Addiction Disorder, Distracted Driving, Serious Game
Document Summary
Possibility of mediated social interaction, media consumption, and information exchange while the user is in physical motion. May take place through voice, text, picture, video or otherwise. Devices not necessarily used while on the go, but rather that they afford--i. e. , make possible-- mobility during mediated social connectivity. Most of what we do with this device, were not moving around. It"s meaningful because we use it while moving. You"re not riding a bike and using your laptop. It is cheaper than landline copper wiring to build towers, cheaper to build a phone than a computer. Offers the possibility to connect while you"re moving about. Effects on social coordination micro-coordination time and space no longer rule planning and logistics. Ongoing refinement- change plans or make them up on the fly (directly, while moving about) You can change your plans on the go, with a home phone you can"t. Mobile communications allow more planning for spontaneous face-to-face encounters.
