YES WE HAVE
The development of mobile technology has come so far from
just talking on the phone to now being able to organise daily life, take
photos, check emails, gamble, keep a food diary, text, and connect on social
media and so much more all in the palm of our hand. As society has changed
mobile devices have paralleled these changes and have kept us as a society
connected with the world. Every one you talk to these days either owns a mobile
phone themselves or knows someone who owns a mobile device. The age of mobile
phone users is decreasing as these days a child is given a smartphone for
entertainment whether it be a games or music ect.. people have become that accustom
to their mobile phone that when being at concerts and events they whip their phone
out and record it, only to realise they have missed out on watching the event
live.
“The rapidly increasing use of the mobile communication
technologies, especially within urban spaces, offers a new medium for telling
stories, reading cities and personal authoring within these space. Mobile devices are reshaping the way we
communicate, interact, work and live.”
(Ruston
and Stein, 2005:1 The Work of Stories)
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Mobile usage has become second nature to most people with
the first thing they do when they wake up is check their phone and the last
thing they do before bed is check their phone. Have we become cyborg? We
constantly have out mobile devices on our bodies, always looking for
interaction, but do we ignore the interaction we given by others that is right in
front of us? Think about the last time you were with a group of friends where
you actually being attentive or were you sitting on your phone replying to a
message or even on a social media website ? Sherry Turkle stated the mobile
technology has made each of us ‘Pausable’ with our conversations always getting
interrupted by incoming calls and text messages, is it not considered rude to
just stop a conversation with someone you are having face to face to have one
with someone over a mobile phone? People are afraid of loneliness, so they
strive for that connection they get from their mobile device yet is that same
devise doing the opposite, mobile devices are stopping us from having
interaction with others.
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