1. mobility!
COM 250
March 29, 2016

2. QUIZ!!

3. 1. Andrejevic: “If  the _______ signaled the moment when the identity between communication and transportation  was  broken,  networked  computing  marks a form of reconciliation: communication can take place wherever we go”
a) telegraph
b) McLuhan
c) Internet
d) Space shuttle

4. 2. In Andrejevic’s article, what does the term “mocio-economics” refer to?
I don’t know and neither does he
The effects of mobile phones on society
The economics of Mocioville, USA
The fluctuating price of mocios

5. 3. De Souza e Silva, P. 109: “In this new spatial perception, cell phones should be regarded as not only mobile telephones….but also as portable ________ embedded in public spaces.”
a) assistants
b) micro-computers
c) demons
d) telephones

6. 4. De Souza e Silva, p. 121: “Pervasiveness, wearability and sociability are three characteristics of cell phones that help us to re-conceptualize the mobile as more than a _______ voice communication technology.”
a) two-way
b) passing
c) mobile
d) simple

7. BONUS
According to de Souza e Silva, many of the concerns regarding the cell phone, in terms of our relationship to our physical environment, were prefigured by which technology?
a) the Walkman
b) the video game
c) the landline telephone
d) robotic sharks

8. Craft a 2000-word (minimum) article, published on your Medium
Craft a 2000-word (minimum) article, published on your Medium.com site, in which you address the following questions:
How is the history of this medium represented?
Describe the ambient noise of the space, the architectural details, signage, lighting; based on these contextual details, how is the medium meant to be consumed?
What are the roles of employees / volunteers in this process? How visible is the work (and workers) that go into maintaining and presenting this space?
What are the written and unwritten rules for interacting with the medium?
What do these conditions tell us about the social / cultural status of the medium?
Introduction (~300 words): where did you go, when; thesis statement
Observations (~600 words): describe what you saw, addressing the above questions
Discussion (~900 words): connect your observations to course themes and readings; what does this exhibit say about the medium and its role in the history of communication technology?
Conclusion (~200 words): recap your main arguments; end with more questions

10. Re-Conceptualizing the Mobile Phone: Key terms
Pervasiveness
Relationship to physical space
Wearability
Part of our identity?
Sociability
Micro vs macro-coordination
Monological vs dialogical
These are the 3 terms de souza e silva lays out
What I want to do is cover her use of them, then delve a little bit deeper at the theoretical / philosophical roots of each.

11. Pervasiveness

12. Ubiquitous computing / “ubicomp”
“The idea was to make computers embedded in the physical world, albeit not perceivable. Weiser believed that the future of interface design was leading the world to an era of invisible interfaces….
Weiser’s (1996) concept of ubiquitous computing foresaw much of what today is named pervasive computing, such as sensors spread out in the environment, surveillance cameras, and mobile technologies.”

13. 1960’s – 1990’s Internet as “place”
2000’s on
Internet as “layer”
“Accessing the Internet via mobile devices will change what we understand by the Internet. With the addition of location-awareness, the Web will be increasingly connected to places and progressively distant from the old-notion of a “non-place.” Moreover, the idea of “entering the Internet” is most likely to disappear, since 3G mobile phones are always connected.” (p. 116)

14. PLACES are formed through both physical spaces and virtual code
“Hybrid spaces”
Pervasive computing means that most spaces have both a physical and virtual reality
PLACES are formed through both physical spaces and virtual code

15. Wearability
“Current research on fashion and technology tries to make new devices more embedded in the body and personalized, enabling information access anywhere, anytime.” (p. 111)

16. 1980’s on: anxieties over “cyborg” bodies
Inability to distinguish reality from fiction; loss of ‘human’ emotion; over-reliance on machines; inability to distinguish human-looking machines from humans

17. Sociability
Monological: one to many
Dialogical: one to one

18. REMEDIATION Mobile devices (and the Internet): - one to one
- one to many
- many to one
- many to many
REMEDIATION

19. Andrjevic:
think about mobility in terms of history of communication technologies and their effects on space & time…
The conquest of space, in this context, refers to the creation of a ubiquitous electromagnetic atmosphere – not merely extension across space, but also a “filling-in” of space, so that wherever one goes, the network can be accessed and information can be retrieved, and feedback generated. Information is generated not simply about the movement of objects, but about the movement of messages, and, potentially, the tracking of the movement of messages. The interactive information generated by interactivity within this electromagnetic medium is without horizon: it echoes the bad infinity of capitalism itself: production for production’s sake.

20. Enemy of the State (1998)
An entire government department brings the surveillance technologies of the entire US to bear to track down WILL SMITH
2016..?

21. How does Andrejevic get here? GROUP WORK!
Introduction (pp. 2-3)
“The Relevance of Geography” (pp. 3-5)
“Biased Media” Pt. 1 (pp. 5-6, to “structures of consciousness parallel structures of communication”)
“Biased Media” Pt. 2 (pp. 6 to 7, end of section)
“Rhythms of Mobility” (pp. 8-9)
“Mocio-economics” Pt. 1 (pp. 9-11, to “has served as one of its guiding marketing strategies (Marchand, 1986).”)
“Mocio-economics” Pt. 2 (pp ), from “As media critics have argued…” to “The invitation of m-commerce is to specify one’s individuality through motion.”
“Mocio-econmics” Pt. 3 (pp ), from “It should be noted in advance …” to end.
PARAPHRASE the entire section in 2-3 sentences
DEFINE 2-3 key terms
FIND EXAMPLES of the central argument