NCSU Department of Communication COM598M::Mobile Technologies and Social Practices
Instructor: Dr. Adriana de Souza e Silva
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Wed. 08.23
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Course overview
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The concept of interfaces.
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Howard Rheingold, "Introduction" (pp. xi - xxii)
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 1History |
Wed. 08.30 | Cell phones and social spaces.
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Denise Calls Up | (P) Mark Poster, "Digitally local communications" (pp. 1-12, by Dan Sutko
(P) Moores, "The doubling of place" (pp. 21-36), by Dan Sutko (P) de Souza e Silva, "From cyber to hybrid" (pp. 261-278), by Nick Temple Castells, Fernandez-Ardevol, Qiu, & Sey, "Space and time in the mobile communication society " (pp. 231-236)
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Blog posts |
| 2 Concepts |
Wed. 09.06 | Denise calls up discussion
History of wireless and cell phones |
Eric Abrahamson, "Hear Me Now"
Richard Ling, "Introduction" (pp. 11-17) Brown, "Studying the use of mobile technology" (pp. 3-11) Farley, "Mobile telephone history" (pp. 22-34)
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Blog posts
-- define work groups for final project
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| 3 Defining the mobile interface |
Wed. 09.13 | Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing | Cyberman (+ articles about interface of the future) | Howard Rheingold, "The era of sentient things" (pp. 83-112)
de Souza e Silva, "Interfaces of hybrid spaces" (pp. 19-44) Mark Weiser, "Designing calm technology" Mark Weiser, "The world is not a desktop"
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Blog posts |
| 4 Defining the mobile interface |
Wed. 09.20 | SMS and location awareness | (+ articles about Digital Graffito, ImaHima) | (P) Richard Ling, "Texting and the Growth of Asynchronous Discourse" (pp. 145-167), by Chris Berg
(P) Kasesniemi & Rautiainen, "Mobile culture of children and teenagers in Finland" (pp. 170-192), by John Martin Rao & Minakakis, "Evolution of location-based services" (pp. 61-65) Barkus and Dey, "Location-based services for mobile telephone" (pp. 3-5)
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| 5 Defining the mobile interface |
Wed. 09.27 | Camera-phones
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(P) Fumitoshi Kato et. al., "Uses and possibilities of the ketai camera" (pp. 300-310), by Dennis Porch
(P) Koskinen, "Seeing with mobile Images" (pp. 1-27), by Chad O'Neil Daisuko Okabe, "Emergent social practices" (pp. 1-19), by Chad O'Neil Mizuko Ito, "Intimate visual co-presence" (pp. 1-4)
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Blog posts
-- proposals for final project due
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Wed. 10.04 |
Mobile Internet (WAP vs. I-mode).
Cell phone generations
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(P) Kakuko Miyata et. al., "The mobile-izing Japanese" (pp. 143-164), by Nick Temple
(P) Howard Rheingold, "Wireless Quilts" (pp. 133-156), by Dan Sutko Howard Rheingold, "Always-on panopticon" (pp. 183-216) Helyar, "Usability of portable devices" (pp. 195-206)
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Blog posts
-- proposals for final paper due |
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Wed. 10.11 | Micro- and macro-coordination | (P) Richard Ling, "The coordination of everyday life" ( pp. 57-82), by John Martin
(P) Howard Rheingold, "Smart Mobs: The power of the mobile many" (pp. 157-182), by Chris Berg Howard Rheingold, "Technologies of cooperation" (pp. 29-62) Manuel Castells, "Section 5: Wireless communication and social political organization" (pp. 196-224)
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-- storyboard for final project due | |
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Wed. 10.18 | Public / private Safety / Security |
(P) Richard Ling, "The intrusive nature of mobile telephony" (pp. 123-144), by Adam Gutschmidt
(P) Sadie Plant, "On the Mobile" (pp. 1-45), by Christin Gulick Richard Ling, "Safety and Security" (pp. 35-56) Gant & Kisler, "Blurring the boundaries" (pp. 121-131)
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Blog posts
-- paper sources due
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| 9 Current issues on the mobile interface |
Wed. 10.25 | Identity | (P) Richard Ling, “The mobile phone and the teens” (pp. 83-122), by Adam Gutschmidt
(P) Leopoldina Fortunati, “Italy: Stereotypes, true and false” (42-62), by Elaine Brown Leopoldina Fortunati, "Mobile phone: and identity on the move" (pp. 85-98) Haruhiro Kato, "Japanese Youth and the imagining of keitai" (pp. 103-122)
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Blog posts
-- paper outline due |
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| Part III: Site-specific factors |
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| 10 Site-specific factors |
Wed. 11.01 | Japan | (P) Misa Matsuda, "Discourses of Keitai in Japan" (pp. 19-40)
(P) Okabe and Ito, "Keitai and public transportation" (pp. 205-218), by Chad O'Neil Ichiyo Habuchi, "Accelerating reflexivity" (pp. 165-182) Misa Matsuda, "Mobile communication and selective sociality" (pp. 123-142)
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Blog posts
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| 11 Site-specific factors |
Wed. 11.08 | Scandinavian countries | (P) Howard Rheingold, "Shibuya Ephiphany" (pp. 1-28), by Elaine Brown
(P) Juka-Pekka Puro, "Finland: a mobile culture" (pp. 19-29), by Christin Gulick Ling and Yttri, "Hyper-coordination via mobile phones in Norway" (pp. 139-192) Berit Skog, "Mobiles and the Norwegian teen" (pp. 255-283)
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| 12 Site-specific factors |
Wed. 11.15 | Developing countries (Brazil and Latin America, Africa, India) | (+ articles NYT) | (P) Leonardi, Leonardi & Hudson, "Culture, organization and contradiction in the social construction of technology" (pp. 205-226), by Ruffin Bailey
(P) Kavoori and Chadha, "The cell phone as a cultural technology" (pp. 227-240) de Souza e Silva, "Cell phones and places" (pp. xx - xx) Georg Strom, "The telephone comes to a Filipino village (p. 274-283)
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Blog posts
-- help with final paper / final project |
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Wed. 11.22 | Thanksgiving (no class) | |||
| 14 Beyond the cell phone |
Wed. 11.29 | Hybrid reality games | Blast Theory, “Can You See Me Now?”
Blast Theory, “Uncle Roy All Around You” Chaos Computer Club, “Blinkenlights”
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(P) Licoppe and Inada, "Emergent uses of a multiplayer location-aware mobile game" (pp. 39-61), by Dennis Porch
(P) Benford et. al. "Uncle Roy All Around You" (pp. 1-10), by Ruffin Bailey (P) Benford et. al., "Coping with uncertainty in a locaton-based game" (pp. 34-41), by Ruffin Bailey de Souza e Silva, "Alien Revolt" de Souza e Silva, "Hybrid reality games reframed" (pp. 231-251)
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Blog posts |
| 15 |
Wed. 12.06 | final presentations |
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-- final paper due | |
| 16 Finals Week |
Wed. 12.13 |
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