Some questions about whether sharing presence information is just a ‘cheap’ form of social interaction.
“”But some say the flood of information becoming available through mobile phones and other means is not always such a good thing. “I worry that people attribute too deep a meaning to raw information,” said Danah Boyd, who researches social media at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. “An increased flow of information should not be confused with a deeper bond.””
Link: Wireless: Can mobile phones give you ‘presence?’ (iht.com)
Related:
- Mobile usage behaviours data collection project
- Capturing fleeting emotional experiences
- The phone of the future
- Papers from workshop on pervasive computing
- The social cost of pervasive computing
Tags: awareness, ethics, everyware, mobile, presence, social, society, technology, trends, ubicomp
