text, photo, linkless • Network dependent – Edge, 2G • Feature phone – Java, Symbian, Blackberry, Android • Outside ‘the cloud’ of content creation – offline sharing i.e. Bluetooth • See Donner, Jonathan, Gitau, Shikoh, & Gary Marsden (2011). Exploring mobile-only internet use: results of a training study in urban South Africa. International Journal of Communication, 5, 574–597. (PDF)
internet • Lack of memory • Text / chat – Mxit USSD • Facebook Mobile apps • Outside the cloud – cloudlets? • Importance of Smart Bluetooth and shareable media • Backyard Computers and roving flash sticks • Android future
Board • Election media sharing via image recognition & bluetooth technology • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7326576.stm • Maunder, A., Marsden, G. & Harper, R. (2008) “SnapAndGrab – Accessing and sharing contextual multi-media content using Bluetooth enabled cameraphones and large situated displays.” Proceedings CHI 2008. Florence, Italy. ACM Press pp 2319-2323. (PDF)
settings for sharing • Based on Media Studies Ethnography • Walton, M., Marsden, G., Hassreiter, S. & Allen, S. (2012) Degrees of Sharing: Proximate Media Sharing and Messaging by Young People in Khayelitsha. In Proceedings MobileHCI 2012. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 403-412 (PDF)