two tid-bits re negative use: NY Times has had several stories recently about Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban mobile phones from schools, and parents complaining that they want their children to contact them for coordination and safety when they leave school. (Kids won't be able to bring phones at all to school.)
During the dot.com boom era, I had a student using a phone with a mike and earphone to trade stocks during my lectures on internet and technology. Asked the Dean what to do. Answer: disruptive practices are banned, so student could listen on the mobile but not speak into it. (Note: texting wasn't available in those analog days.) Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 You're invited to visit -- and contribute to -- my new fun website "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ > > In a message dated 5/23/2006 10:29:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Dear All > The mobile Government Consortium (www.mgovernment.org) will be doing a > research on "antipathy agains mobile phones". We are looking for any > research in this area. The consortium also looks for fellows to > collaborate in various research. > > Could you please send me any links/info/papers/reports, if you know any > research related to "negative feelings/antipathy about mobile phones"? > > Cheers > Kushchu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.mgovernment.org > > Please visit EURO mGOV 2006 > www.icmg.mgovernment.org > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
