Mobile, Media and Everyday Life Pt 2. Annotated Bibliography

·      HJorth, L 2017, ‘Pokémon GO: Mobile media play, place-making and the digital wayfarer’, Mobile Media & Communication, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 3-14, DOI: 10.1177/2050157916680015, Accessed 9 April 2017 from Sage Journals Online

o   In this article Hjorth reviews the expanding socio-cultural and spatial experiences that are augmented by mobile media. Hjorth investigates through use of current qualitative data regarding interactive behaviours regarding geo-localities, which serve as an extension to the basis of the research around the relationship of society, culture and technology. Hjorth specifically focuses experience of place which has been catalysed by Pokemon Go and mobile games. This article will be useful to my topic as it explores how mobile technology has an effect on human behaviour as well as the role of mobile media in the changing understanding of place. The main limitations of this article are its reliance on qualitative research as well as the as such experiences being of recent nature. Thus, Hjorth has suggested that such effects, affects and implications need to be further investigated. This article will supplement my research into mobile media, spatial effects and everyday culture which has been affected by such media.

·      Zhong, B 2013, ‘From smartphones to iPad: Power users’ disposition toward mobile media devices’, Computers in Human Behaviour, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 1742-1748, DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.02.016, Accessed 9 April 2017 from Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals 

o   In this article Zhong investigates the interactions between mobile media device usage, the user and time. Zhong uses data collected regarding the regression analyses predicting the time which was spent on mobile devices. The research focuses on media multitasking and the length of time and specific usage of mobile media devices. The article is useful to my research as it suggests that those whom use multiple media devices, particularly those of younger age were more likely to spend time on mobile media. The main limitation of this article is that the analyses showed multiple variables having an affect on mobile media usage and therefore it would be hard to specifically identify single variable causes. Thus, Zhong suggests further consideration of research in this area. This article will not serve as the basis of my research but will complement my analysis into the how mobile media usage may affect the everyday socio-cultural behaviours of individuals and groups.

·      Hutchins, B 2016, ‘ ‘We don’t need no stinking smartphones!’ Live stadium sports events, mediatization, and the non-use of mobile media’, Media Culture & Society, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 420-436, DOI: 10.1177/0163443716635862, Accessed 9 April 2017 from Sage Journals Online

o   In this article, Hutchins reviews how human activity has been affected by the introduction of infrastructure to support mobile media and the subsequent alteration of cultural experiences. The author uses observational research that specifically addresses sporting games to try and identify how mediatisation, specifically that of mobile media is affecting the audiences at a game. The research focuses on how the integration of mobile media into everyday life and place has affected everyday cultural and social activities. The article is useful to my research as Hutchins suggests that our place settings have evolved to adapt to our usage of mobile devices. The main limitation of this article is its focus on just sports games, thus Hutchins suggests that it can be used as a framework to understand other environments. This article will serve as supplementary reference to understand how particular environments have been affected by mobile media.

·      Frizzera, L 2015, ‘Mobile media as new forms of spatialization’, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Vol. 40, No. 1, DOI: 10.1179/0308018814Z.000000000103, Accessed 9 April 2017 from CAUL Taylor & Francis Journals

o   In this article, Firzzera reviews how mobile media has affected the function and structure of space and place. Frizzera uses a historical analysis alongside data regarding the cultural and social usage of space to understand how our experience of space is slowly changing due to mobile media. The research focuses on more specifically the presence of mobile devices and the activities that are conducted through them. This article is useful to my research as Frizzera suggests that our own human expression and experience is being reappropriated as physical space becomes digitised. The main limitation of the article is that it focuses only on the result behaviours of such changes in experience. Thus Frizzera suggests that further questions regarding place-systems and mobility need to be addressed. This article will serve as part of the basis of my research into the context of mobile media and space.

·      Schrock, A 2015, ‘Communicative Affordances of Mobile Media: Portability, Availability, Locatability and Multimediality’, International Journal of Communication, Vol. 9, Accessed 9 April 2017, <http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3288/1363>

o   In this article, Schrock reviews how mobile media has affected the patterns of communication particularly in regards to space and movement. Schrock creates a framework comprised of data regarding ecological psychology and communication, and comparing the data to pre-existing media theories. The research focuses on how individual agency, is affected by the utility and adoption of mobile media technologies. The article is useful to my research as Schrock suggests that individual patterns of behaviour are greatly altered by the perception and use of mobile technologies and its extent of integration in social contexts. The main limitation of the article is that it focuses on the affordances theory which is used in this instance to describe particular relationships between perception and use of mobile media. As such, Schrock suggests that scholars should be judicious when using this framework and interpret the research through other theories. This article will serve to give a general understanding of the interplay between behaviour and mobile technology usage.