mobile manners: film315 presentation

mobile mannersby gracie goad

photo by Ed Yourdon

From a

young age we were taught to

mind our manners…

…with almost every newspaper featuring an advice column

photo by DRB62

we are clearly

concerned with keeping up with the

to-do’s and

to-don’ts

of modern manners…photo by lensfodder

…and yet 75% of adults

believe that manners have

worsened in recent years.

(Matt Hamlen, “Mobile Device Etiquette Keeps Going Down The Drain”)photo by Amy McTigue

Good

manners go beyond the

table…photo by Rawbert

Since 1988, we’ve been interested in

“netiquette” …the social conventions that facilitate our interactions on the net.

photo by Just Nora

Now, as we learned in FILM 315,

over 70% of the world’s population now has a mobile phone.

(SynbaseInc, “The Growth of Mobile: Stats and figures that will shock you”) photo by eyeLiam

are mobile manners the final frontier?

photo by Spitzgogo_CHEN

With this ever

growing number of mobile phones in use…

“New digital technologies are becoming a mainstay in consumers’ lives, but we haven’t yet worked out for

ourselves, our families, communities and societies what all

the right kinds of behaviours and expectations will be…”

Genevieve Bell, head of interaction and experience research at Intel Labs.

(http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/03/04/people-have-poor-mobile-manners-study/)

of us witness poor mobile behaviour each day.90%

(Matt Hamlen, “Mobile Device Etiquette Keeps Going Down The Drain”)photo by gerlos

Top offenses include…

…texting while driving

…talking loudly on the phone in public

…and phones disturbing live shows(Matt Hamlen, “Mobile Device Etiquette Keeps Going Down The Drain”)

photo by ShutterRunner

During a 7 day crackdown in February on distracted driving,

the Toronto Police handed out more than 2,500 tickets. (http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/03/04/people-have-poor-mobile-manners-study/)

photo by kippbakr

Of those charged, 2,226 were using a hand-held communication device.

(http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/03/04/people-have-poor-mobile-manners-study/)

photo by kippbakr

92%

of people surveyed wished people would display better manners when talking on the phone in public.

(http://technascent.com/mind-your-mobile-manners/) photo: http://www.puremobile.com/communityblog/random-stuff/top-10-cell-phone-etiquette-rules-people-still-break/

adults even check their phone each morning before getting out of bed

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http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/03/04/people-have-poor-mobile-manners-study/

mobile manners are even starting to effect the way smartphones are

designedphoto by liewcf

mobile devices have become the

"serial interrupters" of modern society

"We owe it to the industry to restore simplicity where interactions and productivity are balanced," he added.

AT&T CTO John Donovan

(http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211499/Mobile_device_etiquette_keeps_going_down_the_drain_survey_finds?taxonomyId=15&pageNumber=2)

…there’s even an

app for that!

Manners: designed to teach and reinforce basic social skills critical for independent living

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manners/id375391242?mt=8#

…so what can you do?

practice what you preachgive your attention to those who are presentfocusif you don’t like it, don’t do it

consider your surroundingsmake your own rules

(http://technascent.com/mind-your-mobile-manners/) photo by ihtatho

…and don’t use the phone here. Ever.

photo by bestway1964