UK’s 3G Phone Impact: Citizen Journalism to Dates
Two articles, one from the BBC and one from TechDigest on 3G mobile phone social trends in UK, ranging from personal security to checking your make-up.
First what is a 3G from the BBC:
3G is the next generation of mobile phone technology, offering a wide range of high speed mobile services, including video calling and messaging, e-mail, games, photo messaging and information services.
Here are few of the trends as outlined in TechDigest:
Mobumentaries –using your phones to create a mini-movie documenting your lives.
The Andrew Marr effect –Men’s tendency to adopt an alternative persona and give a running commentary in the style of a news report when recording on their phone.
Visual Vanity — Women turning their video phones on themselves for anything from applying makeup to trying on a new outfit for a more realistic view of how they look than in a mirror.
Night safe
Citizen journalism – using 3’s service that allows people to upload their own âat-the-sceneâ reports or celebrity spottings, and get paid for it.
