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Pay Attention to the Mobile -or- Why Camera Phones are Both Cool and Scary at the Same Time and Some Thoughts on How We

Quickie Bio. UW PhD in Political ScienceFocus on policy makingDirector, UWiredCreated the Catalyst programDirector of Mobile, RealNetworksLaunched the first mobile video services in USVice President, m*MetricsMobile research service. Mobile Phones . . .. Are at the center of an industry gener

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Pay Attention to the Mobile -or- Why Camera Phones are Both Cool and Scary at the Same Time and Some Thoughts on How We

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    1. Pay Attention to the Mobile! -or- Why Camera Phones are Both Cool and Scary at the Same Time and Some Thoughts on How We Might Think About the Social Impacts of Ubiquitous Personal Digital Cameras Connected to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark C Donovan 11.16.04

    2. Quickie Bio UW PhD in Political Science Focus on policy making Director, UWired Created the Catalyst program Director of Mobile, RealNetworks Launched the first mobile video services in US Vice President, m*Metrics Mobile research service

    3. Mobile Phones . . . Are at the center of an industry generating hundreds of billions of dollars a year Are the world’s most pervasive computing platform Are an increasingly important journalistic tool Can be insufferable when somebody has a really annoying ringtone Are a “terrorist weapon”

    4. Understanding Convergence NETWORKS Broadband wireless data networks 3G/EVDO/UMTS WiFi/WiMax

    5. Follow the Money The voice business is shrinking ($$$-wise) Paid data services are seen as savior Ringtones, videos, music tracks, personalized services, location-based services Billions invested in networks and handsets to make this happen Unlike the open Internet, these networks are private . . . mmmmm But “consumers” don’t always do what’s expected of them . . . which is where thing get interesting!

    6. Think About What social & institutional norms and practices are/will be disrupted by mobile phones? What are the personal and social benefits of mobile phones? Camera phones? What are the personal and social harms of mobile phones? Camera phones? How should individuals, organizations, and governments respond to the arrival of Little Brother?

    7. Evolution of Image Capture

    8. On the Path to Ubiquity

    9. What’s a Camera Phone For? Industry: “For sending multimedia messages” (MMS) People: “Uh, not really” Snapshots Blogging Citizen journalism Crime fighting

    10. Camera phones are personal surveillance devices connected to the Internet What happens when “everyone” is carrying around at all times a device that lets them record audio/video of their environment and broadcast this to the world?

    11. Camera Phones in the News Student caught using camera phone to copy exam (AP, 5/12/04) SALINAS, Calif. - Cheating has gone high tech at Everett Alvarez High School, and administrators have the pictures to prove it. School officials banned cellular telephone use after a student was caught using a camera phone to photograph an exam and trying to send it to a friend Locker room camera-phone bullying on rise in Scandinavia (DMEurope.com, 4/14/04) The Norwegian Teachers’ Association, Utdanningsforbundet, has urged a total ban on camera phones in public schools as a way to combat schoolyard bullies’ use of the technology to pick on other children. Incidents of bullies taking pictures in changing rooms or swimming pools and later ridiculing classmates with the images, as well as other intimidating uses of the phones has become widespread in the country’s schools.

    12. Camera Phones in the News Camera phones, internet aiding paedophiles – charity (Dmeurope.com 2/13/04) A UK children’s charity has warned of troubling growth in the sexual abuse of children online and via camera phones, with some kids being advertised over the internet by relatives and friends. Barnardo’s, a non-profit organization that works with vulnerable children and young people, has issued a report calling on the UK government to do more to stop electronic paedophilia.

    13. Camera Phones in the News Congress moves on camera-phone porn (Reuters, 5/12/04) The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would outlaw "upskirt" photos and other forms of video voyeurism made possible by cell-phone cameras and other miniaturized technology. Snap-happy MLAs lead to camera-phone ban (CBC, May’04) Edmonton - The legislature has banned camera cellphones from the floor, after the speaker chastised MLAs for breaches of decorum. "In recent months, there's been the infusion in this assembly of cellular phones that also have cameras attached, and pictures are being taken," Ken Kowalski said. "That is an invasion of privacy, but more importantly, that's an invasion of the privilege of the members of this assembly. "That is not an acceptable practice."

    14. Of Course it’s Not all Bad Kidnapping thwarted in NJ last summer Crimes in Europe solved (Finland, UK, Italy)

    15. Questions What social & institutional norms and practices are/will be disrupted by mobile phones? What are the personal and social benefits of mobile phones? Camera phones? What are the personal and social harms of mobile phones? Camera phones? How should individuals, organizations, and governments respond to the arrival of Little Brother?

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