Flow and Mobile Privatization
Using the notions of ‘flow’ and ‘mobile privatization,’ discuss how smartphones have affected media consumption and what this means for notions of private/public and time/space. How would authors Slack and Wise discuss the notion of ‘convenience’ as it applies to mobile privatization?
Oswald, K. and J. Packer. (2012) "Flow and mobile media: Broadcast fixity to digital fluidity." In. Packer, J. and S. Wiley, (eds) Communication Matters: Materialist Approaches to Media, Networks, and Mobility. New York: Routledge. pp 276-287.