Evolving mobile media: Changing technology and transforming behavior

IF 3.1 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Mobile Media & Communication Pub Date : 2022-10-11 DOI:10.1177/20501579221131448
Ran Wei
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Historians have long warned us that any prediction about the future, including the future of communication technology, is a risky business. However, adoption of mobile telephony seems to be an exception. The predictions were wrong, just in a different way— worldwide adoption of mobile phones went much faster than expected rather than more slowly. It is now proverbial to characterize mobile phones and devices as the fastest-diffused technology in human history. In my essay for the inaugural issue of Mobile Media & Communication (Wei, 2013), I described mobile media spearheaded by the smartphone as coming of age with a big splash. By that I meant that widespread adoption and novel uses of mobile media were unlike any other media technology. Looking back, the splash became a tsunami. In 2021, mobile users worldwide topped seven billion, accounting for 91.54% of the world’s population. In fact, Earth has more mobile phones and devices than people.
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不断发展的移动媒体:改变技术和改变行为
历史学家长期以来一直警告我们,任何关于未来的预测,包括通信技术的未来,都是有风险的。然而,采用移动电话似乎是个例外。这些预测是错误的,只是在另一方面——全球范围内手机的普及速度比预期的要快得多,而不是慢得多。众所周知,手机和设备是人类历史上传播最快的技术。在我为《移动媒体与传播》(Wei,2013)创刊号撰写的文章中,我将以智能手机为先锋的移动媒体描述为一个引人注目的时代。我的意思是,移动媒体的广泛采用和新颖使用不同于任何其他媒体技术。回首往事,飞溅成了海啸。2021年,全球移动用户超过70亿,占全球人口的91.54%。事实上,地球上的手机和设备比人多。
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期刊介绍: Mobile Media & Communication is a peer-reviewed forum for international, interdisciplinary academic research on the dynamic field of mobile media and communication. Mobile Media & Communication draws on a wide and continually renewed range of disciplines, engaging broadly in the concept of mobility itself.
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