In Gerard Goggin's article Mobile Web 2.0 - New Imaginaries of Mobile Internet focuses on how the mobile internet has been formed through the innovation and adaption of the mobile and the internet. Goggin says that the mobile and the internet co-create what we now know as the mobile internet. Without mobile phones and capability of the internet on mobiles the rise of social media and apps seem very unlikely. Specifically the article begins to focus on the concept of sharing and how individuals are able to communicate through platforms accessible through the mobile internet.
The concept of sharing as Goggin explains it is how individuals use social media to broadcast their experiences, it allows others to view another as if they are there together. An interesting point Goggin makes is how the mobile phones were meant for one person but in advertisements today two people are displayed on mobile phones. Most times they are showing each other something on social media. He examines aspects such as photos and how one can have a full album on their mobile, allowing them to post the photo on various platforms. This reiterates the concept of sharing and influences individuals to stay connected.
In today's society what would you say you use your mobile for exclusively? Do you think that the primary function of the mobile has been used for Goggin's concept of sharing? and lastly, What influences do you as a consumer believe have contributed to the attachment of the mobile for individuals in social settings?
In today's society it seems that the mobile is used almost equally for social media as it is for its intended purpose - communication. I would have to agree with Goggin's idea of sharing and that social media has a promoted a kind of communicative sharing through the use of it's many platforms. For example, with the use of Web 2.0. and Internet on my phone I have many more options available to get in contact with people. I can use Facebook messenger, or Instagram Chat or even communicate through private message on Twitter. All of these options are in combination with the tradition text message or phone call method of communication. I think this new form of communication has come about due to the accessibility of social media in our current lives.
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