4,500 Word Essay
Like the media diary, you can base your essay on the technology you spoke about and assess it's role in the construction of everyday life.
Assess the role of media connectivity in everyday life.
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iPhone and its role in the construction of everyday life
- History and Contextualisation of technologies in comparison to other communication technologies if you talk about mobile phones
Comparison of social media sites in the UK and somewhere else.
Also, you could start your essay with a personal reflection, you could use that to help frame your essay/argument.
Intro
Contextualise what the iPhone is and it's functions in the everyday which I will discuss
Plan
Intro - 250 words
Section 1 - Contextualise you argument/investigation background (300 words)
Explain the history of mobile communication technologies and how smartphones have transformed the mobile phone industry and changed the everyday habits and practices of life.
Explain what areas I will discuss in the essay and why
Split essay into 3 core sections and dedicate 750-1,000 words per section
Section 2 - iPhones and the everyday
Section 3 - iPhones and private and public spaces
Section 4 - Delegations and prescriptions/another topic matter Alienation
Conclusion 250-400 words
Useful Links
Smartphone Use in Everyday Life and Travel
by Dan Wang, Zheng Xiang, Daniel R. Fesenmaier
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0047287514535847
Mobile phones and everyday life
by J Crabtree, M Nathan, S Roberts - Mobile UK, 2003
http://www.ideasbazaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mobileUK.pdf
iTime: Labor and life in a smartphone era
by Ben Agger (2011)
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0961463X10380730
Library
Mobiles everywhere: youth, the mobile phone, and changes in everyday practice. Thulin, Eva ; Vilhelmson, Bertil Young, Aug 2007, Vol.15(3), pp.235-253[Peer Reviewed Journal]
- https://sussex-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_proquest36836301&context=PC&vid=44SUS_VU1&lang=en_US&search_scope=EVERYTHING&adaptor=primo_central_multiple_fe&tab=default&query=any,contains,phone%20everyday&sortby=rank&mode=Basic
Cell phone culture : mobile technology in everyday life Gerard Goggin 1964- London ; New York : Routledge 2006
http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/suss/detail.action?docID=1020245
