Case Study: Researching Mobile Phone Technologies
Approach to questions:
· A short definition of each
· Consider the history (How far the product has come)
· All key concepts to be spelt/ used correctly
Wikipedia
· Useful for definitions
· Constantly updated information
· Starts with specific facts
· Ends with general information
Company websites
· Vodaphone and O2 are the biggest local phone services
· These websites have similar layouts: Displaying deals and offers to persuade the visitor to sign up. Additional information is then displayed in subtitled sections and headings
· Use persuasive words and elements, such as Vodaphone operates to ’27 countries, across five continents’
· Phone companies are independent. O2 starting as part of BT, a privatised company
Ofcom
· Contains information on regulations of telecommunications etc
· It is now know as the Uk’s ‘super regulator’ as it looks after media and telephone services
· Company websites will always promote their new services/ offers
Reviewing your work
· Stopping your research at regular intervals helps to review what you have just written while it is still fresh in your mind
Observations from the Media in 2005
· ‘Texting’ is most popular for teens
· It sets up connectivity to Africa for small businesses
· A new argument occurred when the question of a ‘digital divide’ between the rich and poor was raised, but a wireless mobile structure is cheap and means all area, no matter your income can access a mobile phone network
· In rural areas, mobile phone growth in larger than in cities due to the need to be connected, rather than a luxury possession as it is to us
· After the ‘teen’s texting’ report, more luxuries were added to a mobile phone, such as picture messaging, music and internet.
· Among teens who text, boys outnumber girls 3:1 –This can challenge stereotyping (Girls text more than boys)
· After texting, taking photographs is most popular, but not picture messaging
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