Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
A Critical-Cultural Look at the Early Days of Camera Phone Use and MMS Picture Messaging

A Critical-Cultural Look at the Early Days of Camera Phone Use and MMS Picture Messaging

Jonathan Lillie
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781466682399|ISBN10: 1466682396|EISBN13: 9781466682405
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch094
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Lillie, Jonathan. "A Critical-Cultural Look at the Early Days of Camera Phone Use and MMS Picture Messaging." Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 1151-1162. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch094

APA

Lillie, J. (2015). A Critical-Cultural Look at the Early Days of Camera Phone Use and MMS Picture Messaging. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior (pp. 1151-1162). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch094

Chicago

Lillie, Jonathan. "A Critical-Cultural Look at the Early Days of Camera Phone Use and MMS Picture Messaging." In Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, 1151-1162. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch094

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

This article takes a critical, cultural look at the early era (roughly 2001 to 2007) of camera phone and MMS (multimedia messaging services) use by reviewing several user studies, mostly from European and Asian countries. The article complements this literature review by considering the role played by one of the main regional and global industry actors (Nokia) in shaping the technology and then responding to user trends and innovation. The studies reviewed show that early camera phone users embraced the technology as a significantly enhanced form of the portable analog camera, as opposed to being more enthralled with photo messaging as industry players like Nokia had hoped. The article concludes by arguing for continued use of the cultural studies approach to studying new media users, texts, and contexts (i.e., the multiple influences of industry and regional culture) at the same time.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.