Tuesday, September 11, 2012
My groups main topic is technology and its modern evolution, and my concentrated ideal is cell phones, (more frequently known as smartphones) and their evolution to form today's society.
Today when I went to the library and attempted to search for smartphones nothing came up. (I guess since its still a relatively current phenomena, Smartphones have not really crossed the threshold of many university libraries in the form of books and research material.) Then I utilized my vocabulary and went to use words such as... cell phones, cellular devices, and mobile communication, and I got a plethora of information.
During my search for books to use I found three books but I only needed one, so it was time to research and find which one was better.
1. Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday life by Gerard Goggin
2. Magic in the air: Mobile communication and the transformation of social life by James E. Katz
3. New Tech, New Ties: How mobile Communication is Reshaping Social Cohesion by Rich Ling
After careful assessment I chose to use Option 1. I chose Cell Phone Culture because I actually, like the format of the book. Its a more specific kind of book. This book goes to the days these incredible electronic things were born to the current day. I expresses its unique abilities and goes down into detail of the way text messaging evolved and the way video chatting even changed mobile usage.
Answering my particular research question with this book will not be a difficult feat, mainly because this book contains all of the information both needed and desired about my topic. I would utilize the books sophisticated information, to spruce up my paper if you will; with the different information on how things work with cell phones, to the intercontinental sale of them would be very useful in answering my question.
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Great job using synonyms to expand your search!
ReplyDeleteAlso, remember that the catalog is kind of dumb. When I did a quick search for smartphones, I got a bunch of results - if you had a typo, the catalog can't tell what you meant to type the way google can. I tried it thinking maybe you had to break it into two words "smart phone", but both ways brought results for me, so at least the catalog isn't as dumb as I thought!
I like the direction you will be taking this topic. Indeed today is the age of technology and more specifically smartphones. Our generation is entirely too depended upon these nifty do it all gadgets. I am not an exception. Are you going to address how a student's language may be affected be it verbal or written by habitual texting habits?
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