[WEB207] The Smartphone: A Product of Digitisation and Convergence
Channel: Ryan Lissner
Date: 2014-08-29

A visual reflection on the effects of digitisation and convergence as it applies to the smartphone for the Curtin University WEB207: Web Media unit. Expand this description to review the source media and references.


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ATTRIBUTIONS (SOURCE FILES):

Al_HikesAZ. Best Mexican Food in Arizona. CC-BY-NC.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanenglish/2433269910/

Alex. [Untitled]. CC-BY.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/eflon/4621960451/

andlun1. Gaza children. CC-BY-NC.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreasl/3286231988/

BonzoESC. Chinese Food. CC-BY-NC.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/bonzoesc/207510053/

Ebrahim, A. Israel and Gaza - 17. CC-BY-SA.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/farshadebrahimi/3159000205/

gouzhai. Realistic Camera. CC-BY-SA.
   http://gouzhai.deviantart.com/art/Realistic-Camera-217088257

Jarlhelm. File:Computer_clock_radio.png. CC-BY-SA.
   http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Computer_clock_radio.png

Jenkins, J. Stars on the Prairie. CC-BY-SA.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdub1980/8775379214/

King, D. Dinner in the air. CC-BY.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidking/6154784855/

Krejci, K. Evolution of the Phone: Martin Cooper. CC-BY-NC-SA.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinkrejci/4118975268/

Kunjavsky, M. [Untitled]. CC-BY-NC-SA.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikek/6858796416
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikek/7004915393

lonce.  SwishUpMedium.wav / SwishDownMedium.wav. CC-BY.
   https://www.freesound.org/people/lonce/sounds/200995/
   https://www.freesound.org/people/lonce/sounds/200996/

Milo, G. Pig for dinner? CC-BY.
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/giuseppemilo/12293933184/

Plastic3. Corporate Uplifting Background Music. CC-BY-NC-SA.
  https://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a103278/    (Remixed)

Quistard. Plunger Pops. CC-BY.
   https://www.freesound.org/people/Quistard/sounds/231955/

Rajèeviæ, M. Rotating Earth 3D. CC-BY.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHvznrHry7M

Seo75. File:Melway-and-Brisway-street-directories.jpg. CC-BY-SA.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Melway-and-Brisway-street-directories.jpg

Solonen, P. [Untitled]. CC-BY.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/primejunta/140956933/

Stewart, W. Christchurch Earthquake - Edgeware. CC-BY.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgknnGf7DBk

Timbre. Rope swoosh with added pseudo-droppler effect. CC-BY-NC.
   https://www.freesound.org/people/Timbre/sounds/85618/


Additional third-party uncredited images were sourced from http://openclipart.org (Public Domain)

Additional third-party uncredited audio samples were sourced from http://freesound.org (Public Domain)


REFERENCES:

AppBrain. 2014. Number of available Android applications.
   http://www.appbrain.com/stats/number-of-android-apps

Goggin, G. 2011. Ubiquitous apps: politics of openness in
   global mobile cultures. Digital Creativity, 22 (3), 148-159.

Jenkins, H. 2004. The cultural logic of media convergence.
   International journal of cultural studies, 7(1), 33-43.

Lee, N. 2010. The 411: Feature phones vs Smartphones.
   http://cnet.com/news/the-411-feature-phones-vs-smartphones/ 

Pareez, S. 2014. iTunes App Store Now Has 1.2 Million Apps.
   http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/02/itunes-app-store-now-has
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