MC531 Interactive Cultures

MC531 Interactive Cultures

Oliver Carter  //  I am a lecturer, author and researcher in media and cultural theory at the Birmingham School of Media, Birmingham City University. I am currently completing my PhD on the political economy of Euro-Cult cinema fan production.

Dec 3 / 2:56am

The 3 stages of man... if man were mobile phone users.

Stage 1 - The teenager

YEEERRRRR BLUDZ I IZ GOT MAD SKILLZ ON TEH WEBZ N SHIZ. CHEK OWT MA FONE! HAZ GOT SUM MAD SPKRZZZ! BOOM BOOM BOOM LISTN TO DEM BEATZZZ!!!

Stage 2 - The adult

Oh, hello, I use my phone primarily for communication, perhaps the odd game here and there, maybe a bit of web browsing. It is not, however a ghettoblaster or an extension of my penis.

Stage 3 - Blackberry/iPhone owners

Hey! HEY! Have you seen my Blackberry/iPhone? You must have. You MUST have. I've had it out for the last 2 hours. Look at it. Look at my Blackberry/iPhone. F*CKING LOOK AT MY F*CKING BLACKBERRY/IPHONE. You want one don't you? DON'T YOU? YOU LOSER WITH YOUR LOSER NOKIA. THERE'S NO "APP FOR THAT" IS THERE!?!? MUAHAHAHAHAHA!! Touch me.

And there ends today's lecture.