I don't have the exact references to hand, but Geoff Cooper, Richard Harper and Nicki Green, all at University of Surrey, Sociology, all did extensive work on this a few years back. don _______________________________________________ Don Slater Reader in Sociology, Doctoral Programme Director, Sociology London School of Economics Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE Tel: +44 (020) 7849 4653 Fax: +44 (020) 7955 7405 Skype: 020 7193 7281 ______________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Terrell Russell Sent: 19 December 2007 15:47 To: aoir list Cc: communication and information technology section asa; Eric Weiner Subject: Re: [Air-L] cell phone prevalence? Barry Wellman wrote:
Folks,
I recently did an interview with a smart reporter, Eric Weiner, from NPR (US National Public Radio). In it, I opined that one of the most prevalent Qs when people talk on mobile/cell phones is "Where are you"?
Eric is wondering if there is any systematic evidence on this. He needs to know quickly, but I think other list members would like to know too, so please copy to the list (and to me, personally).
I'm not sure this is systematic/systemic evidence but... Boost Mobile has had a campaign in the last year or so titled "Where you at?". This is mostly a pay-as-you-go/contractless mobile company and targeted at younger consumers. http://www.boostmobile.com http://youtube.com/results?search_query=boost+mobile+%22where+you+at%22 I'd agree that it's probably one of the most prevalent (and relevant) questions being asked on mobile phones. Terrell -- Terrell Russell Co-Founder, claimID.com PhD Student, Information Science, UNC-CH _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm