Week 11: Mobilisation

In a world full of advancements, the mobile phone has contributed to societies reliance on being constantly updated by our contacts. Kate Crawford's journal article 'Noise, now: listening to networks,' makes the reader evident that our lives have changed rapidly with the constant bombardment with mobile devices allowing society to mix work life with family life. She argues that perhaps we do need spaces where the use of these devices is banned as accessibility has become a bit of an addiction. These devices allow society to check their Facebook, Twitter and Hotmail accounts anywhere and everywhere, in fact checking these devices and social networking sites can replace the 'smoko' break. 


Kate agrees with Agamben that infers that a desire for happiness is carried out on mobiles and alike devices (Crawford 2010, p 68) suggesting that we as a society are turning to these devices for happiness, which is easily accessible and not necessarily the right approach of a society.


Bibliography
Crawford, K., 2010, ‘Noise, Now: Listening to Networks’ in Meanjin Quarterly, Vol. 69, No. 2, pp. 64-9.