June 10, 2004
Academic speak of eavesdropping, cell phones, text messaging
Clarence Batan' work on text messaging and its cultural implications in the Philippines, was presented as a part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences held at the University of Manitoba, bringing together over 6,000 scholars from May 29 to June 6, reports New Winnipeg.
Excerpts:
"On the implications of phone size and social status in youth; I learned that in the Philippines, "if you have a big cell phone, you are poor." Batan's survey-based research illustrated the attitudes of young, middle to upper class respondents in the Philippines.
Texting, I learned, is far more popular in the Philippines than in Canada, partially because it is more cost effective - a person can send approximately 44 text messages in the Philippines for one Canadian dollar, said Batan. But also, he said, the geographic location of the Philippines lends naturally to the use of cell hones (and texting) because there are so many islands that landlines are difficult."
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