March 9, 2007
Mobile Phone Abusers Anonymous
Mobile Phone Abusers Anonymous (MPAA) presented by Hwa Young Jung at the Takeaway Festival, is a fellowship of men and women who bring together their hope, strength and experience to solve their common problem: addiction to the mobile phone. [via we-make-money-not-art.com]
The only requirement for membership is a desire to take control of one’s communication habit.
Their primary purpose is to foster awareness of the mobile phone — the devastation it can cause, and the salvation it can offer. They do this by offering meetings, mobile phone discussions, replacement products, activities and much much more.
How did it start?
MPAA was formed in March of 2005 by Hwa Young Jung. The realisation of a need for the organisation came about whilst she was working for a design company creating mobile GUIs; what started off as research project into user behaviour lead to the discovery of an underbelly of obsesssive and destructive forms of human behaviour centred around the radical technology of ubiquitous communications – primarily, the mobile phone. She recognized these addictive behaviors for what they were, and strove to open a safetey net of discourse for addicts and their loved ones. Together with like minded people, MPAA was born. She currently uses a Nokia 6600, her 4th handset, and only uses SMS on trains.
Blogged previously:
-- Mobile Phone Abusers Anonymous in collaboration with Someth;ng.
-- Mobile Phone Abusers Anonymous: The Town Crier performance
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