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Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. is Senior Editor of the Journal of Media Psychology and Emeritus Professor of Media Psychology at Cal State, Los Angeles. See full bio

September 7, 2008, Media

Comments on "Cell Phones and Other ICTs - The Devices That Are Eating the World"

Cell Phones and Other ICTs - The Devices That Are Eating the World

By Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. on September 7, 2008 in The Media Zone

According to the former executive editor of Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly, ICT-savvy people are making conscious choices about which tech appliances to avoid and which to employ, along the lines of how, when, where, why and to what extent. For them, having it all is not paradise, but paradise lost. Read More

Yea its horrible

Submitted by razr on September 8, 2008 - 6:48pm.

Big brother is here !

hands free

Submitted by Becky on September 9, 2008 - 6:56am.

I have a slight problem with hand's free head sets. I get that they originated to make driving safer or allow people to multi task at work, but do we really need to talk on the phone while we grocery shop? I am forver irritated by the person walking through Kroger talking to the cereal aisle and when a real person accidently responds to them they point to thier ear piece like "duh, why would you assume I'm talking to you just because you are the only other person in sight." Talk about disassociating from the real world.