Smartphones, tablets, Google Glasses, etc. As today’s mobile technology devices become more portable and yet powerful, individuals have greater abilities to communicate with one another, tell stories and create communities. Jason Farman, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland and author of Mobile Interface Theory and the Mobile Story, focuses his study on how individuals make deep connections within the mobile ecosystem.

Check out this video on his research and once in awhile do your own observational research, look at your surroundings and observe how people in your vicinity are using their phones.

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