[Air-l] Online graffiti

[Amanda Lenhart]

Sigal,

Another angle to online graffiti might be the "wifitti" phenomenon. Not strickly web-based, but basically, it allows cell users to text to a particular number which then displays the texts on a screen in a public place. 

Here's a nice overview: http://future.iftf.org/2006/03/digital_graffit.html 

--Amanda


Amanda Lenhart
Pew Internet & American Life Project
alenhart at pewinternet.org


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Subject: Re: [Air-l] Online graffiti
 
Ariel Foina wrote:
> I believe that the most acurate real manifestation of this "online
> grafitti"the the website defacement. Otherwise, any communal webpage
> infrastructure will fit the graffiti Idea...

I'm currently studying facebook.com as a student phenomenon. One of the 
features is that each participant has a "wall" as part of their profile 
page on which his/her "friends" can write things. The wall metaphor 
certainly suggests graffiti.
-- 
Mark D. Johns, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/
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