Sunday, May 15, 2005

From pro-social to anti-social, phonecams in the news around the world

"Cetizen" site in Korea has 700000 members and is looking for them to move into the arena of journalism in "Mobile Phone Photo News." INSIDE JoongAng Daily

From Wales the bizarre youth pastime of "happy slapping"
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott added his support to the move [banning teens from wearing baseball caps and hoodies from shopping malls] after revealing he almost fell victim to the "happy slapping" craze in which thugs use mobile phone cameras to film attacks on passers-by.


From New Zealand come stories of children getting "text bullied" by other kids. What a world, what technology.

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