2. The research begins From “Consumer adoption of mobile TV: Examining psychological flow and media content” (2009) Yoonhyuk Jung, Begona Perez-Mira and Sonja Wiley-Patton Consumer adoption of mobile TV: Examining psychological flow and media content
3. The questions Does mobile TV look useful? Does mobile TV look easy to use? Can you block out distractions when watching mobile TV? Do distractions ruin in the experience? When you’re watching mobile TV, does it matter if the programs are gripping or boring? Doe
4. S U T B E J S E T C T S
5. 208 South Koreans Volunteers on an online survey Early adopters 16 questions Likert scale (meaning each pick one of seven spots on a scale form strongly agree to strongly disagree)
7. Early adapters think mobile TVs are fun and useful Ease of use is just a slight factor to these early adapters A user’s ability to concentrate amongst distractions and the quality of the shows are big factors in whether a test subject enjoyed using a mobile TV
9. Self-selected sample means skewed skewed 172 men, 33 women, 3 not 3 saying means skewed No way to tell what subjects found too distracting No numbers published on the 208, no Likert scale averages, we don’t see any useful data to make our own conclusions Distractions and programming quality have affected viewing enjoyment since ancient Greece. The fact that these affect mobile TV is in the “well, duh” category.
10. By John Stang With credits to follow Everything is from Flickr
11. “Groove Tube” poster http://www.flickr.com/photos/modestospeed/532035604/ Mobile TV photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/raverken/2322303997/sizes/l/ “Monsters vs. Aliens” poster http://www.flickr.com/photos/wintan29/3364200309/ “Monster vs. Aliens” poster http://www.flickr.com/photos/intelphotos/3006561384/sizes/l/ Boris Karloff and Glen Strange photo from “House of Frankenstein” http://www.flickr.com/photos/31472241@N03/3370988938/sizes/o/ Elsa Lancaster and Colin Clive photo from “Bride of Frankenstein” http://www.flickr.com/photos/withoutlightiam/3531194042/ Colin Clive photo from “Frankenstein” http://www.flickr.com/photos/29235625@N04/2777096775/sizes/o/ Colin Clive and Dwight Frye photo from “Frankenstein” http://www.flickr.com/photos/42845506@N08/3951442275/sizes/l/ Elsa Lancaster photo from “Bride of Frankenstein” http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelrogers/2801488903/ Photo from “Creature From The Black Lagoon” http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmube/3378351529/
