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To: quick_thinking who started this subject	4/2/2004 10:51:17 AM
From: Eric L	of 55

The Mobile Society Research Institute >> NTT DoCoMo Establishes Mobile Research Institute Leigh Phillips DMeurope 01/04/2004 dmeurope.com Japanese mobile communications firm NTT DoCoMo has established the Mobile Society Research Institute, which will study the social impact of mobile phone use. Mobile phones have become widely used in over the last decade, and their impact on society has been enormous. As a result, DoCoMo believes that it is now important to analyse the influence and impact of mobile phones on society from a number of different perspectives. At the research institute, which is to be independent from the corporation, DoCoMo will investigate both the positive and negative aspects of mobile phones. The aim is to focus on enhancing the upside, while minimising the downside by taking necessary countermeasures. At the research institute, various specialists from a variety of sectors will research and analyse both the present and future influence of mobile communications. Findings will be disclosed to the public through reports, publications or symposia. Recently emerging social issues that will be studied include mobile phone usage etiquette, and the increasing popularity of a "mail culture" that features the wide usage of emoticons. As mobile phones become more useful, crimes such as spam and "digital shoplifting" (stealing published information by using a phone's digital camera) are continuing to increase. The institute will study countermeasures, including the consolidation of a legal system with which to address mobile phone-oriented crimes. Mobile phones will also be studied as a type of social infrastructure by taking social psychology into account. This will include their role as tools for information distribution in times of natural disasters. The Institute opened its doors today. << - Eric -

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