Why are all thes cell phone commercials showing how their tech enables you to be an annoying and rude person? I like the sidekick ads where all the kids organize a shopping cart race in the supermarket. I wish someone would just stick their foot out and trip one of 'em. On the plus side, it seems like a perfect opportunity for some Laslo Letters-type thing where you start a letter writing campaign about how in times of terrorism and heightened security, it's irresponsible to show this kind of subversive action in public places.
But Whatever. I'd like to do a study on the portrayal of anti-social behavior in connectivity-themed advertising. I think maybe I'd find that these companies were privileging tech-mediated (Their tech of course) interaction over non.
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