New research from Cass Business School has found that battery icons on mobile phones shape how people view time and space, and how battery conservation practices define user identities.
>People who regularly allow their phone batteries to run out of charge were identified as "frightfully frustrating", "disorganised" and "inconsiderate".
>"We found that people who let their phones batteries run out are viewed by others as out of touch with the social norm of being connected and therefore unable to be competent members of society," Dr. Robinson said.
>"Phones have become such a nexus for everything that we are that an inability to effectively manage battery life becomes symbolic of an inability to manage life."
Don't forget that people get paid to research and write about this shit.
Lincoln Fisher
so? it's useful research. only a retard doesn't see the value in this.
Anthony Price
>Say "Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space" >write an article about how people who drain their battery are fucking idiots what are we even paying scientists for?
Josiah Price
Is this bitching because I can't be connected at all times? Who the fuck wants that? If my shit dies, well tough shit my dude, you're going to have to wait. Owning a phone doesn't sign me up to be contacted at a moment's notice.
Matthew Rodriguez
>scheduled for publication in the journal Marketing Theory
Leo Rogers
the paper is not making statements about people, it is saying how people PERCEIVE others based on their behavior towards battery and lack of charging and how battery level has effect on anxiety.
