The addictive behaviour meanwhile also touches the leisure industry: " People have forgotten how to play together, we make opportunities for families to enjoy time together and give them a break from staring at their phone." Alan Hand, Ten Entertainment CEO Source: http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/news/Ten-Entertainment-Alan-Hand-tenpin-bowling-IPO/335987 Best Christian > Am 17.01.2018 um 18:52 schrieb Paul C. Thistle: >> >> Dear colleagues: >> >> Indulgence coveted for cross-postings. >> >> This most recent post on the Critical Museology Miscellanea blog >> argues that device apps employed as interpretation strategies in >> museum galleries actually undermine the quality & extent of direct >> experience with the museum collections on exhibit. >> >> Communication technology apps are designed to monopolise user >> attention. One type of in-gallery beacon proximity marketing IT app >> for smartphones provides “ping” notifications with interpretive >> information & activities to visitor phones. >> >> Of course, the problem with this type of interpretive technology is >> that smartphones are observable on the street, personally >> experienced, & demonstrable through research to be “behaviourally >> addictive,” defined as: any compulsive conduct not substance-related >> that undermines well-being in at least one respect (Alter 2017). >> >> One supplier of beacon technology admits “It is nearly impossible to >> rip away someone’s attention from their smartphone,” & so it would >> seem it will also be “nearly impossible to rip” visitor attention >> back to exhibition content. >> >> The main question at hand then becomes: do museums want to serve >> society by enabling even more such addictive behaviour in our >> exhibition galleries? >> >> See a detailed, documented analysis of this & related questions at >> https://miscellaneousmuseology.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/get-noses-pressed-up-to-vitrines-not-devices/ >> .Comments are welcome & encouraged to extend a needed dialogue on >> these matters. >> >> *Reference Cited:* >> >> Alter, Adam. 2017. /Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technologies >> and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked/. New York: Penguin Press. >> >> Respectfully yours >> >> Paul C. Thistle >> >> >> Critical Museology Miscellanea Blog >> https://miscellaneousmuseology.wordpress.com/ >> <https://miscellaneousmuseology.wordpress.com/> >> >> >> Solving Museum Worker Task Saturation Blog >> http://solvetasksaturation.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/hello-world/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: >> http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 >> > > -- > *Verlag Dr. Christian Müller-Straten* > Crossmedia-Spezialverlag für die Bewahrung von Kultur und Natur > Redaktion: Dr. Adelheid Straten ([log in to unmask]) > Herausgeber: Dr. Christian Mueller-Straten > Kunzweg 23, 81243 München, Germany > http://www.museum-aktuell.de T. 0049-(0)89-839 690 43, Fax -44, > [log in to unmask] > Üblicherweise erreichbar: 7-20 h MEZ > Media: MUSEUM AKTUELL print und MUSEUM AKTUELL Online (mit Tausenden > von Jobs in MUSC-Jobs), EXPOTIME!, > RESTAURATORENBLÄTTER - Papers in Conservation, das große > Restauratoren-Wörterbuch KONSERVATIV, Europäisches Museumsportal > www.museum-aktuell.de > Kommerzielle Anliegen: Medienberatung Lutz F. Boden > Glaserstraße 17, D-60599 Frankfurt am Main > T.: 0049 – (0)69 – 98959802, mobil: 0175 – 3328668 > [log in to unmask] > Office hours: 9 am - 6 pm -- *Verlag Dr. Christian Müller-Straten* Crossmedia-Spezialverlag für die Bewahrung von Kultur und Natur Redaktion: Dr. Adelheid Straten ([log in to unmask]) Herausgeber: Dr. Christian Mueller-Straten Kunzweg 23, 81243 München, Germany http://www.museum-aktuell.de T. 0049-(0)89-839 690 43, Fax -44, [log in to unmask] Üblicherweise erreichbar: 7-20 h MEZ Media: MUSEUM AKTUELL print und MUSEUM AKTUELL Online (mit Tausenden von Jobs in MUSC-Jobs), EXPOTIME!, RESTAURATORENBLÄTTER - Papers in Conservation, das große Restauratoren-Wörterbuch KONSERVATIV, Europäisches Museumsportal www.museum-aktuell.de Kommerzielle Anliegen: Medienberatung Lutz F. Boden Glaserstraße 17, D-60599 Frankfurt am Main T.: 0049 – (0)69 – 98959802, mobil: 0175 – 3328668 [log in to unmask] Office hours: 9 am - 6 pm ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).