1. Dylan Vazzano WRT 424 12/14/09
Constantly Connected: Cell Phone Identity
Interaction Identity
Updating Identity Tool
Personal Identity Organizer

2. The cell phone lends itself to constructing ones identity as oppose to other pieces of technology because it is almost always readily available to its owner.
Thus Leading To An
Interaction Identity
Cell phones do not have secretaries like in an office setting, and they do not have a wide variety of people who could pick up the phone like in a household setting. When I call someone on their cell phone I expect to hear from them and only them.

3. Interaction Identity
Virtual World Example
Actual World Implications.
For example if I didnt know this persons name I might construct this persons identity as a male because it is typically a song that a male as oppose to a female would listen to.
Based on this virtual world interaction, how would I construct this persons actual world identity?

4. Interaction Identity
Virtual World Interactions
What happens in virtual worlds often is just as real, just as meaningful to participants. Virtual worlds increasingly have real ramifications. -Tom Boellstorff
Ramifications
Ramifications
Actual World Interactions

5. We can decide if we want our phone to illustrate our business self, our at home self, or our vacation self
Our Phone has evolved into our
Personal Identity Symbol
With the multiple applications available on ones phone we can make conscious decisions about how we want our cell phones to look, act, and portray our identity to the outside world.

6. Personal Identity Symbol
(Song from T-Mobile My Touch Commercial)
You dont need a phone, you need a phone that gets you- HTC
No matter what you do on an iPhone, theres an app for that -Apple
Not just a phone, a way of life- Blackberry
You can make this phone your own, and personalize almost everything about it -HTC
Phone companies in their marketing strategies have played a role in depicting a cell phone as a personal identity symbol.

7. Personal Identity Symbol
Different Features Symbolize Different Identities
HTC has developed a new phone called the HTC You which embodies the concept of the personal identity symbol.

8. Facebook serves as someones personal avatar, in the sense that it is your identity portrayed through a virtual spectrum.
How can one constantly improve oneself?
By updating your Facebook you are in essence improving or changing the identity of your virtual self.

9. Evolution of your Cell Phone
Your Cell Phone has now evolved into an updating identity tool!
By being able to constantly improve/change your virtual identity through the use of your phone, it becomes a significant factor in shaping your identity.

10. Updating Identity Tool
What happens in virtual worlds often is just as real, just as meaningful to participants. Virtual worlds increasingly have real ramifications. -Tom Boellstorff
If your cell phone can be used as a tool to easily update your virtual identity
Because
Lets not forget
Then your virtual world identity is being represented which must have a connection to your actual world identity.