Intro:

• Do you wake up to phone alarm?
• Do you navigate with your phone directions?
• Do you plan your schedule with your phone’s calendar?
• Do you entertain yourself in your free time with your phone?
• Phones are a focal point in the lives of many people as we rely on it for daily tasks
• Original phone not capable of this
  • Size of brick
  • Only could call
• Modern tech = more compact, powerful (more so than NASA apollo 11!) features = civic artifact
  • kairos  = our time period
• Greater accessibility = commonplace form of communication
• Amount of time + common tasks = embedded in civil habits
• The ideology of regular phone usage = cell phone part of civic routine and life

Greater accessibility

• 95% of the USA has a phone (https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-in-the-world)
• The default form of communication (commonplace)
  • Email, text, call, social media, etc
  • Reference mass text messages for security
• Common to exchange numbers when meeting new people

Time

• Rely on phones for daily tasks
  • Research, communication, directions
• Free time
  • Games, social media, browse the web
• Routinely check phones for updates

Corporate significance

• Companies are willing to spend money on browsing habits from phones
• Use data to target ads
  • Targetted ads = more sales
• Habits (ideologies) of cell phones = predictable behavior
  • Civic because it describes the behavior of society & businesses

Conclusion

• Despite the small size, cell phones have big impact
• Define communication in society, how we spend our time and can be used to influence behavior (ex buy certain products)
• Significance: try to use technology in productive ways
  • In what ways will you try to use your cell phone to make an impact on your society?
  • Is it okay for companies to manipulate consumer base/use our data? 
• Thank you

Work Cited

“1 Billion More Phones Than People In The World! BankMyCell.” BankMyCell, 3 Sept. 2019, www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-in-the-world.

What is the major proposition (argument/thesis) of the speech? How is the artifact civic?

• Cell phones are civic because they are the commonplace form of communication, civilians spend immense amounts of time on them, and people’s habits with them can be used to influence their behavior.

How is this artifact a response to a particular exigence? Does it take advantage of a kairotic moment?

• Responded to the exigence of needing mobile, fast communication. It takes advantage of the kairotic moment of modern technology, as it allows phones to have more features and be far more efficient.

What ideologies are at the artifact’s core? Are there any commonplaces used that help to reveal this ideology?

• Ideologies:
  • Cell phones are a mobile, extremely fast form of communication
  • All standard forms of communication are available on a cellphone
  • The vast majority of the population in developed countries owns a cell phone
  • Cell phones make daily tasks easier/simpler
• Commonplaces that reveal this:
  • We all spend lots of time/rely on phones (revealed through initial questions)
  • Cell phones are the most common communication device (revealed through the common practice of exchanging numbers)

How are extrinsic proofs (evidence related to context, history, documentation) or intrinsic proofs (1. evidence from the speaker’s character, 2.  relating to the audience’s understanding, 3. a construct within the speech itself) used in the speech? In other words, what evidence will you use to prove your thesis about the artifact? 

• Speaker’s character
  • Explaining facts about history and technology of phones to show I have an understanding of them
• Audience Understanding
  • Mostly relying on the commonplaces of the audience’s previous experiences with using cell phones in their daily lives
• Evidence
  • Stat of phone usage
  • Explaining how companies use cell phone data