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Eyes Everywhere (…sort of):
Smartphone Ubiquity and
Antecedents for Citizen JournalismRyan S. Eanes, PhD (ABD)
University of OregonSchool of Journalism and Communication
Smartphones, Smartphones,
Everywhere
Smartphones, Smartphones,
Everywhere
64% of American adults now own a smartphone
Up from 35% in 2011, up from 56% (!) in 2013
Hundreds of millions of active smartphones
Small but growing portion (7%) do not have broadband access at home and have few, if any, options for getting online other than their smartphones
Becoming increasingly important for low income individuals/families (<$30k/year); 13% rely on smartphones for Internet access
Prices have fallen substantially enough that there is no longer a significant barrier to smartphone ownership, especially with prepaid options
Source: Pew Research Center (2015)
One Gigantic Glasshole
A Camera That Happens to Be
a Phone?
Eyes Everywhere
Eric Garner
Bystander Effect
Citizen Journalism
What prompts citizen journalism?Perhaps the answer lies in innate psychological differences…
Something in the Personality?
“Big Five” (“CANOE”) most common, and heavily researched/used in psychological studies
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Openness
Extraversion
HEXACO structure receiving increasing attention
Honesty-Humility
Emotionality
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Proposed Research Design
Survey
“Have you ever used your smartphone to record or report
breaking news that you witnessed?”
Either a Big Five or HEXACO assessment
Comparison of the two groups—is there a difference that
can be attributed to differences in personality structure?
