Definition
According to Moore and Rutter, a primary difficulty when researching mobile entertainment is that of definition. It is not always apparent to consumers precisely what ‘mobile entertainment’ is. The problem of producing common understandings of mobile entertainment has been previously highlighted by the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) when stating that two different industries make up the mobile entertainment industry: entertainment and telecommunications. Mobile entertainment is created as the convergence of both industries. Each of these worlds speaks a different language, and holds different assumptions about the nature of its work.
MGAIN assumes mobile entertainment includes any leisure activity undertaken via a personal technology, which is, or has the potential to be, networked and facilitates transfer of data over geographic distance either on the move or at a variety of discrete locations. While workable, the definition does not cover whether mobile entertainment services must interact with service providers or telcos. It does not cover whether such service would incur a cost upon usage. If mobile entertainment were said to be a subset of mobile commerce, hence, it must involves transaction of an economic value. The social aspects of mobile entertainment are hidden within the phrase ‘any leisure activity’.
This article presents a framework to examine mobile entertainment from multiple points of views. This allows future research to be conducted with the clarity of distinguishing mobile entertainment services of different domains.
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