Mobility is
something very prominent in our society today. Mobile technologies such as
laptops, phones, and MP3 players allow for people to read and listen to media and
news when on the move. Mobility also allows for people to write when traveling.
As spoken about in the article, many mobilities researchers find that traveling
allows for one to gain knowledge. An example would be a quote from Thomas Cook,
who stated that, “Travel provides food for the mind.” Rojek also stated that,
“Up there [in an airplane] one is, as it were, suspended from earthly cares.
Looking down from above the clouds one cannot avoid thinking.” Mobility changes
writing by allowing for writers to connect, collaborate, and search.
These quotes struck me with the idea
that mobility allows for writers to gain more knowledge and creativity,
therefore affecting their writing in a positive way. Traveling and mobility has
allowed for writing to become more cultured and informative. As described in
the article, writers often enjoy seeing things rather than listening in order
to be informed. When these writers are able to travel and gain knowledge by
seeing, they create their own opinions and interpretations of information. I
think that this changes writing in the way that everyone is able to write about
their own unique experience that they gained by mobility.
Mobility also allows for other writers
to connect with each other. Writers are able to communicate through email,
social networking, and more. By doing
this, writers are able to communicate and bounce ideas off of each other. They
are also able to share their findings and information, which also affects
writing.
When writers are using a form of
mobility, they are able to collaborate. An example of this would be Wikipedia.
Wiki allows for multiple writers to contribute to a certain topic. This changes
writing because instead of one person writing their ideas on a subject, we are
able to get a conglomeration of multiple ideas. Mobility allows for writers who
might not be physically near each other, to contribute to each others writing.
Finally, Mobility allows for writers
to search things. This affects our writing because writers are able to research
and look up information that would make their writing better. This has changed
our writing for the better in my opinion. Authors are able to become knowledgeable
when on the move, which makes their writing more informational and often times
enjoyable.
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