Mobile phone news stories
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:46 pmI found this. I think is interesting. It is about a phenomenon in Japan, KEITAI SHOUSETSU, a mobile phone novels.
Usually they are written by first-time writers, using one-name pseudonyms, for an audience of young female readers - who, in Japan especially, consult their mobile phones so regularly that the habit could be mistaken for a tic. The stories traverse teen romance, drugs and other adolescent terrain in a succession of clipped one-liners, emoticons and spaces (used to show that a character is thinking), all of which can be read easily on a mobile phone interface. Scene and character development are notably missing.
Koizora (Love Sky) by Mika has sold more than 1.2 million copies since being released
Usually they are written by first-time writers, using one-name pseudonyms, for an audience of young female readers - who, in Japan especially, consult their mobile phones so regularly that the habit could be mistaken for a tic. The stories traverse teen romance, drugs and other adolescent terrain in a succession of clipped one-liners, emoticons and spaces (used to show that a character is thinking), all of which can be read easily on a mobile phone interface. Scene and character development are notably missing.
Koizora (Love Sky) by Mika has sold more than 1.2 million copies since being released