The Eight-Digit Key: Life on BBM
In short: How an eight-digit PIN, a single status and a buzzing ping made BlackBerry Messenger part of everyday social life, until BlackBerry's era came to a close.
A 1:51 short film in the series “Being Social Online”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Apress (Springer Nature), chapter by Martin Trautschold and Gary Mazo, “Even More Messaging”; Telkom University Library & Knowledge Center (Institut Manajemen TELKOM, Ilmu Komunikasi, Bandung), “Pengaruh Intensitas Penggunaan BlackBerry Messenger Terhadap Efektivitas Komunikasi Remaja Dengan Orang Tua (Survey pada Pelajar SMA di Kota Bandung)”; BBC News (Newsbeat), “Five things you definitely heard if you had a Blackberry phone”; BBC News (Newsbeat), “The rise and fall of the Blackberry in popular culture”.
Sources used in this film
- Apress (Springer Nature), chapter by Martin Trautschold and Gary Mazo — Even More Messaging · View →
- Telkom University Library & Knowledge Center (Institut Manajemen TELKOM, Ilmu Komunikasi, Bandung) — Pengaruh Intensitas Penggunaan BlackBerry Messenger Terhadap Efektivitas Komunikasi Remaja Dengan Orang Tua (Survey pada Pelajar SMA di Kota Bandung) · View →
- BBC News (Newsbeat) — Five things you definitely heard if you had a Blackberry phone · View →
- BBC News (Newsbeat) — The rise and fall of the Blackberry in popular culture · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Apress (Springer Nature), chapter by Martin Trautschold and Gary Mazo: Even More Messaging
- Also: Telkom University Library & Knowledge Center (Institut Manajemen TELKOM, Ilmu Komunikasi, Bandung): Pengaruh Intensitas Penggunaan BlackBerry Messenger Terhadap Efektivitas Komunikasi Remaja Dengan Orang Tua (Survey pada Pelajar SMA di Kota Bandung)
- Also: BBC News (Newsbeat): Five things you definitely heard if you had a Blackberry phone
- Also: BBC News (Newsbeat): The rise and fall of the Blackberry in popular culture
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