home media radio Radio This area contains a chronological listing of recorded and live radio segments. National 20 November 2004 Radio National Melbourne Convergence: Customers of the Future. Broadcast Saturday 20 November 2004. Interview with John Murphy, Novell and Richard Aedy. A few years ago, certainly when this program began in early 2001, convergence was a very hot topic. For example, there was a lot of talk about the personal computer and the TV morphing into one device. Now this hasn’t really happened as you’ve probably noticed. John Murphy from software company Novell is working with colleagues at the University of Melbourne to find out why some convergence works and some doesn’t. National 17 February 2003 Radio National Melbourne Use & Useability: Customers of the Future. Broadcast Monday 17 February 2003. Interview with John Murphy, Novell and Richard Aedy. Not all new technology is successful. As consumers, there are some things we want and others we can live without. Once we've bought, there are some things we use and others we abandon. Now a research project is trying to work out exactly what we want and how we'll use it. The aim is to avoid producing high-tech duds. Victoria 9 August 2001 Triple M Melbourne   9 August 2001     Fox FM     Melbourne     “Mobile phones are a must for the new generation according to the latest Melbourne University study”.     9 August 2001     3AK     Melbourne     Interview with John Murphy, Cambridge Technology Partners and presenter Nick Papas. “Papas interviewed John Murphy, Cambridge Technology Partners, subsidiary of Novell, about mobile phone usage. Murphy says that mobile phones are “starting to become an extension of the self” for young people. He notes that his company is doing its best to understand why and how young people use their phones. He also discusses SMS messages. Mentions University of Melbourne”.   New South Wales 9 August 2001 2BL, ABC Sydney Interview with John Murphy, Cambridge Technology Partners.   9 August 2001     2GB     Sydney     Brian Wilshire Night Program. “Wilshire notes that a Melbourne University study shows that youngsters are addicted to mobile phones and wonders whether people know the dangers of radiation from the phones”.     9 August 2001     2SM     Sydney     James Yelland & Yvette Maurice Drive Time Program. “Maurice is shocked by research from Melbourne University that suggests “today’s kids would be absolutely lost without their mobile phones!” Yelland laughs about the old “brick” mobile phones in the early eighties. They discuss peer pressure to have cutting edge technology. Maurice believes the smaller the phone, the easier they will break”.     9 August 2001     NXFM     Newcastle     “Australian youth have been shown to be big spenders on their mobile phones”.     9 August 2001     2WS     Sydney     “A new survey has found our kids would be lost and unable to organise their social lives without their mobile phones”.     9 August 2001     96.9FM     Sydney     “A new study has found that teenagers will spend their pocket money on mobiles to make sure that they don’t miss a beat when it comes to organising their busy social lives”.     10 August 2001     2UE     Sydney     “Researchers for Melbourne University have found that mobile phones are so important to Australia’s teenagers that they would be lost without them”.     10 August 2001     I98FM     Wollongong     “A disturbing new trend has found by researchers at Melbourne University saying that Australian teenagers find mobile phones so important that they would be lost without them”.     13 August 2001     ABC     Upper Hunter     Interview with Jennie Carroll, University of Melbourne and presenter Paul Bevan. “Bevan interviews Jennie Carroll, from Melbourne University who talks about the results of a study on mobile phone use in the young. She says most of the study participants used a mobile phone regularly by age 16. She says a lot of these children had part time jobs to pay for their phone bills. Carroll talks about the use of text messaging. She says children have mobile phones to give them a sense of security”.   Queensland 9 August 2001 B105 Brisbane “A new study from Melbourne University shows that 16 to 22 year olds can’t get by without their mobile phones”.   9 August 2001     Gold FM     Gold Coast     “A new study by Melbourne University has found that 16 to 22 year olds find it impossible to get by without a mobile phone”.     9 August 2001     4BC     Brisbane     Greg Cary Drive Time Program. “Cary mentions a recent study into teenagers using mobile phones. The study says teenagers today see a mobile phone as a social accessory. Cary says, “It’s crazy”.     9 August 2001     4BH     Brisbane     “Australia’s youth find it impossible to organise their social lives without their mobile phones according to new research”.     9 August 2001     4KQ     Brisbane     “Australia’s youth find it impossible to organise their social lives without their mobile phones according to new research.”     14 August 2001     4QR ABC     Brisbane     Interview with Jennie Carroll, University of Melbourne and presenter Rod Henshaw. “Henshaw speaks to Jennie Carroll, a lecturer in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Melbourne, about a study that has found that the mobile phone is the most favoured piece of technology chosen by youth. “Young people were using the phones to establish a sense of belonging and identity”.   South Australia 10 August 2001 5AA Adelaide Western Australia 9 August 2001 92.9 Perth “Melbourne University has claimed that people find mobile phones to be the most important items they own”.   9 August 2001     94.5     Perth     “A Melbourne study says that a mobile phone helps people consolidate their identity”.   Tasmania 10 August 2001 HO-FM Hobart “Researchers have found that Australian teenagers would be lost without a mobile phone”.   10 August 2001     HO-FM     Hobart     “Researchers at Melbourne University have found mobile phones are so important to Australian teenagers that they’d be lost without them”.     10 August 2001     TTTFM     Hobart     “University of Melbourne researchers have found mobile phones are so important to Australia’s teenagers”.     10 August 2001     Magic Radio News     Hobart     “University of Melbourne researchers have found mobile phones are so important to Australia’s teenagers that they would be lost without them”.