Week Ten: Who Found My Mojo

Despite its popularity in countries such as America and Africa, mojo is not a tool as easily accessible to Australians, due to the high costs involved in producing content. According to Stephen Quinn, ‘the potential for mobile journalism remains limited in some developed nations because of the high cost of data charges… people are reluctant to surf the net with their phone because they fear high costs’ (2008).

This was made obvious with the introduction of the iPhone to Australia.

An article from The Age, states that ‘the cost of accessing the internet on Australian iPhone plans is more expensive than in countries such as the US and Britain, where there is unlimited data access’ (Debt Fears For Users Of Web-Phones, August 14, 2008). At the time this article was published, people were being charged $2 for every megabyte extra (that was not covered in the plan). This means that many Australians would have faced higher costs than their overseas counterparts, who may not have had to pay as much to browse the web.

These costs put Australian journalists at a severe disadvantage when considering the efficiency and practicality of mojo- phone cameras are less cumbersome than walking around with large video cameras, and allow journalists to file their stories straight away over the internet, rather than waiting to get back into the office.

The above video from YouTube shows some of the benefits of mojo…