{"588160":{"#nid":"588160","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Wisdom of Nokia\u0027s Dumbphone","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote \u0026ldquo;The Wisdom of Nokia\u0026#39;s Dumbphone\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Atlantic.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey weighed heavy in pockets and jackets and bags, for they were thick and bulky, not lithe and narrow. Harried professionals never clutched one ostentatiously to say silently, \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ve got better things to do than listen to this pitch or order this coffee.\u0026rdquo; Fashionable youth never dangled one nonchalantly from fingers as a flirty pique. Nothing was less sexy or less useful than a cell phone.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHow is it possible, then, that Nokia has\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nokia.com\/en_int\/phones\/nokia-3310\u0022\u003Eannounced\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;an updated edition of one of its most popular phones of the early aughts, the 3310? In short, because nothing has become less sexy or less useful than a smartphone.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2017\/02\/the-wisdom-of-the-dumbphone\/518055\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-03-01 16:56:12","changed_gmt":"2017-03-01 16:56:12","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JS Coon Building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2017\/02\/the-wisdom-of-the-dumbphone\/518055\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"252091":{"id":"252091","type":"image","title":"Ian Bogost","body":null,"created":"1449243813","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:33","changed":"1502475238","gmt_changed":"2017-08-11 18:13:58","alt":"Ian Bogost","file":{"fid":"226504","name":"bogost-color.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bogost-color.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bogost-color.png","mime":"image\/png","size":6216793,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bogost-color.png?itok=5Aa1q5ge"}}},"media_ids":["252091"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}