Brief

This project has brought to the fore a better understanding of the emerging usage patterns of multimedia phones with camera features by young people living in two countries – Finland and Estonia. It has also shown how these devices with multimedia functionalities can be platforms to access meaningful content and spur the young people to produce content that can have various useful purposes apart from it being just for pure fun and enjoyment.

The participants were randomly selected. Comparative data analysis has shown a uniform usage pattern between the young people living in Finland and Estonia. One can make better and informed judgements based on the data gleaned from the study on how a majority of the young people in the age group 10 to 20 years living in these two countries (the research target of the MobiLeap project) are using these mobile devices.