Politics are dragging on in Bkk. New elections on the 2nd of april. a lot of demonstrations against the PM etc. My research includes a bit of this political unrest because of the extensive usage of mobile telephones, PDA's and Internet. Furthermore i am on my way to laos for 4 days to renew my visa. After that i am of to cha'am to conduct some research there at the university.

Its been hard to get into close contact with my respondents but hopefully that will change when i interview more students.

thats it for now

Well im conducting my research and my first findings are trickling in. The people whom are using the internet in Starbucks are mainly bussines man. round the age of 35. I have been to the KMITL Un i and there the users are mainly students (which is logical). I am focussing more on the University right now because there are more people using it there on a regular basis so it gives me a lot more data. To realy get into the background and social relationships of the respondents is hard because i don't know them, and they are kind of reluctant to tell me anything on a personal level. The political situation in thailand is very interresting at this moment with the PM almost being impeached and a lot of demonstrations going on as well. For more info about that go to bangkok post website.

The time has finally arrived for me to leave. On my way to france first and thereafter i will leave for the field.

My research questions are as followed:

What kind of 'public' emerges through the use of wireless internet usage at semi-public places in Bangkok?

- What kind of impact does the usage of wireless internet have on social relationships?

- How does a 'public' define itsself?

- How does a 'public' experience the virtual envirement versus reeel envirement?

- Is there a boundery between online and offline?

For further info about 'publics' read Warner.

Time is floating away and the research is coming up. Just started writing the research-Proposal and hope to be finished in a couple of weeks