Appvertising

Are you getting ads on your smart phone? Are they increasing? Where do they come from?

This NPR story discusses the aggressive world of mobile advertising.

This is the last MediaNote of Summer 2012.

Questions...

•What types of advertising do you find the most objectionable?

•Which of the practices in this story do you find the most objectionable?

•Does it matter if advertisers can track you through your phone's GPS?

•Is this an area where government regulation is necessary--or is it unnecessary?