When the festival summer had just started, Aftenposten published an article about young people using less mobile phones during the concerts at the Over Oslo and Piknik i Parken festivals. – Bad concert videos are not as cool anymore, said media professor Trine Syvertsen to the newspaper. Among the festivals that have been organized so far this summer, we find Neon Festival, Bergenfest, Palmesus, Idyllfestivalen and Slottsfjell. news has checked how mobile phone use was at these festivals. Palmesus notices the same tendency as Over Oslo and Piknik i Parken: – There is certainly still a lot of filming and photography, but noticeably less of the audience standing with their phones and filming during the entire concert, says general manager of Palmesus Leif Fosselie. There is still a lot of filming and photography, but less than before, says the Palmesus manager. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB Press Manager: – We thought: “What is happening?” Less mobile phone use was also a topic of conversation among the employees at the Neon Festival in Trondheim. They were surprised when they observed the audience during the festival: – We talked about it during this year’s festival that we noticed smaller mobile phones during the concerts. It was almost a bit like “what’s going on?”, says press manager Stein Vanebo. The press manager also says that they see fewer concert videos on social media. However, he believes that it is more common for people to post pictures of their friends between concerts. At the Neon Festival in Trondheim, there were apparently fewer people filming the concerts this year, we are to believe the press manager. Photo: Kim Erlandsen / news P3 We have also been in contact with Bergenfest and the Idyll Festival. They say they have not noticed that mobile phone use has decreased. More engaged audience Festival manager at Slottsfjell, Peter Eikeland, says that they see a very engaged audience this year, which he believes may be due to less mobile use. – It varies slightly from concert to concert. We have an audience that is very interested in music, so for us it hasn’t been a big problem, says Eikeland. He also notices that the artists are more concerned with mobile use than before. – I notice that more and more artists encourage people to put their mobiles away, and enjoy the moment with them instead. Festival manager under Slottsfjell, Peter Eikeland says that the audience this year is extra engaged. Photo: Philip Hofgaard In a tent at the Slottsfjell campsite, Oscar Jonassen and Liv Riis Jacobsen sit with their group of friends. The two disagree a bit about how much mobile phones should be present during the concerts at the festival. – It’s stupid with a mobile phone, you should be more present, says Jonassen. – I disagree. You can follow along even if you’re on your mobile, Jacobsen shoots from the side. In the tent at the campsite on Slottsfjell, they disagree about how much mobile phones should be used during the festival concerts. Photo: Philip Hofgaard Trendy to cut screen time Gunn Enli is a professor of media studies at the University of Oslo. She believes people have become more concerned with cutting down on their screen time. – What I think we are seeing now is a digital backlash. In other words, a setback where we think that “oh true, we can’t go on like this any longer”. Media researcher Gunn Enli believes that what we are seeing now is a digital backlash. Photo: Tom Balgaard / news She also believes that it has become trendy to have a healthy relationship with the mobile phone. – It has an element of luxury about it. That you can decide not to film everything because you are going to several concerts, or because you experience a lot all the time. Then you don’t need to take a picture of every single dish you eat at the restaurant. Do you use your mobile during a concert? 🤳 I LOVE FILMING THE ENTIRE CONCERT😁 Take some photos and videos, but then I put my mobile in my pocket💃 The mobile is in my pocket all evening 👌 Show result Published 12.07.2024, at 18.09
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Several festivals report less mobile use – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
