{"id":611359,"date":"2026-09-25T12:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611359\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:32:10","slug":"cell-phones-at-concerts-the-great-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611359\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell phones at concerts? The great debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve gone to a concert recently \u2014 or any event really \u2014 you\u2019ve probably noticed them come out. <\/p>\n<p>Maybe they\u2019ve obstructed your view. Maybe you\u2019ve pulled one out yourself. Maybe you\u2019ve judged people for it. Maybe they\u2019re so ubiquitous now; you actually haven\u2019t thought about them at all. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, we\u2019re referring to cell phones. They\u2019re a topic of contention, with plenty of people ready to tell you they\u2019re ruining the concert experience\u2013 but is there also an upside? Let\u2019s have the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Host Caryn Ceolin is speaking with Andy Greene, a senior writer at Rolling Stone magazine, about his belief that the number of devices at concerts is ruining the experience. <\/p>\n<p>Then, Caryn speaks with Wendy Fonarow, an anthropologist, writer, music industry professional, about how whether or not you should be recording at a concert, really depends on what you want from the experience.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790339530_223_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve gone to a concert recently \u2014 or any event really \u2014 you\u2019ve probably noticed them come&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-611359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}