While the cost of phone theft provides the backdrop, the focus of this study is crime prevention.
The putative takeover was framed by the backdrop of never-ending allegations of phone hacking at Murdoch's News of the World newspaper, which had given the media mogul's enemies plenty of ammunition to use against his BSkyB bid.
On Bored in the USA, Tillman films himself with a fan's phone, a departure from his previous "No Photography" stage backdrop.
This is also the backdrop against which newspapers are covering the phone-hacking trial at the Old Bailey, which began as one of the biggest media events of recent years and has become different things to different papers.
Rappido's rapid expansion is set against a backdrop of increasing e-commerce activity and mobile phone penetration across Latin America.
Where once mobile phone gaming was the preserve of Java studios against a backdrop of handset operators taking 70% revenue cuts, now there are smartphone gaming and app stores.
I was staying at the Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt, a charming, almost entirely wooden retreat (even the phones are made of the stuff) overlooked by a dramatic mountain backdrop in the Tirol.
This influence was reflected in Radar's branding; its promo videos, showcasing grime MCs free-styling against a backdrop of concrete, recorded on shaky, low-resolution camera phones; and their oft-mentioned slogan: "Tune in or fuck off".
As she spoke into the camera against a backdrop of firetrucks and police cars, WCBS's Jennifer McLogan was phoning in what she could see.
On the street, at a fairground, in a phone booth, sitting on a stoop, facing the camera, away from it, in front of a backdrop, all of KHW's subjects want to be seen.
