Thumb Culture
The Meaning of Mobile Phones for Society
Mobile communication has an increasing impact on people's lives and society. Ubiquitous media influence the way users relate to their surroundings, and data services like text and pictures lead to a culture shaped by thumbs. Representing several years of research into the social and cultural effects of mobile phone use, this volume assembles the fascinating approaches and new insights of leading scientists and practitioners. The book contains the results of a first international survey on the social consequences of mobile phones. It provides a comprehensive inventory of today's issues and an outlook in mobile media, society and their future study.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 8 -
Foreword
Seiten 9 - 10 -
Introduction
Seiten 11 - 20 -
Section One-Cultural Identities
Is the cell phone undermining the social order? Understanding mobile technology from a sociological perspective
Seiten 23 - 36 -
The social and economic implications of mobile telephony in Rwanda: An ownership/access typology
Seiten 37 - 52 -
Postal presence: A case study of mobile customisation and gender in Melbourne
Seiten 53 - 66 -
The age of the thumb: A cultural reading of mobile technologies from Asia
Seiten 67 - 88 -
Communication problems
Seiten 89 - 100 -
From teenage life to Victorian morals and back: Technological change and teenage life
Seiten 101 - 114 -
Section Two-Mobile Personalities
Emotional attachment and mobile phones
Seiten 117 - 122 -
The mobile phone and the dynamic between private and public communication: Results of an international exploratory study
Seiten 123 - 136 -
The role of interspace in sustaining identity
Seiten 137 - 148 -
The mobile phone as technological artefact
Seiten 149 - 160 -
The mobile telephone as a return to unalienated communication
Seiten 161 - 170 -
Mobile communication and the transformation of daily life: The next phase of research on mobiles
Seiten 171 - 182 -
Section Three-Industry Perspectives
Facing the future, changing customer needs
Seiten 185 - 188 -
Loading mobile phones in a multi-option society
Seiten 189 - 198 -
Mobile mania, mobile manners
Seiten 199 - 210 -
Your life in snapshots: Mobile weblogs (moblogs)
Seiten 211 - 224 -
Designing the future: Fables from the mobile telecoms industry
Seiten 225 - 234 -
The future of mobile in the 3G era
Seiten 235 - 250 -
Mythology and mobile data
Seiten 251 - 258 -
Conclusion-Delphi Report
People, mobiles and society. Concluding insights from an international expert survey
Seiten 261 - 288 -
Notes on Contributors
Seiten 289 - 293 -
Backmatter
Seiten 294 - 295
15. September 2015, 296 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8394-0403-4
Dateigröße: 4.13 MB
