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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 ef...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Bertschi, Stefan (Editor), Glotz, Peter (Editor), Locke, Chris (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2005]
Edition:1. Aufl.
Series:Kultur- und Medientheorie.
Subjects:
Cell phones > Social aspects.
Mobilfunk > Soziokultur > Aufsatzsammlung.
Soziokultur > Mobilfunk > Aufsatzsammlung.
Technologie > Aspect social > Congrès.
Technology > Social aspects > Congresses.
Technology > Social aspects.
Téléphone cellulaire > Aspect social > Congrès.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Is the cell phone undermining the social order? Understanding mobile technology from a sociological perspective / Geser, Hans
  • The social and economic implications of mobile telephony in Rwanda: An ownership/access typology / Donner, Jonathan
  • Postal presence: A case study of mobile customisation and gender in Melbourne / Hjorth, Larissa
  • The age of the thumb: A cultural reading of mobile technologies from Asia / Bell, Genevieve
  • Communication problems / Haddon, Leslie
  • From teenage life to Victorian morals and back: Technological change and teenage life / Harper, Richard
  • Emotional attachment and mobile phones / Vincent, Jane
  • The mobile phone and the dynamic between private and public communication: Results of an international exploratory study / Höflich, Joachim R.
  • The role of interspace in sustaining identity / Hulme, Michael ; Truch, Anna
  • The mobile phone as technological artefact / Fortunati, Leopoldina
  • The mobile telephone as a return to unalienated communication / Nyíri, Kristóf
  • Mobile communication and the transformation of daily life: The next phase of research on mobiles / Katz, James E.
  • Facing the future, changing customer needs / Schmolze, Raimund
  • Loading mobile phones in a multi-option society / Gross, Peter ; Bertschi, Stefan
  • Mobile mania, mobile manners / Srivastava, Lara
  • Your life in snapshots: Mobile weblogs (moblogs) / Döring, Nicola ; Gundolf, Axel
  • Designing the future: Fables from the mobile telecoms industry / Watts, Laura
  • The future of mobile in the 3G era / Golding, Paul
  • Mythology and mobile data / Foggin, Nick
  • People, mobiles and society. Concluding insights from an international expert survey / Glotz, Peter ; Bertschi, Stefan
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Backmatter.