Mobile communications : re-negotiation of the social sphere / Rich Ling and Per E. Pedersen (eds.)
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TextPublication details: London : Springer, c2005Description: xxv, 454 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 1852339314 (pbk.)
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Includes index
Pt. 1. The dimensions of mobile communication 1. Introduction /​ Rich Ling and Per E. Pedersen 2. Research questions for the evolving communications landscape /​ Leslie Haddon 3. Mobile back to front : uncertainty and danger in the theory-technology relation /​ Steve Woolgar 4. Wi-Fi networks and the reorganization of wireline- wireless relationship /​ Harmeet Sawhney 5. Mobile phones as fashion statements : the co-creation of mobile communication's public meaning /​ James E. Katz and Satomi Sugiyama Pt. 2. The public and private spaces 6. Introduction /​ Alex Taylor 7. Behavioral changes at the mobile workplace : a symbolic interactionistic approach /​ Tom Erik Julsrud 8. Being mobile with the mobile : cellular telephony and renegotiations of public transport as public sphere /​ Fernando Paragas 9. Mobile phones, Japanese youth, and the re-placement of social contact /​ Mizuko Ito 10. Phone talk /​ Alex Taylor 11. Mobile camera phones : a new form of "being together" in daily interpersonal communication /​ Carole Riviere 12. Tell me about your mobile and I'll tell you who you are : Israelis talk about themselves /​ Dafna Lemish and Akiba A. Cohen 13. Mobile telephone and the presentation of self /​ Leopoldina Fortunati Pt. 3. The psychological dimensions of mobile communication 14. Introduction /​ Steve Love 15. "Surprisingly, nobody tried to caution her" : perceptions of intentionality and the role of social responsibility in the public use of mobile phones /​ Kathleen M. Cumiskey 16. Changing learning and teaching cultures? /​ Louise Mifsud 17. Mobile phone addiction /​ Woong Ki Park 18. Does personality affect peoples' attitude towards mobile phone use in public places? /​ Steve Love and Joanne Kewley Pt. 4. Language and mobile communication 19. Introduction /​ Naomi S. Baron 20. Tethered or mobile? : use of away messages in instant messaging by American college students /​ Naomi S. Baron, Lauren Squires, Sara Tench and Marshall Thompson 21. Language use in Swedish mobile text messaging /​ Ylva Hard af Segerstad 22. The sociolinguistics of SMS : an analysis of SMS use by a random sample of Norwegians /​ Rich Ling 23. The construction of symbolic values of the mobile phone in the Hong Kong Chinese print media /​ Vicki Yung Pt. 5. Innovative adoption and commercialization of new mobile services 24. Introduction /​ Per E. Pedersen 25. Instrumentality challenged : the adoption of a mobile parking service /​ Per E. Pedersen 26. Relationship deepening through mobile and interactive services /​ Helge Thorbjornsen and Herbjorn Nysveen 27. The integration of mobile alerts into everyday life /​ Marianne Jensen, Kirstin Thrane and Siri Johanne Nilsen 28. The wired - and wireless - Japanese : Webphones, PCs and social networks /​ Kakuko Miyata, Barry Wellman and Jeffrey Boase.
Surveying the issues associated with the adoption and use of mobile communication, this book explores developing areas of inquiry. It provides an analysis of specific areas, including: the psychological dimensions of mobile communication; the linguistics of mobile communication; and the understanding of mobile communication's commercialisation.