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UNINA9910372806203321 |
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Titolo |
Thumb Culture : The Meaning of Mobile Phones for Society / Peter Glotz, Stefan Bertschi, Chris Locke |
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Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015 |
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2015, c2005 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Kultur- und Medientheorie |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mobile Phone |
Mobile Media |
Communication |
Culture |
Society |
Media |
Technology |
Diagnosis of Our Time |
Digital Media |
Sociology of Media |
Sociology of Culture |
Media Studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Foreword 9 Introduction 11 Is the cell phone undermining the social order? Understanding mobile technology from a sociological perspective 23 The social and economic implications of mobile telephony in Rwanda: An ownership/access typology 37 Postal presence: A case study of mobile customisation and gender in Melbourne 53 The age of the thumb: A cultural reading of mobile technologies from Asia 67 Communication problems 89 From teenage life to Victorian morals and back: Technological change and teenage life 101 Emotional attachment and mobile phones 117 |
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The mobile phone and the dynamic between private and public communication: Results of an international exploratory study 123 The role of interspace in sustaining identity 137 The mobile phone as technological artefact 149 The mobile telephone as a return to unalienated communication 161 Mobile communication and the transformation of daily life: The next phase of research on mobiles 171 Facing the future, changing customer needs 185 Loading mobile phones in a multi-option society 189 Mobile mania, mobile manners 199 Your life in snapshots: Mobile weblogs (moblogs) 211 Designing the future: Fables from the mobile telecoms industry 225 The future of mobile in the 3G era 235 Mythology and mobile data 251 People, mobiles and society. Concluding insights from an international expert survey 261 Notes on Contributors 289 Backmatter 294 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
Besprochen in:www.spiked-online.com, 1 (2006), Jennie BristowInformation, Communication & Society, 8 (2007), Matthew S. Vorell |
»The editors of this volume do a superb job of coalescing the writing styles of many diverse scholars. The language flows smoothly and richly elaborates one's understanding through timely and interesting examples.« |
»In fact, the book is engaging, readable and above all very interesting, spanning aspects of ›thumb culture‹ from ‹the social and economic implications of mobile telephony in Rwanda‹ to ‹Technological change and teenage life‹. [T]here is a clear sense throughout the book that mobile phones have indeed come to mean a great deal for society, and that understanding this relationship is critical for understanding how we view current social attitudes towards progress, communication and co-operation.« |
Reviewed in:www.spiked-online.com, 1 (2006), Jennie BristowInformation, Communication & Society, 8 (2007), Matthew S. Vorell |
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