1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996308807503316

Autore

Glotz Peter

Titolo

Thumb culture : the meaning of mobile phones for society / / edited by Peter Glotz, Stefan Bertschi and Chris Locke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2005

Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

3-8394-0403-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296)

Collana

Kultur- und Medientheorie

Classificazione

AP 18300

Disciplina

621.38456

Soggetti

Technology - Social aspects

Cell phones - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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  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

Sommario/riassunto

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 Bristow  Information, Communication & Society, 8 (2007), Matthew S. Vorell

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975054803321

Autore

Ghaly Mohammed.

Titolo

Islam and disability : perspectives in theology and jurisprudence / / Mohammed Ghaly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-22954-6

1-135-22955-4

1-282-56627-X

9786612566271

0-203-86508-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Routledge Islamic studies series ; ; 11

Disciplina

297.087

297.27

Soggetti

People with disabilities - Religious aspects - Islam

Islam and justice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface;



Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; PART I Islamic theology; 2 Speculative theology; 3 Practical theology; PART II Islamic jurisprudence; 4 Human dignity of people with disabilities: influence of physiognomy?; 5 The ethics of writing on people with disabilities; 6 Employability of people with disabilities; 7 Medical treatment of people with disabilities; 8 Financial aid for people with disabilities; 9 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Arabic terms index; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the position of Islamic theology and jurisprudence towards people with disabilities. It investigates how early and modern Muslim scholars tried to reconcile their existence with the concept of a merciful God, and also looks at how people with disabilities might live a dignified and productive life within an Islamic context.In his analysis of Islamic Theology, Ghaly pays attention to how theologians, philosophers and Sufis reflected on the purposes behind the existence of this phenomenon, and how to reconcile the existence of disability with specific divine attribut