LEADER 04927nam 2200901 450 001 9910372806203321 005 20231110233014.0 010 $a3-8394-0403-7 024 7 $a10.14361/9783839404034 035 $a(CKB)3710000000482639 035 $a(OAPEN)1007645 035 $a(DE-B1597)461537 035 $a(OCoLC)1002232717 035 $a(OCoLC)1004874883 035 $a(OCoLC)1011461723 035 $a(OCoLC)1013963858 035 $a(OCoLC)979739290 035 $a(OCoLC)980274365 035 $a(OCoLC)987932509 035 $a(OCoLC)992471930 035 $a(OCoLC)999372030 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783839404034 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5494174 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5494174 035 $a(OCoLC)1049912858 035 $a(transcript Verlag)9783839404034 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6955665 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6955665 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36800 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000482639 100 $a20221125d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aThumb culture $ethe meaning of mobile phones for society /$fedited by Peter Glotz, Stefan Bertschi and Chris Locke 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBielefeld$ctranscript Verlag$d2005 210 1$aBielefeld, Germany :$cTranscript,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (296) 225 0 $aKultur- und Medientheorie 311 $a3-89942-403-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrontmatter 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 294 330 $aMobile 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. 330 1 $aBesprochen in: www.spiked-online.com, 1 (2006), Jennie Bristow Information, Communication & Society, 8 (2007), Matthew S. Vorell 410 0$aKultur- und Medientheorie 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 606 $aCell phones$xSocial aspects 610 $aMobile Phone 610 $aMobile Media 610 $aCommunication 610 $aCulture 610 $aSociety 610 $aMedia 610 $aTechnology 610 $aDiagnosis of Our Time 610 $aDigital Media 610 $aSociology of Media 610 $aSociology of Culture 610 $aMedia Studies 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aCell phones$xSocial aspects. 676 $a621.38456 686 $aAP 18300$2rvk 700 $aGlotz$b Peter$4edt$0525534 702 $aLocke$b Chris 702 $aGlotz$b Peter$f1939-2005, 702 $aBertschi$b Stefan 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910372806203321 996 $aThumb culture$93580690 997 $aUNINA