Mobile interfaces in public spaces : locational privacy, control, and urban sociability / / Adriana de Souza e Silva and Jordan Frith

• Autore: Silva Adriana de Souza e
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, : Routledge, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 004; 302.231
• Soggetto topico: Mobile computing; Location-based services - Social aspects; Social media; Privacy, Right of
• Altri autori: FrithJordan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces ; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I: Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces; 1. Interfaces to Public Spaces; 2. The Public and the Private; 3. From Voice to Location; Section II: Location-awareness in the Contemporary City; 4. Locational Privacy; 5. Power in Location-awareness ; 6. The Presentation of Location; Conclusion: Near Futures and the Immediate Present; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book focuses on the social and political implications of using location-aware technologies in public spaces. It aims at analyzing not only how our traditional ideas of public space and social interactions are challenged by the use of these technologies, but also how existing concepts of privacy and sociability determine the design and use of these types of technology. The authors frame the development of location-aware mobile devices within the history of previous media, looking at the way the book, the Walkman, and the iPod have also helped individuals manage their interactions with public spaces. The authors also look at the privacy concerns raised with the use of these earlier forms of media, specifically how they challenged the borders between what is considered private and what is public. In the second half of the book, the authors describe the way in which adding location to mobile communication technologies, such as cell phones, urges us to discuss and reframe social issues such as privacy, surveillance, and exclusion, along with the very concept of public space.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mobile interfaces in public spaces
• ISBN: 1-136-34256-7; 1-136-34257-5; 0-203-12396-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813242803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II