Thumb culture: the meaning of mobile phones for society
Bielefeld:
transcript
(2005), 296 pp.
ISBN 978-3-8394-0403-4
CC BY-NC-ND
Other Editions: also published in German
"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." (Publisher)
Contents
I. CULTURAL IDENTITIES
Is the cell phone undermining the social order? Understanding mobile technology from a sociological perspective / Hans Geser, 23
The social and economic implications of mobile telephony in Rwanda: An ownership/access typology / Jonathan Donner, 37
Postal presence: A case study of mobile customisation and gender in Melbourne / Larissa Hjorth, 53
The age of the thumb: A cultural reading of mobile technologies from Asia / Genevieve Bell, 67
Communication problems / Leslie Haddon, 89
From teenage life to Victorian morals and back: Technological change and teenage life / Richard Harper, 101
II. MOBILE PERSONALITIES
Emotional attachment and mobile phones / Jane Vincent, 117
The mobile phone and the dynamic between private and public communication. Results of an international exploratory study [Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain] / Joachim R. Höflich, 123
The role of interspace in sustaining identity / Michael Hulme and Anna Truch, 137
The mobile phone as technological artefact / Leopoldina Fortunati, 149
The mobile telephone as a return to unalienated communication / Kristóf Nyíri, 161
Mobile communication and the transformation of daily life. The next phase of research on mobiles / James E. Katz, 171
III. INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES
Facing the future, changing customer needs / Raimund Schmolze, 185
Loading mobile phones in a multi-option society / Peter Gross and Stefan Bertschi, 189
Mobile mania, mobile manners / Lara Srivastava, 199
Your life in snapshots. Mobile weblogs (moblogs) / Nicola Döring and Axel Gundolf, 211
Designing the future. Fables from the mobile telecoms industry / Laura Watts, 225
The future of mobile in the 3G era / Paul Golding, 235
Mythology and mobile data / Nick Foggin, 251
CONCLUSION: DELPHI REPORT
People, mobiles and society. Concluding insights from an international expert survey / Peter Glotz and Stefan Bertschi, 261
Is the cell phone undermining the social order? Understanding mobile technology from a sociological perspective / Hans Geser, 23
The social and economic implications of mobile telephony in Rwanda: An ownership/access typology / Jonathan Donner, 37
Postal presence: A case study of mobile customisation and gender in Melbourne / Larissa Hjorth, 53
The age of the thumb: A cultural reading of mobile technologies from Asia / Genevieve Bell, 67
Communication problems / Leslie Haddon, 89
From teenage life to Victorian morals and back: Technological change and teenage life / Richard Harper, 101
II. MOBILE PERSONALITIES
Emotional attachment and mobile phones / Jane Vincent, 117
The mobile phone and the dynamic between private and public communication. Results of an international exploratory study [Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain] / Joachim R. Höflich, 123
The role of interspace in sustaining identity / Michael Hulme and Anna Truch, 137
The mobile phone as technological artefact / Leopoldina Fortunati, 149
The mobile telephone as a return to unalienated communication / Kristóf Nyíri, 161
Mobile communication and the transformation of daily life. The next phase of research on mobiles / James E. Katz, 171
III. INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES
Facing the future, changing customer needs / Raimund Schmolze, 185
Loading mobile phones in a multi-option society / Peter Gross and Stefan Bertschi, 189
Mobile mania, mobile manners / Lara Srivastava, 199
Your life in snapshots. Mobile weblogs (moblogs) / Nicola Döring and Axel Gundolf, 211
Designing the future. Fables from the mobile telecoms industry / Laura Watts, 225
The future of mobile in the 3G era / Paul Golding, 235
Mythology and mobile data / Nick Foggin, 251
CONCLUSION: DELPHI REPORT
People, mobiles and society. Concluding insights from an international expert survey / Peter Glotz and Stefan Bertschi, 261
