Thumb Culture: The Meaning of Mobile Phones for Society

Stefan Bertschi; Chris Locke; Peter Glotz

doi:10.14361/9783839404034

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Edition: 1/2015
Copyright Year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-3-89942-403-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-0403-4
Publisher: transcript, Bielefeld
Series: Kultur- und Medientheorie
Volume: 0
Language: English
Pages: 295
Product Type: Edited Book

FrontmatterPages 1 - 4
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ContentsPages 5 - 8
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ForewordPages 9 - 10
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IntroductionPages 11 - 20
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Is the cell phone undermining the social order? Understanding mobile technology from a sociological perspectivePages 23 - 36
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The social and economic implications of mobile telephony in Rwanda: An ownership/access typologyPages 37 - 52
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Postal presence: A case study of mobile customisation and gender in MelbournePages 53 - 66
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The age of the thumb: A cultural reading of mobile technologies from AsiaPages 67 - 88
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Communication problemsPages 89 - 100
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From teenage life to Victorian morals and back: Technological change and teenage lifePages 101 - 114
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Emotional attachment and mobile phonesPages 117 - 122
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The mobile phone and the dynamic between private and public communication: Results of an international exploratory studyPages 123 - 136
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The role of interspace in sustaining identityPages 137 - 148
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The mobile phone as technological artefactPages 149 - 160
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The mobile telephone as a return to unalienated communicationPages 161 - 170
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Mobile communication and the transformation of daily life: The next phase of research on mobilesPages 171 - 182
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Facing the future, changing customer needsPages 185 - 188
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Loading mobile phones in a multi-option societyPages 189 - 198
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Mobile mania, mobile mannersPages 199 - 210
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Your life in snapshots: Mobile weblogs (moblogs)Pages 211 - 224
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Designing the future: Fables from the mobile telecoms industryPages 225 - 234
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The future of mobile in the 3G eraPages 235 - 250
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Mythology and mobile dataPages 251 - 258
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People, mobiles and society. Concluding insights from an international expert surveyPages 261 - 288
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Notes on ContributorsPages 289 - 293
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BackmatterPages 294 - 295
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