Thumb Culture ：The Meaning of Mobile Phones for Society ( Kultur- und Medientheorie )

Publication subTitle ：The Meaning of Mobile Phones for Society

Publication series ：Kultur- und Medientheorie

Author： Glotz Peter;Bertschi Stefan;Locke Chris  

Publisher： transcript-Verlag‎

Publication year： 2005

E-ISBN: 9783839404034

Subject： G0 Cultural Theory;H0 Linguistics

Keyword： 文化理论,语言学

Language： ENG

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Description

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.

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Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Section One—Cultural Identities

Is the cell phone undermining the social order? Understanding mobile technology from a sociological perspective

The social and economic implications of mobile telephony in Rwanda: An ownership/access typology

Postal presence: A case study of mobile customisation and gender in Melbourne

The age of the thumb: A cultural reading of mobile technologies from Asia

Communication problems

From teenage life to Victorian morals and back: Technological change and teenage life

Section Two—Mobile Personalities

Emotional attachment and mobile phones

The mobile phone and the dynamic between private and public communication: Results of an international exploratory study

The role of interspace in sustaining identity

The mobile phone as technological artefact

The mobile telephone as a return to unalienated communication

Mobile communication and the transformation of daily life: The next phase of research on mobiles

Section Three—Industry Perspectives

Facing the future, changing customer needs

Loading mobile phones in a multi-option society

Mobile mania, mobile manners

Your life in snapshots: Mobile weblogs (moblogs)

Designing the future: Fables from the mobile telecoms industry

The future of mobile in the 3G era

Mythology and mobile data

Conclusion—Delphi Report

People, mobiles and society. Concluding insights from an international expert survey

Notes on Contributors

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