Perpetual contact : mobile communication, private talk, public performance / edited by James E. Katz and Mark A. Aakhus.
Contributor(s): Katz, James Everett | Aakhus, Mark A.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002Description: xxiv, 391 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; pbk.ISBN: 0521002664; 9780521002660; 0521807719; 9780521807715.Subject(s): Cell phones -- Social aspects | Wireless communication systems -- Social aspects | Cellular telephones Social aspects | Wireless communication systems Social aspectsDDC classification: 302.235 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| General Lending | Carlow Campus Library General Lending | 302.235 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 79656 |
[Part 1: Mobile communication: national and comparative perspectives] Finland: a mobile phone culture / J. P. Puro -- Israel: chutzpah and chatter in the Holy Land / A. Cohen and A. Schejter -- Italy: stereotypes, true and false / L. Fortunati -- Korea: personal meanings / S. D. Kim -- United States: popular, pragmatic and problematic / K. Robbins and M. Turner -- France: preserving the image / J. Heurtin and C. Licoppe -- The Netherlands and the US compared / E. Mante-Meijer -- Bulgaria: mobile phones as post-Communist cultural icons / V. D. Varbanov.
[Part 2: Private Talk -- Interpersonal Relations and Micro-Behaviour] Hyper-coordination via mobile phone in Norway / R. Ling and B. Yttri -- Mobile culture of children and teenagers in Finland / E. Kasesniemi and P. Rautiainen -- Pretense of intimacy in France / C. DeGourney -- Mobile phone consumption and concepts of personhood / D. Nafus and K. Tracy.
[Part 3: Public Performance -- Social Groups and Structures] The chattage of absent presence / K. Gergen -- From mass society to perpetual contact / J. Rule -- Mobiles and the Norwegian teen: identity, gender and class / B. Skog -- The telephone comes to the Filipino village / G. Strom -- Beginnings in the telephone E. Schegloff -- Conclusion: making meaning of mobiles / J. E. Katz and M. Aakhus.
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