Perpetual Contact: Mobile Communication, Private Talk, Public Performance
Cambridge University Press, 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521002660, ISBN10: 0521002664
Paperback, 416 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Language: English
The spread of mobile communication, most obtrusively as cell phones but increasingly in other wireless devices, is affecting people's lives and relationships to a previously unthought-of extent. Mobile phones, which are fast becoming ubiquitous, affect either directly or indirectly every aspect of our personal and professional lives. They have transformed social practices and changed the way we do business, yet surprisingly little serious academic work has been done on them. This 2002 book, with contributions from the foremost researchers in the field, studies the impact of the mobile phone on contemporary society from a social scientific perspective. Providing a comprehensive overview of mobile phones and social interaction, it comprises an introduction covering the key issues, a series of unique national studies and a final section examining specific issues.
1. Introduction J. E. Katz and M. Aakhus
Part I. Mobile Communication - National and Comparative Perspectives
2. Finland
a mobile phone culture J. P. Puro
3. Israel
chutzpah and chatter in the Holy Land A. Cohen and A. Schejter
4. Italy
stereotypes, true and false L. Fortunati
5. Korea
personal meanings S. D. Kim
6. United States
popular, pragmatic and problematic K. Robbins and M. Turner
7. France
preserving the image J. Heurtin and C. Licoppe
8. The Netherlands and the US compared E. Mante-Meijer
9. Bulgaria
mobile phones as post-Communist cultural icons V. D. Varbanov
Part II. Private Talk - Interpersonal Relations and Micro-Behaviour
10. Hyper-coordination via mobile phone in Norway R. Ling and B. Yttri
11. Mobile culture of children and teenagers in Finland E. Kasesniemi and P. Rautiainen
12. Pretense of intimacy in France C. DeGourney
13. Mobile phone consumption and concepts of personhood D. Nafus and K. Tracy
Part III. Public Performance - Social Groups and Structures
14. The chattage of absent presence K. Gergen
15. From mass society to perpetual contact J. Rule
16. Mobiles and the Norwegian teen
identity, gender and class B. Skog
17. The telephone comes to the Filipino village G. Strom
18. Beginnings in the telephone E. Schegloff
Part IV. Conclusion
making meaning of mobiles J. E. Katz and M. Aakhus.