| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 190 pages) |
| Series |
Berg New Media Series |
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Berg new media series.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- History and industry -- The relationships between technologies -- Public and private spaces -- Time -- Social networks and peer relationships -- Power relations -- Mobile images : the cameraphone -- Applying frameworks, going forward |
| Summary |
The mobile phone has achieved a global presence faster than any other form of information and communication technology. A global multi-billion dollar industry, this small, mundane device is now an intrinsic part of our everyday life. This communications medium has had an immense social and cultural impact and continues to evolve. Talking, texting, photographing, videoing, connecting to a network of other media - the cellphone now seems essential. But, beyond the ways in which it has actively restructured our daily lives, the mobile has changed our sense of ourselves and the way we see the wor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wireless Internet -- Social aspects
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Mobile communication systems -- Social aspects
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Cell phones -- Social aspects
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Cell phones -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Haddon, Leslie
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| ISBN |
9781847886408 |
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184788640X |
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