The Mobile Connection: The Cell Phone's Impact on Society
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contentsix
- Prefaceix
- Chapter 1. Introduction1
- Introduction1
- History of Mobile Telephony6
- Growth of the Mobile Market11
- Outline of the Book17
- Chapter 2. Making Sense of Mobile Telephone Adoption21
- Interaction Between Technology and Society21
- Methods and Data Sources33
- Chapter 3. Safety and Security35
- Introduction35
- The Mobile Telephone as a Contribution to Security37
- Diminution of Safety48
- Conclusion54
- Chapter 4. The Coordination of Everyday Life57
- Introduction57
- Social Coordination61
- Mechanical Timekeeping and Social Coordination63
- Mobile Communication and Microcoordination69
- Time-Based vs. Mobile-Based Coordination76
- Conclusion80
- Chapter 5. The Mobile Telephone and Teens83
- Introduction83
- Child/Adolescent Development and the Adoption of Telephony86
- Adolescence and Emancipation in Contemporary Society93
- Elements in the Adoption of Mobile Telephony by Teens97
- Conclusion: Mobile Telephony and the Dance of Emancipation119
- Chapter 6. The Intrusive Nature of Mobile Telephony123
- Introduction123
- Mobile Telephony in Settings with Heavy Normative Expectations125
- Mobile Telephony in Interpersonal Situations130
- Forced Eavesdropping and Being Embarrassed for Others140
- Conclusion142
- Chapter 7. Texting and the Growth of Asynchronous Discourse145
- Introduction145
- The Growth of Texting149
- What Is Being Said, Who Is Saying It, and How They Say It154
- The Future of Texting165
- Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Significance of Osborne’s Prognosis169
- Introduction169
- Interaction Between Innovation and Social Institutions171
- Social Capital vs. Individualism177
- Role of ICTs in the Fostering of Social Capital/Individualism181
- Virtual Walled Communities189
- Appendix: Data Sources Used in the Analysis of Mobile Telephony197
- Endnotes201
- Bibliography223
- Index239
Has the cell phone forever changed the way people communicate? The mobile phone is used for “real time coordination while on the run, adolescents use it to manage their freedom, and teens “text to each other day and night. The mobile phone is more than a simple technical innovation or social fad, more than just an intrusion on polite society. This book, based on world-wide research involving tens of thousands of interviews and contextual observations, looks into the impact of the phone on our daily lives. The mobile phone has fundamentally affected our accessibility, safety and security, coordination of social and business activities, and use of public places.
Based on research conducted in dozens of countries, this insightful and entertaining book examines the once unexpected interaction between humans and cell phones, and between humans, period. The compelling discussion and projections about the future of the telephone should give designers everywhere a more informed practice and process, and provide researchers with new ideas to last years.
*Rich Ling (an American working in Norway) is a prominent researcher, interviewed in the new technology article in the November 9 issue of the New York Times Magazine.
*A particularly "good read", this book will be important to the designers, information designers, social psychologists, and others who will have an impact on the development of the new third generation of mobile telephones.
*Carefully and wittily written by a senior research scientist at Telenor, Norway's largest telecommunications company, and developer of the first mobile telephone system that allowed for international roaming.
Based on research conducted in dozens of countries, this insightful and entertaining book examines the once unexpected interaction between humans and cell phones, and between humans, period. The compelling discussion and projections about the future of the telephone should give designers everywhere a more informed practice and process, and provide researchers with new ideas to last years.
*Rich Ling (an American working in Norway) is a prominent researcher, interviewed in the new technology article in the November 9 issue of the New York Times Magazine.
*A particularly "good read", this book will be important to the designers, information designers, social psychologists, and others who will have an impact on the development of the new third generation of mobile telephones.
*Carefully and wittily written by a senior research scientist at Telenor, Norway's largest telecommunications company, and developer of the first mobile telephone system that allowed for international roaming.