Mobile communication : bringing us together and tearing us apart /
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| Imprint: | New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2011. |
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| Description: | x, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8448905 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Mobile Communication: Bringing Us Together and Tearing Us Apart
- 2. Mobile Symbiosis: A Precursor to Public Risk-Taking Behavior?
- 3. Mobile Specters of Intimacy: A Case Study of Women and Mobile Intimacy
- 4. (Im)mobile Mobility: Marginal Youth and Mobile Phones in Beijing
- 5. Mobiles Are Not That Personal: The Unexpected Consequences of the Accountability, Accessibility, and Transparency Afforded by Mobile Telephony
- 6. Mobile Communication in Intimate Relationships: Relationship Development and the Multiple Dialectics of Couples' Media Usage and Communication
- 7. Bonds and Bridges: Mobile Phone Use and Social Capital Debates
- 8. Extended Sociability and Relational Capital Management: Interweaving ICTs and Social Relations
- 9. Network and Mobile Sociality in Personal Communities: Exploring Personal Networks of ICT Users
- 10. There's an Off-line Community on the Line!
- 11. Mobile Social Networking: Learning from Tourists' Use of CB Radio in the Australian Outback
- 12. Generation Disconnections: Youth Culture and Mobile Communication
- 13. Interpersonal Communication beyond Geographical Constraints: A Case of College Students Who Maintain Geographically Dispersed Relationships
- 14. ôI Love You, Manö: Drunk Dialing Motives and Their Impact on Social Cohesion
- 15. Conclusion: Connecting and Disconnecting through Mobile Communication
- About the Contributors
- Index
