E-Book, Englisch, 222 Seiten
Hamill / Lasen Mobile World
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-84628-204-1
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Past, Present and Future
E-Book, Englisch, 222 Seiten
Reihe: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
ISBN: 978-1-84628-204-1
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
There is a growing body of interesting research exploring the social shaping of mobile phones, covering a wide range of topics, from new forms of communication, to the changes in time organization, the uses of public places, the display of emotions and the formation and sustaining of communities. This book evaluates the launch and adoption of mobile phones, drawing out lessons for the future. In particular, it explores how social scientists can collaborate with designers and engineers in the development of new devices and uses. It will interest people from both industry and academia. Those working in the mobile communications industry in strategy, design and marketing will find this book of particular interest. In academia, undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers in a wide range of social science fields will find it a useful reference: sociologists, economists, psychologists in areas such as Science and Technology studies; Cultural studies and New Media studies.
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1;Contributors;5
2;Contents;7
3;Introduction: Digital Revolution – Mobile Revolution?;9
4;Part 1 Lessons from the Past;18
4.1;1 Mobile Telephony: Realising the Dream of Ideal Communication?;19
4.2;2 History Repeating? A Comparison of the Launch and Uses of Fixed and Mobile Phones;37
4.3;3 Kids will be Kids: The Role of Mobiles in Teenage Life;69
4.4;4 An SMS History;83
5;Part 2 Present Uses;101
5.1;5 Emotional Attachment to Mobile Phones: An Extraordinary Relationship;103
5.2;6 Textmates and Text Circles: Insights into the Social Ecology of SMS Text Messaging;113
5.3;7 Appropriating Tools and Shaping Activities: The Use of PDAs in the Workplace;127
6;Part 3 How to Study the Future;149
6.1;8 Different Directions in the Mobile Internet: Analysing Mobile Internet Services in Japan and Europe;151
6.2;9 Context Perspectives for Scenarios and Research Development in Mobile Systems;169
6.3;10 Instant Messaging and Presence Services: Mobile Future, CSCW and Ethnography;203
7;Index;223
