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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.

This book examines the social consequences of mobile communication in the era of the smartphone and how the smartphone has positively and negatively impacted society.

One of the most significant and obvious examples of how mobile communication influences our understanding of time and space is how we coordinate with one another. Mobile communication enables us to call specific individuals, not general places. This book deals with modern ways of thinking about communication and human interaction.

With staggering swiftness, the mobile phone has become a fixture of daily life in almost every society on earth. In 2007, the world had over 3 billion mobile subscriptions. Prosperous nations boast of having more subscriptions than people. In the developing world, hundreds of millions of people who could never afford a landline telephone now have a mobile number of their own. With a mobile in our hand many of us feel safer, more productive, an...

Mobile Communications: Renegotiation of the Social Sphere surveys some of the broader issues associated with the adoption and use of mobile communication, and explores developing areas of inquiry. Mobile communications are looked at in the context of other types of mediated interaction (e-mail, instant messaging, Wi-Fi, landline telephone etc.), thus demonstrating the uniqueness of this form of communication and how it is influencing the reneg...

A critical overview of one of the most pervasive digital technologies in the contemporary world. Written by two leading researchers in the field, with international renown and both industrial and academic experience.

One of the most significant and obvious examples of how mobile communication influences our understanding of time and space is how we coordinate with one another. This book deals with modern ways of thinking about communication and human interaction. It illuminate the ways in which mobile communication alters our experience with space and time.