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Cell phone culture : mobile technology in everyday life /

Goggin, Gerard, 1964-

Cell phone culture : mobile technology in everyday life / Gerard Goggin. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - xiii, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-245) and index.

Introduction : what do you mean 'cell phone culture'? -- Making voice portable : the early history of the cell phone -- Cool phone : Nokia, networks, and identity -- Txt msg : the rise and rise of messaging cultures -- Cellular disability : consumption, design, and access -- Mobile panic : health, manners, and our youth -- Intimate connections : sex, celebrity, and the cell phone -- On mobile photography : camera phones, moblogging, and new visual cultures -- The third screen : mobile Internet and television -- Next gen mobile : 3G, 4G, and the return of location -- Conclusion : mobiles as media.

0415367433 (hbk : alk. paper) 9780415367431 (hbk) 0415367441 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780415367448 (pbk.)

2006006442

GBA642514 bnb

013454873 Uk


Information technology--Social aspects.
Information society.
Cell phone systems.
Mobile communication systems.

HM851 / .G645 2006

303.48/330904

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