Displacing Place: Mobile Communication in the Twenty-first Century (Digital Formations) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820486604 ISBN 13: 9780820486604

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Displacing Place: Mobile Communication in the Twenty-first Century addresses the innovative, unanticipated, and far-reaching ways that mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) are altering how we work, play, and relate to one another. This extraordinary collection of new essays by leading scholars and professionals from a range of disciplines reveals the effects, implications, and future of mobile communication in a reader-friendly balance of theoretical and empirical chapters. Displacing Place is a vital book for students, scholars, professionals, and all readers interested in social and technological trends in the twenty-first century.

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About the Author

The Editor: Sharon Kleinman is Professor of Communications at Quinnipiac University. Her research focuses on the history and social implications of communication technologies and on issues concerning online and place-based communities. She holds a B.A. in English and American literature from Brandeis University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in communication from Cornell University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820486604
• ISBN 13: 9780820486604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: Kleinman Sharon