Mobile Communications: An Introduction to New Media (Berg New Media Series)

Green, Nicola,Haddon, Leslie

ISBN 10: 1845208137 / ISBN 13: 9781845208134

Published by Bloomsbury 3PL, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mobile Communications: An Introduction to New Media (Berg New Media Series)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845208137
• ISBN 13: 9781845208134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The mobile phone has achieved a global presence faster than any other form of information and communication technology. A global multi-billion dollar industry, this small, mundane device is now an intrinsic part of our everyday life.
This communications medium has had an immense social and cultural impact and continues to evolve. Talking, texting, photographing, videoing, connecting to a network of other media - the cellphone now seems essential. But, beyond the ways in which it has actively restructured our daily lives, the mobile has changed our sense of ourselves and the way we see the world. The relationship between public and private space, how we view time and space, how we rely on and negotiate social networks - all are increasingly centred on this small piece of technology.
Mobile Communications presents a succinct, challenging, and accessible overview of the transformations and challenges presented by this most personal, yet most overlooked technology.

About the Authors

NICOLA GREEN is Senior Lecturer in New Media and New Technologies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey.

Leslie Haddon is a Guest Lecturer and Visiting Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.