Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)This book is an excellent introduction to the effects of mobile communication in contemporary society.
It has abundant worlwide facts, references, and sociological analysis. Furthermore, in has some really bright passages on the spatial and political consequences of new mediums of communication.
Click Here to see more reviews about: Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective (Information Revolution and Global Politics)
Wireless networks are the fastest growing communications technology inhistory. Are mobile phones expressions of identity, fashionable gadgets, tools forlife--or all of the above? Mobile Communication and Society looks at how thepossibility of multimodal communication from anywhere to anywhere at any timeaffects everyday life at home, at work, and at school, and raises broader concernsabout politics and culture both global and local.Drawing on data gathered fromaround the world, the authors explore who has access to wireless technology, andwhy, and analyze the patterns of social differentiation seen in unequal access. Theyexplore the social effects of wireless communication--what it means for family life,for example, when everyone is constantly in touch, or for the idea of an office whenworkers can work anywhere. Is the technological ability to multitask furthercompressing time in our already hurried existence?The authors consider the rise of amobile youth culture based on peer-to-peer networks, with its own language oftexting, and its own values. They examine the phenomenon of flash mobs, and thepossible political implications. And they look at the relationship betweencommunication and development and the possibility that developing countries could"leapfrog" directly to wireless and satellite technology. This sweeping book--movingeasily in its analysis from the United States to China, from Europe to Latin Americaand Africa--answers the key questions about our transformation into a mobile networksociety.
Get 27% OFF
0 comments:
Post a Comment