Mobile Communications: An Introduction to New Media
Nicola Green and Leslie Haddon
Product Description
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.
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 Dept of Sociology, University of Surrey.
Leslie Haddon is Researcher and Associate Lecturer in the Dept of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Sciences.
Citation:
Green, N., & Haddon, L. (2009). Mobile communications:
An introduction to new media. New York, NY: Berg.
