Perpetual Contact: Mobile Communication, Private Talk, Public Performance

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511489471

The spread of mobile communication, most obtrusively as cell phones but increasingly in other wireless devices, is affecting people's lives and relationships to a previously unthought-of extent. Mobile phones, which are fast becoming ubiquitous, affect either directly or indirectly every aspect of our personal and professional lives. They have transformed social practices and changed the way we do business, yet surprisingly little serious academic work has been done on them. This 2002 book, with contributions from the foremost researchers in the field, studies the impact of the mobile phone on contemporary society from a social scientific perspective. Providing a comprehensive overview of mobile phones and social interaction, it comprises an introduction covering the key issues, a series of unique national studies and a final section examining specific issues.

‘This is a surprising subject for an edited collection even in the so-called digital age, but it is one that is covered well … this collection will promote further debate in fields concerning the social construction of technologies, communications and media.’

Source: Work, Employment & Society

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of figures
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List of tables
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Notes on the contributors
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Preface and acknowledgments
pp xx-xxiv
- By James E. Katz, Professor of Communication Rutgers University, Mark A. Aakhus, Assistant Professor of Communication Rutgers University
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1 - Introduction: framing the issues
pp 1-14
- By James E. Katz, Professor of Communication Rutgers University, Mark A. Aakhus, Assistant Professor of Communication Rutgers University
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PART I - Mobile communication: national and comparative perspectives
pp 15-18
- By James E. Katz, Professor of Communication Rutgers University, Mark A. Aakhus, Assistant Professor of Communication Rutgers University
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2 - Finland: a mobile culture
pp 19-29
- By Jukka-Pekka Puro, PhD Docent and Programme Manager Business Research and Development Centre, Institute for Executive Education, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland
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3 - Israel: chutzpah and chatter in the Holy Land
pp 30-41
- By Amit Schejter, Communication department, Tel Aviv University, Akiba Cohen, Chair of the Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University
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4 - Italy: stereotypes, true and false
pp 42-62
- By Leopoldina Fortunati, Teaches sociology of mass communications and sociology of education Faculty of Sciences of Education of the University of Trieste
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5 - Korea: personal meanings
pp 63-79
- By Shin Dong Kim
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6 - United States: popular, pragmatic and problematic
pp 80-93
- By Kathleen A. Robbins, General Manager of Cellular, One of East Central Illinois USA, Martha A. Turner, PhD Student Rutgers University in the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
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7 - France: preserving the image
pp 94-109
- By Christian Licoppe, Head of the social and cognitive sciences laboratory CNET, France Telecom's R&D center, Jean-Philippe Heurtin, Researcher in the social and cognitive sciences laboratory CNET, a major R&D center associated with France Telecom
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8 - The Netherlands and the USA compared
pp 110-125
- By Enid Mante, Project leader of a EURESCOM
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9 - Bulgaria: mobile phones as post-communist cultural icons
pp 126-136
- By Valentin Varbanov, Professional electrical engineer who is the head of his own consulting company Ruse, Bulgaria
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PART II - Private talk: interpersonal relations and micro-behavior
pp 137-138
- By James E. Katz, Professor of Communication Rutgers University, Mark A. Aakhus, Assistant Professor of Communication Rutgers University
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10 - Hyper-coordination via mobile phones in Norway
pp 139-169
- By Richard Ling, Sociologist at Telenor's research institute Kjeller, Norway, Birgitte Yttri, Sociologist at Telenor Research Institute Outside Oslo, Norway
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11 - Mobile culture of children and teenagers in Finland
pp 170-192
- By Eija-Liisa Kasesniemi, Researcher VTT Information Technology, Human Interaction Technologies, Pirjo Rautiainen, Research project “Mobile Phone Culture of Children and Teenagers in Finland” Information Society Research Center at the University of Tampere
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12 - Pretense of intimacy in France
pp 193-205
- By Chantal De Gournay, France Telecom Research
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13 - Mobile phone consumption and concepts of personhood
pp 206-222
- By Dawn Nafus, Social anthropology PhD candidate University of Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, Karina Tracey, Longitudinal project Consumer lifestyles, behavior and attitudes in households in Britain
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PART III - Public performance: social groups and structures
pp 223-226
- By James E. Katz, Professor of Communication Rutgers University, Mark A. Aakhus, Assistant Professor of Communication Rutgers University
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14 - The challenge of absent presence
pp 227-241
- By Kenneth J. Gergen, Professor Swarthmore College, USA
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15 - From mass society to perpetual contact: models of communication technologies in social context
pp 242-254
- By James B. Rule, State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook, USA
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16 - Mobiles and the Norwegian teen: identity, gender and class
pp 255-273
- By Berit Skog, Associate Professor Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim
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17 - The telephone comes to a Filipino village
pp 274-283
- By Georg Strøm, Usability coordinator L. M. Ericsson A/S
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18 - Beginnings in the telephone
pp 284-300
- By Emanuel A. Schegloff, Lectured widely United States and Europe
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19 - Conclusion: making meaning of mobiles – a theory of Apparatgeist
pp 301-318
- By James E. Katz, Professor of Communication Rutgers University, Mark A. Aakhus, Assistant professor of communication at Rutgers
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Appendixes
pp 319-320
- By James E. Katz, Professor of Communication Rutgers University, Mark A. Aakhus, Assistant Professor of Communication Rutgers University
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A - On “Opening sequencing”: a framing statement
pp 321-325
- By Emanuel A. Schegloff
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