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11 - Mobile culture of children and teenagers in Finland
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- 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
- Edited by James E. Katz, Rutgers University, New Jersey, Mark Aakhus, Rutgers University, New Jersey
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- Book:
- Perpetual Contact
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- 22 September 2009
- Print publication:
- 21 March 2002, pp 170-192
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Summary
Introduction
It took me exactly two weeks to collect these hundred messages. And that wasn't even all of them!! … I didn't really censor them. There are arguments and clearing up misunderstandings, stuff like that. But a lot of it is just “pointless” messaging, when the person you're sending messages to may be nearby or you've just been writing about something totally unnecessary just for fun. On the other hand, there is a lot of agreeing on when and where to meet and stuff like that. What can I say about them?! Your basic everyday messaging. Boring really. There, another hundred messages up. I didn't remember to write down nearly all of them. (This month I sent 283 messages and received about the same number.) The most important reason for messaging is us getting to know the boys next door and short messaging with them. Most of the messages are pretty unnecessary, but fun – I've really enjoyed reading them!!
Girl, 15, northern Finland, in a letter to a researcherIt was 1995 when private individuals in Finland first sent short text messages with their mobile telephones. A text message is a short message sent from one mobile phone to another or from an operator to a mobile phone subscription via the short messaging service (SMS). The SMS, developed as a side product to other mobile communication services, was expected to remain overshadowed by mobile calls. The use of SMS, however, has surpassed all expectations.