'This book is timely and much needed, considering that most of us are now permanently connected with others via mobile phones.' Sonja Utz, Prometheus
Introduction; 1. Social ecology and personal media; 2. The social construction of technology; 3. Theoretical perspectives on personal media and relationships; 4. Niche, media displacement, and multimodal relationships; 5. Mode comparison and coexistence; 6. Three ways of seeing social media; 7. Five enduring tensions in personal media; 8. Digital stress; 9. Social displacement; 10. Connectivity and connection.