The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communication

ISBN-13: 9781845204006 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 224 str.

Heather Horst; Daniel Miller

Opis

The book traces the impact of the cell phone from personal issues of loneliness and depression to the global concerns of the modern economy and the trans-national family. As the technology of social networking, the cell phone has become central to establishing and maintaining relationships in areas from religion to love. The Cell Phone presents the first detailed ethnography of the impact of this new technology through the exploration of the cell phone's role in everyday lives.

Recenzje

A landmark in mobile phone studies that will appeal to a wide audience and that is likely to frame debates in this field for some time to come. - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Spis treści

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Infrastructure Chapter Three: Locations Chapter Four: Possession Chapter Five: Link-Up Chapter Six: Coping Chapter Seven: Pressure Chapter Eight: Welfare Chapter Nine: Evaluation

O autorze

Daniel Miller teaches in the Department of Anthropology, University College London. Heather A Horst is Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for New Media, University of California Berkeley.