Permanently Online, Permanently Connected establishes the conceptual grounds needed for a solid understanding of the permanently online/permanently connected phenomena, its causes and consequences, and its applied implications. Due to the diffusion of mobile devices the ways people communicate and interact with each other and use electronic media has changed substantially within a short period of time. This megatrend comes with fundamental challenges to communication, both theoretical and empirical. The book offers a compendium of perspectives and theoretical approaches from leading...