Cell phone culture : mobile technology in everyday life / Gerard Goggin.

Author/creator Goggin, Gerard, 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Descriptionxiii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Contents Introduction : what do you mean 'cell phone culture'? -- Making voice portable : the early history of the cell phone -- Cool phone : Nokia, networks, and identity -- Txt msg : the rise and rise of messaging cultures -- Cellular disability : consumption, design, and access -- Mobile panic : health, manners, and our youth -- Intimate connections : sex, celebrity, and the cell phone -- On mobile photography : camera phones, moblogging, and new visual cultures -- The third screen : mobile Internet and television -- Next gen mobile : 3G, 4G, and the return of location -- Conclusion : mobiles as media.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-245) and index.
LCCN 2006006442
ISBN0415367433 (hbk)
ISBN0415367441 (pbk.)
ISBN9780415367431
ISBN9780415367448