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Displacing Place

Mobile Communication in the Twenty-first Century

by Sharon Kleinman (Volume editor)
©2007 Textbook XII, 252 Pages
Series: Digital Formations, Volume 42

Summary

Displacing Place: Mobile Communication in the Twenty-first Century addresses the innovative, unanticipated, and far-reaching ways that mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) are altering how we work, play, and relate to one another. This extraordinary collection of new essays by leading scholars and professionals from a range of disciplines reveals the effects, implications, and future of mobile communication in a reader-friendly balance of theoretical and empirical chapters. Displacing Place is a vital book for students, scholars, professionals, and all readers interested in social and technological trends in the twenty-first century.

Details

Pages
XII, 252
Publication Year
2007
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820486598
Language
English
Keywords
Mobile communication Networked technology Computer mediated communication Telekommunikation Aufsatzsammlung Multitasking Sociology of technology Mobility Gesellschaft Globalization
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2007. XII, 252 pp.

Biographical notes

Sharon Kleinman (Volume editor)

The Editor: Sharon Kleinman is Professor of Communications at Quinnipiac University. Her research focuses on the history and social implications of communication technologies and on issues concerning online and place-based communities. She holds a B.A. in English and American literature from Brandeis University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in communication from Cornell University.

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