Mobile Communication and Society

Castells, Manuel; Fernández-Ardèvol, Mireia; Qiu, Jack Linchuan; Sey, Araba

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“…All of these concepts suggest that the device is a tool of the intimate sphere. Castells et al (2007), Miyata (2006), Igarashi et al (2005), Ishii (2006), Reid and Reid (2005), and Hampton each discuss the way in which social cohesion is developed and maintained via the mobile phone. Hampton et al show that mobile phone use increases the size of an individual's core social network (2011).…”

Section: Social Cohesionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…More recently, there has been the development of theoretical insights that again can help in the framing of future analyses (Castells et al, 2007;Geser, 2004;Katz and Aakhus, 2002;Ling, 2008Ling, , 2012Wellman, 2002). Many of these approaches were developed with the assumption that mobile communication was an untethered version of landline telephony with perhaps the addition of texting.…”

Section: Current and Emerging Directions In Theory And Researchmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Mobile Communication

Ling¹

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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This article is a review of mobile communication from a social perspective. It sets out a discussion of the definition of mobile communication considering different ways to consider this phenomenon. It is followed by an analysis of current and emerging directions in mobile communication research. This includes an examination of how the mobile phone allows for individual addressability and the interlacing of activities. These characteristics of the mobile phone mean that it can be used for nuanced microcoordination. Mobile communication has been adopted by different groups in different ways. This article examines three of these groups, namely, business use, teens, and among women in developing countries. The article considers the development of location-based services, the ways in which the mobile phone develops social cohesion, and how it is becoming a structural part of social interaction. Finally, the article considers several methodological issues associated with the mobile phone.

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Section: Social Cohesionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Current and Emerging Directions In Theory And Researchmentioning

confidence: 97%

Mobile Communication

Ling¹

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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“…The unlinking eye (Castells, Mireia-Fernandez, Qiu, & Sey, 2006) is a reference to the constant monitoring of physical or electronic movements and activities of people. In most cases people are aware of company monitoring activities in the US, EU, and the UK However; this is not always the case as was exposed about the covert monitoring of employees at Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Telekom and other companies (c.f.…”

Section: Monitoring: the Unblinking Eyementioning

confidence: 99%

A field study of corporate employee monitoring: Attitudes, absenteeism, and the moderating influences of procedural justice perceptions

Workman

2009

Information and Organization

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“…Cell Phones and Communication within the Family Castells et al (2006) write: Ban unprecedented phenomenon has emerged that almost all family members of a large number of households are networked at all times^(p. 89). This understanding of cell phone communication within the home has led to a number of studies exploring the ways that family members have used mobile phones within a family context (Ling and Yttri 2002;Devitt and Roker 2009;Madianou and Miller 2011;Carvahlo et al 2015).…”

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Explaining African-American Cell Phone Usage Through the Social Shaping of Technology Approach

Graham

Choi

2015

J Afr Am St

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African-Americans have been understood to be on the wrong side of the Bdigital divide^. Yet, African-Americans exhibit high rates of cell phone usage. This study attempts to explain this trend by applying a social shaping of technology approach. High rates by African-Americans are hypothesized to be powered by the cultural expectations of communicating with family and friends. Using nationally representative data, several conclusions were drawn. First, AfricanAmericans have higher rates of cell phone usage for calling and texting, but not Internet usage. This holds after controlling for various factors associated with cell phone usage. Second, there is evidence that the high rate of usage by Hispanics is also grounded in cultural expectations. Finally, race and family structure interact to produce high rates of phone calling, but do not interact to produce high rates of texting.

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Mobile Communication and Society

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A field study of corporate employee monitoring: Attitudes, absenteeism, and the moderating influences of procedural justice perceptions

Explaining African-American Cell Phone Usage Through the Social Shaping of Technology Approach

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