Mobile communication: national and comparative perspectives

Katz, James E.; Aakhus, Mark

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511489471.003

Cited by 22 publications

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“…This closeness can also be encouraged by the technology itself, inviting participants to perform their relationship in front of the camera (Gómez Cruz & Miguel, 2014). Moreover, sharing visuals assumes crucial functions for creating a sense of intimacy (Lobinger, 2016b), for example, when they are exchanged for the sake of "perpetual contact" (Katz & Aakhus, 2002), typically in regular and highly ritualized forms (Kofoed, 2018). This "visual chitchat" (Villi, 2012) can include greetings in the morning and sharing pictures of meals or the sunset on the way home from work.…”

Section: Mediated and Visualized Social Interaction In Close Relation...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Baked bunnies, couple selfies, and video-call gardening

Tarnutzer¹,

Lobinger

Lucchesi³

2023

MedieKultur

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The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has had manifold societal implications. This paper reflects on the role of visual communication for maintaining relationship stability in couple relationships during the first wave of the pandemic, which we understand as a circumstantial turning point. The analysis is based on qualitative interviews with couples before, during, and after the first wave of COVID-19 in Switzerland, complemented by creative visual methods, follow-up surveys, and video calls. Our results show that visual practices are embedded in rather stable communication repertoires of couples during their relationship maintenance phase. Our study also points to the simultaneous use of a variety of visual practices, which led to a high “visual saturation”. These visual practices were found to contribute to relationship stability by reinforcing intimacy, a key factor in couple relationships, thereby shielding the relationships from circumstantial change.

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Section: Mediated and Visualized Social Interaction In Close Relation...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Baked bunnies, couple selfies, and video-call gardening

Tarnutzer¹,

Lobinger

Lucchesi³

2023

MedieKultur

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“…As with other information and communication technologies, mobile phones and smartphones have become an essential part of the 'social', reconfiguring how people experience and understand the world as well as how they act in it (Katz and Aakhus, 2002;Miller et al, 2021;Yan, 2017). Such changes occur, at least in part, due to the affordances of these devices -their functional, material and relational aspects, which both constrain and enable their possible meanings and uses (Hutchby, 2001).…”

Section: Mobile Phones In Everyday Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

How and Why People Use Mobile Phones Near Bedtime and in Bed: Israelis’ Narratives of Digitally Enabled Sleepful Sociality

Zarhin

2023

Sociology

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Although prior studies have examined the impact of smartphone use on sleep and there is a growing interest in the interface between mobile phones and society, researchers know little about how and why people use mobile phones before bedtime and in bed. The current research explores this question by drawing on data from sleep diaries and in-depth interviews with 66 Israelis. The results show that the human–mobile phone sleep assemblage generates agentic capacities that allow individuals to engage in a digitally enabled form of what I call sleepful sociality – a sociality marked by sleep. Through the use of mobile phones, individuals create, maintain and/or detach from social relations and fulfil social obligations near bedtime and during sleep, while also trying to facilitate and protect their own and their bed partner’s sleep. These findings enhance the understanding of how technology is enmeshed with sociality and creates new ways of being social.

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“…In the ICTD literature, in line with Jonathan Donner's book ‘After Access’ (2015), another recent strand of studies focus more specifically on effective uses and diverse forms of appropriation of mobile phones in Africa. Despite the availability of mobile services, they are not always used as expected, and yet, acknowledging how individuals use mobile phones is essential to understanding the channels through which such devices can impact development outcomes, notably firms' economic performances (Avle et al, 2020; Donner, 2015; Katz & Aakhus, 2002). In this paper we combine both perspectives.…”

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confidence: 99%