Mobile Communication

Abstract

Mobile communication here is defined as the ability to communicate with others when on the move using communicative devices that connect wirelessly to public communication networks, which can be supported by an electric, cellular, or radio infrastructure. Such technologies can include mobile phones (also called cellular phones or cell phones), as well as, more recently, other Internet-based devices such as smartphones, laptops, and iPads. In order to understand mobile communication, an understanding of the sociotechnical context is needed – both the history of the device that mediates such communication and the social impacts of such communication devices on human interaction.