Socio-cultural Aspects of Mobile Communication Technologies in Asia and the Pacific: a Discussion of the Recent Literature

Abstract

The article presents a discussion of recent literatures on the socio-cultural aspects of mobile communication technologies in Asia and the Pacific. These include the comparative survey of mobile communications media conducted by M. Castells, M. Fernandez-Ardevol, J. Qiu, and A. Sey, titled "The Mobile Communication Society: a Cross-cultural Analysis of Available Evidence on the Social Uses of Wireless Communication Technology." Also discussed is the research conducted by G. Goggin titled "Cell-phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life."; The article presents a discussion of recent literatures on the socio-cultural aspects of mobile communication technologies in Asia and the Pacific. These include the comparative survey of mobile communications media conducted by M. Castells, M. Fernandez-Ardevol, J. Qiu, and A. Sey, titled "The Mobile Communication Society: a Cross-cultural Analysis of Available Evidence on the Social Uses of Wireless Communication Technology." Also discussed is the research conducted by G. Goggin titled "Cell-phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life."