Cultural Studies of Mobile Communication

Abstract

(from the chapter) Despite the widespread take-up and use of mobile communications, their cultural dimensions have not received the sustained critical attention they merit. One reason for this is that culture, even more so than society, was neglected when it came to the telephone (except studies such as Katz 1999, and Martin 1991). In this chapter, I provide an overview of cultural studies of mobile communication and discuss the issues studies in the area have raised. I also suggest what is pressing in terms of new research on cultural aspects of mobiles. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved)