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Tantalisingly close : an archaeology of communication desires in discourses of mobile wireless media /

A number of recent studies of mobile wireless communication devices focus on use values, social implications, changing norms and ethics, conversation strategies and culture-dependent domestication. De Vries proposes to venture into a more historical and comparative direction to shed light on our pre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Vries, Imar O. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.
Colección:MediaMatters.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A number of recent studies of mobile wireless communication devices focus on use values, social implications, changing norms and ethics, conversation strategies and culture-dependent domestication. De Vries proposes to venture into a more historical and comparative direction to shed light on our preoccupation with them in the first place. He constructs an expanded archaeological view of the development, marketing, and reception of communication technologies over the past 200 years, providing a comprehensive account of how persistent paradoxical desires for sublime communication have come to gi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (214 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789048514915
9048514916
9089643540
9789089643544
Acceso:Open Access