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Me and my cell phone : and other essays on technology in everyday life /

Cell phones and the Internet have been the recipients of in-depth research on their increased and rapid integration into everyday life and the innovative appropriations associated with them in many societies. The cell phone has attracted particular attention in its perceived abilities to both enhanc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Powell, Crystal
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Pub., 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Me and My Cell Phone; Before we met; Meeting my baby; Our first friend; Being mugged; My new phone-my enemy; The transition; Our current relationship; The smart phone; Chapter 3 -- Are Mobile Phones the New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa?; Mobile Phones; Talking Drums; Are mobile phones the new talking drums of everyday Africa?; Conclusion; Chapter 4 -- ICTs and the Making and Breaking of Everyday Relations; Chapter 5 -- Telephones, Cell Phones and Vulnerability in a Woman's World. 
505 8 |a Chapter 6 -- Drinks, Bottle Caps and Mobile PhonesChapter 7 -- Social Media as a Tool for Activism; Social Media: a Voice for the People and a Tool for Activism; The Efficiency of Social Media; The Perceived Flaws of Social Media; Techno-social relationships; Conclusion; Chapter 8 -- The Internet and the Cell Phone; The Internet; The Cell phone; The Internet and cell phones as active agents in society; Chapter 9 -- Facebook Is What You Make It; Chapter 10 -- ICTs, Strategy and Coping in the Western Cape; Mobility, Migration, Globalization and Belonging in South Africa. 
505 8 |a Communication and StrategizingChapter 11 -- Baby Steps into Langa Township: Running in Langa; Running, my valued pastime; My first organized event; Getting the hang of it; Running as a private activity; From private to public running; Reactions to my running in Langa; Uncomfortable with all the attention; Bibliography and References; Back cover. 
520 |a Cell phones and the Internet have been the recipients of in-depth research on their increased and rapid integration into everyday life and the innovative appropriations associated with them in many societies. The cell phone has attracted particular attention in its perceived abilities to both enhance and destruct social relationships. Our increased access to social media and to the cell phone has taken social networking to an unprecedented level. These communication technologies are revered by many as great, all-purpose, all-positive communication devices in spite of their flaws. They are overwhelmingly bestowed with agency and superiority. Too often, they are idolized with little regard to how they affect and are affected by their users on a personal level. The mutual shaping between technology and society is not adequately acknowledged. Technologies, in spite of the seemingly endless possibilities offered by their many functions, can quite literally be sterile and useless objects outside of conscious and tangible human effort. Cell phones and the Internet, though undoubtedly capable of providing myriad beneficial opportunities for their users, need at long last to be put in their place. This book is a contribution in that regard. Kindled by her own intimate history with her cell phone and a growing curiosity about ICTs in general, this book is a culmination of Crystal Powellís thoughts, reactions to and interpretations of some of the literature on these technologies. The book draws on and critically reviews contributions by some leading authors on the social shaping of ICTs and social media to offer a more nuanced and complex understanding of technology in relation to those who use and are used by it. 
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