The cell phone : an anthropology of communication /

The book traces the impact of the cell phone from personal issues of loneliness and depression to the global concerns of the modern economy and the trans-national family. As the technology of social networking, the cell phone has become central to establishing and maintaining relationships in areas...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Horst, Heather A.
Other Authors: Miller, Daniel, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2006.
Subjects:
Cell phones > Jamaica.
Cell phones > Social aspects > Jamaica.
Cell phones > Jamaica > Psychological aspects.
Téléphones cellulaires > Jamaïque.
Téléphones cellulaires > Aspect social > Jamaïque.
Téléphones cellulaires > Jamaïque > Aspect psychologique.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mobile & Wireless Communications.
Cell phones
Cell phones > Social aspects
Mobile Telekommunikation
Soziologie
Anthropologie
Jamaica
Jamaika
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on orthography
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Infrastructure
  • 3. Locations
  • 4. Possession
  • 5. Link-up
  • 6. Coping
  • 7. Pressure
  • 8. Welfare
  • 9. Evaluation
  • Notes
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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