Mobile World (eBook)

Past, Present and Future

Lynne Hamill, Amparo Lasen (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2006
VIII, 218 Seiten
Springer London (Verlag)
9781846282041 (ISBN)

Infos

There is a growing body of interesting research exploring the social shaping of mobile phones, covering a wide range of topics, from new forms of communication, to the changes in time organization, the uses of public places, the display of emotions and the formation and sustaining of communities. This book evaluates the launch and adoption of mobile phones, drawing out lessons for the future. In particular, it explores how social scientists can collaborate with designers and engineers in the development of new devices and uses. It will interest people from both industry and academia. Those working in the mobile communications industry in strategy, design and marketing will find this book of particular interest. In academia, undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers in a wide range of social science fields will find it a useful reference: sociologists, economists, psychologists in areas such as Science and Technology studies; Cultural studies and New Media studies.

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This book brings together the perspectives of key researchers to explore lessons on social shaping, examining what can be learned from the adoption of mobile devices that can be applied to other, newer, digital technologies.Forecasting the impact of new technology is always difficult. Occasionally demand is underestimated, but more often it is overestimated, & at great cost. Digital technology is unlike anything that has gone before, making it particularly difficult to understand its implications for businesses, public services & society in general. By looking at what has happened in the past & now, & offering methods of using this knowledge to look forward, this book will contribute to reducing expensive forecasting errors in the future.Key reading for all those involved with the future of mobile communications, this book is a valuable resource, particularly for advanced undergraduates & postgraduates on Mobile Technology courses, practitioners, & researchers working in mobile communications, CSCW & HCI.

Inhalt

Contributors 5
Contents 7
Introduction: Digital Revolution – Mobile Revolution? 9
Part 1 Lessons from the Past 18
1 Mobile Telephony: Realising the Dream of Ideal Communication? 19
2 History Repeating? A Comparison of the Launch and Uses of Fixed and Mobile Phones 37
3 Kids will be Kids: The Role of Mobiles in Teenage Life 69
4 An SMS History 83
Part 2 Present Uses 101
5 Emotional Attachment to Mobile Phones: An Extraordinary Relationship 103
6 Textmates and Text Circles: Insights into the Social Ecology of SMS Text Messaging 113
7 Appropriating Tools and Shaping Activities: The Use of PDAs in the Workplace 127
Part 3 How to Study the Future 149
8 Different Directions in the Mobile Internet: Analysing Mobile Internet Services in Japan and Europe 151
9 Context Perspectives for Scenarios and Research Development in Mobile Systems 169
10 Instant Messaging and Presence Services: Mobile Future, CSCW and Ethnography 203
Index 223

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.1.2006
• Reihe/Serie: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
• Reihe/Serie: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 218 p. 10 illus.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI)
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
• Schlagworte: Communication • Communication system • Communication Systems • CSCW • Development • ethnography • HCI • Human Computer Interaction • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) • Internet • Marketing • Mobile Communications • Mobile technologies • organization • SMs text messaging • telecommunications
• ISBN-13: 9781846282041 / 9781846282041