Mobile Communication and Society : A Global Perspective.
Title:
Mobile Communication and Society : A Global Perspective.
Author:
Castells, Manuel.
ISBN:
9780262255882
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (346 pages)
Contents:
List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Opening: Our Networks, Our Lives -- 1 The Diffusion of Wireless Communication in the World -- 2 The Social Differentiation of Wireless Communication Users: Age, Gender, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status -- 3 Communication and Mobility in Everyday Life -- 4 The Mobile Youth Culture -- 5 The Space of Flows, Timeless Time, and Mobile Networks -- 6 The Language of Wireless Communication -- 7 The Mobile Civil Society: Social Movements, Political Power, and Communication Networks -- 8 Wireless Communication and Global Development: New Issues, New Strategies -- Conclusion: The Mobile Network Society -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
How wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world -- in everyday work and life, in youth culture, in politics, and in the developing world.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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