Towards a mobile network society

One of the most salient changes in modern societies is the rapid uptake of mobile information and communication technologies (ICT). In a broad range of areas this technology transform the way people live their lives, how they interact and the way they elaborate their social networks. As a result modern societies are increasingly clustered around interconnected, ICT supported, social networks. This blogg present result from ongoing research that explores how mobile technology is used to establish and support small-scale social networks around the world.

Monday, April 13, 2009


This new anthology is the first of a number of planned volumes by Transaction Publishers discussing mobile phones impact on sociey. This first volume edited by Rich Ling and Scott Campbell include articles on a number of topics including: mobile phones and urban development, migrant workers use of mobile phones; non verbal cues in text messaging; transformations in everyday social communications; trust and mobile phone use; and mobile phone sharing, and more.
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