Theories of the mobile internet materialities and imaginaries

This volume proposes the mobile Internet is best understood as a socio-technical "assemblage" of objects, practices, symbolic representations, experiences and affects. Authors from a variety of disciplines discuss practices mediated through mobile communication, including current phone and...

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Weitere Verfasser: Herman, Andrew (HerausgeberIn), Hadlaw, Jan (BerichterstatterIn), Swiss, Thomas (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY u.a. Routledge 2015
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture 24
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Zusammenfassung:This volume proposes the mobile Internet is best understood as a socio-technical "assemblage" of objects, practices, symbolic representations, experiences and affects. Authors from a variety of disciplines discuss practices mediated through mobile communication, including current phone and tablet devices. The converging concepts of Materialities (ranging from the political economy of communication to physical devices) and Imaginaries (including cultural values, desires and perceptions) are touchstones for each of the chapters in the book.
"This volume proposes the mobile Internet is best understood as a socio-technical "assemblage" of objects, practices, symbolic representations, experiences and affects. Authors from a variety of disciplines discuss practices mediated through mobile communication, including current phone and tablet devices. The converging concepts of Materialities (ranging from the political economy of communication to physical devices) and Imaginaries (including cultural values, desires and perceptions) are touchstones for each of the chapters in the book"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VIII, 260 S
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ISBN:9780415731003
978-0-415-73100-3