Publication

2008-03-31 - The MIT Press

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007022315
  • Goodreads2336141
  • LibraryThing4691682

Classifications

  • LCCHE9713 .M43 2008

Description

"The message of this book is simple: the mobile phone strengthens social bonds among family and friends. In New Tech, New Ties, Rich Ling examines how the mobile telephone affects both kinds of interactions - those mediated by mobile communication and those that are face to face. Ling finds that through the use of various social rituals the mobile telephone strengthens social ties within the circle of friends and family - sometimes at the expense of interaction with those who are physically present - and creates what he calls "bounded solidarity.""--Jacket.

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