Front Matter

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgment ix
4. Transcription Conventions xi
5. Introduction 1
6. New Social Scenarios 13
7. Speaking Objects, Acting Words: New Communication Practices 31
8. Life Stories of Technologies in Everyday Life 58
9. Now Playing: Mobiles, Discourses, and Advertising 78
10. Language, Interaction, and Mobile Culture: Field Research among Teenagers 102
11. Displaying Identities in Urban Space: How Do Young People Talk on Mobile Phones? 122
12. Mobile Culture in Everyday Life: Teenagers Talking on Their Mobiles 142
13. SMS in Everyday Life: Ethnography of a Secret Language 178
14. Intergenerational Communication: Changes, Constants, and New Models 198
15. Mobile Communication as Social Performance: New Ethics, New Politeness, New Aesthetics 217
16. Notes 239
17. Bibliography 253
18. Index 263