Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Foreword 9
4. Introduction 11
5. Section One—Cultural Identities
6. Is the cell phone undermining the social order? Understanding mobile technology from a sociological perspective 23
7. The social and economic implications of mobile telephony in Rwanda: An ownership/access typology 37
8. Postal presence: A case study of mobile customisation and gender in Melbourne 53
9. The age of the thumb: A cultural reading of mobile technologies from Asia 67
10. Communication problems 89
11. From teenage life to Victorian morals and back: Technological change and teenage life 101
12. Section Two—Mobile Personalities
13. Emotional attachment and mobile phones 117
14. The mobile phone and the dynamic between private and public communication: Results of an international exploratory study 123
15. The role of interspace in sustaining identity 137
16. The mobile phone as technological artefact 149
17. The mobile telephone as a return to unalienated communication 161
18. Mobile communication and the transformation of daily life: The next phase of research on mobiles 171
19. Section Three—Industry Perspectives
20. Facing the future, changing customer needs 185
21. Loading mobile phones in a multi-option society 189
22. Mobile mania, mobile manners 199
23. Your life in snapshots: Mobile weblogs (moblogs) 211
24. Designing the future: Fables from the mobile telecoms industry 225
25. The future of mobile in the 3G era 235
26. Mythology and mobile data 251
27. Conclusion—Delphi Report
28. People, mobiles and society. Concluding insights from an international expert survey 261
29. Notes on Contributors 289
30. Backmatter 294