| Description |
xvii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Preface: The Irresistible Calling -- 1. The "Miracle-Phone" -- 2. Information on the Move -- 3. World Wide Spiderweb -- 4. The Mobile Hearth -- 5. The Drawbacks of Always Being in Touch -- 6. The Social Intruder -- 7. Kids on the Hook -- 8. More than a Conversation Piece: Texting, Texting, 1, 2, 3... -- 9. Leapfrogging Landlines and the Digital Divide -- 10. The Cellphone at War -- 11. Future Calls |
| Summary |
"Although the Internet takes us everywhere in cyberspace, it usually requires us to be seated behind a desk. In contrast, the cellphone lets us walk through the world fully connected. Cellphone explores the history of mobility in media - from books to cameras to transistor radios to laptops - and examines the unique impact of a device that sits in a pocket or palm and lets us converse by voice or text." "Cellphone considers how this new dual edge of accessibility transforms restaurants, public transport, automobiles, romance, literacy, parent-child relationships, war, and indeed all walks of life, trivial and profound. Like an organic cell that moves, evolves, combines with other cells, and generates, the cellphone has become a complex sparkplug of human life."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes anotated bibliography : pages [181]-214 |
| Subject |
Cell phone systems -- Popular works.
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Cell phones -- Popular works.
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| LC no. |
2003066366 |
| ISBN |
1403960410 |
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1403960410 hardback |
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1403960410 hardback |
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1403960410 hardback |
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