Mobile Communication covers a wide range of topics. These
include the replacement of co-present interaction with mediated
contact and analysis of mobile-based cohesion and gender. The
authors also explore the role of media choice and its effect on the
quality as well as quantity of social cohesion. Other topics
include mobile communication and communities of interest; and
mobile communication, cohesion, and youth.
This volume brings together scholars from around the world to
consider how mobile communication both builds and destroys our
sense of social cohesion. There is no question that uses of
technology can lead to increased cohesion within personal
communities. For example, this volume includes research on caravan
couples in Australia, factory workers in China, young couples in
Germany, citizens in Slovenia, and sports clubs in Ireland. It also
includes research on drunken calls between university students in
the US, calls of international students in Switzerland and
communications between immigrant women in Melbourne, Australia.
However, the contributors also argue that as social networks
become inundated with mobile communication users, these users may
become increasingly isolated and social division can ensue.
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