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As an example of convergence, the mobile phone-especially in the
form of smartphone-is now ushering in new promises of seamlessness
between engagement with technology and everyday common experiences.
This seamlessness is not only about how one transitions between the
worlds of the device and the physical environment but it also
captures the transition and convergences between devices as well
(i.e. laptop to smartphone, smartphone to tablet). This volume
argues, however, that these transitions are far from seamless. We
see divisions between online and offline, virtual and actual, here
and there, taking on different cartographies, emergent forms of
seams. It is these seams that this volume acknowledges, challenges
and explores-socially, culturally, technologically and
historically-as we move to a deeper understanding of the role and
impact of mobile communication's saturation throughout the world.
As an example of convergence, the mobile phone-especially in the
form of smartphone-is now ushering in new promises of seamlessness
between engagement with technology and everyday common experiences.
This seamlessness is not only about how one transitions between the
worlds of the device and the physical environment but it also
captures the transition and convergences between devices as well
(i.e. laptop to smartphone, smartphone to tablet). This volume
argues, however, that these transitions are far from seamless. We
see divisions between online and offline, virtual and actual, here
and there, taking on different cartographies, emergent forms of
seams. It is these seams that this volume acknowledges, challenges
and explores-socially, culturally, technologically and
historically-as we move to a deeper understanding of the role and
impact of mobile communication's saturation throughout the world.
Haunting Hands looks closely at the consequences of digital media's
ubiquitous presence in our lives, in particular the representing,
sharing, and remembering of loss. From Facebook tribute pages
during public disasters to the lingering digital traces on a
smartphone of the deceased, the digital is both extending earlier
memorial practices and creating new ways in which death and loss
manifest themselves. The ubiquity of digital specters is
particularly evident in mobile media spanning smartphones, iPads,
iPhones, or tablets. Mobile media entangle various forms of social,
online and digital media in specific ways that are both intimate
and public, and yet the use of mobile media in contexts of loss has
been relatively overlooked. Haunting Hands seeks to address this
growing and important area by helping us to understand the
relationship between life, death, and our digital after-lives.
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