Theories of the Mobile Internet
An edition of Theories of the Mobile Internet (2014)
Materialities and Imaginaries
By Andrew Herman,Jan Hadlaw,Thom Swiss
Publish Date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Language
eng
Pages
272
Description:
"This volume proposes the mobile Internet is best understood as a socio-technical "assemblage" of objects, practices, symbolic representations, experiences and affects. Authors from a variety of disciplines discuss practices mediated through mobile communication, including current phone and tablet devices. The converging concepts of Materialities (ranging from the political economy of communication to physical devices) and Imaginaries (including cultural values, desires and perceptions) are touchstones for each of the chapters in the book"--