For research re mobile phones, try
Lycett & Dunbar (2000). Mobile phones as lekking devices among human males. Human Nature, 11(1): 93-104.
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>>> myildiz(a)indiana.edu 04-Apr-02 11:19:58 PM >>>
Regarding:
> 2. Technology as social status symbols (Patrick B. O'Sullivan)
Hi,
In my home country Turkey, I remember reading a couple of news stories
about cutting edge cell phones being status symbols, but I have not
seen any scholarly work on it.
Mete
Mete Yildiz
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Bloomington, IN