Hey Sarah, Here are a couple of sources that I have found very useful in understanding the mobile phones... I am removing the names which have already been suggested by others on the group. Cheers Nishant 1. Bell, G. (2005) ‘The age of the thumb: a cultural reading of mobile technologies from Asia’, in P. Glotz and S. Bertschi (eds) *Thumb Culture: Social Trends and Mobile Phone Use*, Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, pp. 67-87. 2.De Souza e Silva, A. and Hjorth, L. (2009) ‘Urban spaces as playful spaces: A historical approach to mobile urban games’, *Simulation and Gaming * 40(5): 602-625. 3. Hjorth, L. (2009) *Mobile Media in the Asia-Pacific*, London: Routledge. 4. Ito, M. (2003) ‘Mobiles and the appropriation of place’, *Receiver*, 8, http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/evs/readings/itoShort.pdf (accessed 15 June 2011) On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Sarah Roberts <robert50@illinois.edu>wrote:
Greetings, all --
I was reading a few book reviews yesterday but thought I would turn to this knowledgeable body for recommendations on a good overview text on the history and current state of mobile (phone) technology and its social role - with emphasis on the latter, rather than on the historical bit. It could be a broader work on mobile tech, but I'm primarily interested in mobile/cell phones. I've come across Mobile Phones and Mobile Communication, by Ling and Donner, as well as Mobile Communications: An Introduction to New Media by Green and Haddon. Would others immediately recommend something else, in addition or in lieu of?
Thanks so much.
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