The Cell Phone Reader. Essays in Social Transformation

Par : Anandam Kavoori, Noah Arceneaux

Formats :

    • Nombre de pages246
    • ISBN0-8204-7919-5
    • EAN9780820479194
    • Date de parution01/03/2006
    • CollectionDigital Formations
    • ÉditeurPeter Lang

    Résumé

    The Cell Phone Reader offers a diverse, eclectic set of essays that examines how this rapidly evolving technology is shaping new media cultures, new forms of identity, and media-centered relationships. The contributors focus on a range of topics, from horror films to hip-hop, from religion to race, and draw examples from across the globe. The Cell Phone Reader provides a road map for both scholars and beginning students to examine the profound social, cultural and international impact of this small device.
    The Cell Phone Reader offers a diverse, eclectic set of essays that examines how this rapidly evolving technology is shaping new media cultures, new forms of identity, and media-centered relationships. The contributors focus on a range of topics, from horror films to hip-hop, from religion to race, and draw examples from across the globe. The Cell Phone Reader provides a road map for both scholars and beginning students to examine the profound social, cultural and international impact of this small device.