Between the Public and Private in Mobile Communication [Hardcover]

Mobile devices impact on daily life has raised relevant questions regarding public and private space and communication. Both the technological environment (operating systems, platforms, apps) and media ecosystems (interface design, participatory culture, social media) influence how users deal with the public and private, intimate and personal spheres. Leading researchers in communication, art, computer engineering, education, law, sociology, philosophy, and psychology here explore current methodologies for studying the dichotomy of the public and private in mobile communication, providing a foundation for further research.

Introduction

1. The Phases of Mobile Communication Research

2. Public, no Private in Mobile Communications (towards an Ethics of

Transparency)

3. Evolving Patterns of Mobile Call Openings and Closings

4. Visual Interpersonal Communication in Daily Life: Skype as a Precursor of Perpetual Visual Contact

5. Of Owned, Shared, and Public Access ICTs: Constructs of Privacy and Publicness in Marginal Spaces

6. The Smart Women: How South Asian Women Negotiate their Social

and Cultural Space through Mobile Technology