[Air-L] Recommendations on mobile (phone) tech books

[Alejandro Tortolini]

Sara, let me add this:

"The dark side of mobile
phones"<https://encrypted.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.american.edu%2Fcas%2Flfs%2Ffaculty-docs%2Fupload%2FThe-Dark-Side-of-Mobile-Phones.pdf&rct=j&q=The%20Dark%20Side%20of%20Mobile%20Phones%20Naomi%20S.%20Baron&ei=n7FJTr3uOJK50AHA1q3rBw&usg=AFQjCNFEhHtZY5wvIatXD8AwCz7dZVBbvw&sig2=uHPeTy9s1BiGWb7TTAkx3w&cad=rja>by
Naomi S. Baron (pdf)

Abstract:

Mobile phones enable people to communicate when, where, and with whom they
wish. However, users are often troubled to find themselves at the beck and
call of others. To gauge attitudes towards mobiles, students from
universities in five countries were asked what they liked most and liked
least about having a mobile phone. Responses across all countries indicated
that communication was both what subjects liked most and least – enjoying
the ability to contact others but feeling trapped by interlocutors’ ability
to always contact them. Concerns about dependency on the device paralleled
intensity of usage. Among the distinctions found between countries, some
were attributable to variation in available technology, while others appear
to reflect cultural factors.

Best,

Alejandro Tortolini
Scitech journalist - Teacher
Buenos Aires, Argentina