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

[Lee Humphreys]

Hi Sarah.

I use James Katz's Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies (MIT,  
2008) in my Mobile Communication in Public Life course, in addition to  
other chapters & articles. I like the way he's divided it into major  
areas (e.g. culture, politics, sociality, digital divide). I'm also  
happy to share my syllabus if that's of interest.

Best,
Lee

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Lee Humphreys, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Communication
Cornell University

On Aug 15, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Jordan Frith wrote:

> Sarah,
> Here are a few ideas on some books that may be useful.
>
> For a fun and lively history of the mobile phone:
> Agar, J. (2005). Constant touch: A global history of the mobile phone.
> Cambridge: Totem Publishers.
>
> For a discussion on the development of the mobile phone market in  
> the U.S.
> from a business perspective:
> Galambos, L., & Abrahamson, E. J. (2002). Anytime, anywhere:
> Entrepreneurship and the creation of a wireless world. Cambridge:  
> Cambridge
> University Press.
>
> For more of a social/critical take:
> Ito, M., Okabe, D., & Matsuda, M. (Eds.). (2005). Personal, portable,
> pedestrian: Mobile phones in japanese life. Cambridge, MA: The MIT  
> Press.
> Goggin, G. (2006). Cell phone culture: Mobile technology in everyday  
> life.
> London ; New York: Routledge.
> Goggin, G. (2010). Global mobile media. New York, NY: Routledge.
> Katz, J. E., & Aakhus, M. (Eds.). (2002). Perpetual contact: Mobile
> communication, private talk, public performance. Cambridge: Cambridge
> University Press.
> Glotz, P., Bertschi, S., & Locke, C. (2005). Thumb culture : The  
> meaning of
> mobile phones for society. Bielefeld; Piscataway, NJ: Transcript;
> Distributed in North America by Transaction Pub.
>
>
> Hopefully some of those are useful!
>
> Best,
> Jordan
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Sarah Roberts  
> <robert50 at 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.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> S a r a h  T.  R o b e r t s
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