The question of the relationship between the spread of communication tools and the
physical mobility of individuals is not new and arose with the arrival of the fixed telephone …

Has the cell phone forever changed the way people communicate? The mobile phone is
used for “real time coordination while on the run, adolescents use it to manage their …

How cell phones and mobile communication may in many cases strengthen social cohesion.
The message of this book is simple: the mobile phone strengthens social bonds among …

With staggering swiftness, the mobile phone has become a fixture of daily life in almost
every society on earth. In 2007, the world had over 3 billion mobile subscriptions …

I would like to thank Roger Silverstone at the London School of Economics for involving me
in much of the original research that went into this book and for making valuable …

OBJECTIVE: To describe time adolescents spend using electronic media (television,
computer, video games, and telephone); and to examine associations between self-reported …

The purpose of this study was to test the argument that perceptions and uses of mobile
phones are socially constructed in close personal networks. The study hypothesized that …

This paper aims to understand how Internet users may improve their social capital by
investing in online social activities. We argue that the Internet can be a convenient and …

The debate on the limits and relevance of the different name generators comes with the
development of social network studies. The core questions are: What are they supposed to …

This article explores how young people's everyday patterns of social communication are
affected by the increased use of mobile phones. We discuss three areas in which there are …