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39 Studying Mobile Media
Cultural Technologies, Mobile Communication, and the iPhone
Edited by Larissa Hjorth, Jean Burgess, and Ingrid Richardson
Studying Mobile Media
Cultural Technologies, Mobile
Communication, and the iPhone
Edited by
Larissa Hjorth, Jean Burgess,
and Ingrid Richardson
First published 2012
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Studying mobile media : cultural technologies, mobile communication,
and the iPhone / edited by Larissa Hjorth, Jean Burgess, Ingrid Richardson.
p. cm. (Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 39)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Mobile communication systemsSocial aspects. 2. Interpersonal
communicationTechnological innovationsSocial aspects.
3. iPhone (Smartphone) 4. Information technologySocial aspects.
5. Communication and cultureTechnological innovations. I. Hjorth,
Larissa. II. Burgess, Jean (Jean Elizabeth) III. Richardson,
Ingrid, 1966
HM1206.S78 2012
004.167dc23
2011037026
ISBN13: 978-0-415-89534-7 (hbk)
ISBN13: 978-0-203-12771-1 (ebk)
Contents
PART I
iPhone as a Cultural Moment
PART II
iPhone as a Platform and Phenomenon
PART III
iPhone and Labor
1 Studying the Mobile
Locating the Field
Larissa Hjorth, Jean Burgess,
and Ingrid Richardson
INTRODUCTION
Over the past decade we have witnessed many transformations in the field of mobile communication as it moves unevenly into the smartphone era. This relatively short period has seen the emergence of a large body of literature that has addressed the multi-modal nature of, and need for interdisciplinary approaches to, mobile communication. it is by no means a coherent field of scholarship, and there are still many areas in need of elaboration and differentiation. What constitutes studying mobile media? For example, at what point is the study of mobile media the preoccupation of internet or game researchers? In its migration across a variety of areas, does the mobile media field have distinct characteristics? As the epitome of ubiquity, mobile media in an age of smart-phones requires that we not only attempt to articulate the field but also to more systematically understand its various dimensionsthe technical, cultural, social, political, and economic.