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About the Book

This work offers a look at the social implications of having constant access to others through cell phones, wireless computers and other electronic devices.

Table of Contents:
I. Introduction: The Internet, Mobile Phones, and Community 1. The Portability of Social Connectedness II. Internal Dynamics: Inside the Portable Community 2. Thinking in Tandem: Cognitive Connectedness The Cognitive "Face" of the Community Sociomental Space Cognitive Resonance Stories and Collective Memories Proximity, Presence, and Reality 3. Feeling Connected: Emotionality and Intimacy Friendship and Intimacy Trust and Social Support Happiness and Hostility: The Moderation of Moods and Behavior 4 Playing Around: Fun, Games, and Hanging Out Games Just "Hanging Out" Playful Talk: Humor, Gossip, and Flirting The Seductive Allure of Fun 5 Social Networking: Convenience, Practicality, and Sociability Sociability Convenience Dating, Romance, and Sex Learning, Working, and Getting Things Done III. External Dynamics: The Portable Community in the Society 6 Being There: Constant Availability Comfort and Companionship Emergencies Anxiety, Apprehension, and Overload The Impact on Privacy 7 Harnessing Social Interaction: The Control of Time, Space, and People Where, When, and Whether We Interact Technology-Based Strategies for Interaction Spontaneity and Social Interaction 8 Creating, Expressing, and Extending the Self(and Watching Others Do So) Socialization in a Technological Age The Making and Remaking of the Self Voyeurism, Watching, and Lurking Multitasking and the "Hyperlinking" of Identity 9 Shaping the Social Landscape: Equalities, Inequalities, Possibilities Technological Divides and Power Differentials Old Problems, New Angles Agency and Activism: Mobilizing for Social Change A Look Ahead Acknowledgments Appendix 1. The Methodology Appendix 2: Profiles of Interview Subjects Notes References Index

About the Author :
Mary Chayko is Professor of Sociology at the College of Saint Elizabeth and the author of Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age, also published by SUNY Press.

Review :
"Portable Communities is the first book to clearly identify the importance of mobile media in the evolution of new forms of social relations. Anyone interested in matters of online community, identity, and social media should read this absolutely terrific book." - Steven G. Jones, editor of CyberSociety: Computer-Mediated Communication and Community and CyberSociety 2.0: Revisiting Computer-Mediated Communication and Community, and founder, Association of Internet Researchers "This book addresses how advances in technology are altering the form and content of social relationships. It is THE central question sociologists must address in the coming decades." - Rebecca G. Adams, coeditor of Deadhead Social Science: You Ain't Gonna Learn What You Don't Want to Know "In the old days, we had to travel to our friends, families, and social networks. Now, Mary Chayko shows us, we take our networks with us, connecting by text, voice, and video wherever we-and they-are. Chayko's timely and fascinating book provides a guide to the new world of 'communities to go.'" - Barry Wellman, coeditor of The Internet in Everyday Life and Director, NetLab, University of Toronto "In this fascinating volume, Mary Chayko explores the way people use their communication technologies to produce conviviality and connections. She insightfully captures people playfully and seriously engaging their online and mobile communities, and she shows how ordinary physical limits are transcended to create rich worlds of meaning and interaction." - James E. Katz, author of Magic in the Air: Mobile Communication and the Transformation of Social Life and Director, Center for Mobile Communication Studies, Rutgers University


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780791476000
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 318
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 435 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0791476006
  • Publisher Date: 23 Oct 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Social Dynamics of Online and Mobile Connectedness
  • Width: 152 mm


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