New Tech, New Ties : How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion.
Ling, Richard.
New Tech, New Ties : How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (243 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Mobile Communication and Ritual Interaction: The Plumber's Entrance -- 2 ICT and Tension between Social and Individual Impulses -- 3 Durkheim on Ritual Interaction and Social Cohesion -- 4 Goffman on Ritual Interaction in Everyday Life -- 5 Collins and Ritual Interaction Chains -- 6 Ritual as a Catalytic Event -- 7 Co-Present Interaction and Mobile Communication -- 8 Mobile Telephony and Mediated Ritual Interaction -- 9 Bounded Solidarity: Mobile Communication and Cohesion in the Familiar Sphere -- 10 The Recalibration of Social Cohesion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
How cell phones and mobile communication may in many cases strengthen social cohesion.
9780262278416
Cell phones-Social aspects.
Interpersonal communication-Technological innovations-Social aspects.
Communication and culture.
Electronic books.
HE9713.M43 2008
303.48/33
New Tech, New Ties : How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (243 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Mobile Communication and Ritual Interaction: The Plumber's Entrance -- 2 ICT and Tension between Social and Individual Impulses -- 3 Durkheim on Ritual Interaction and Social Cohesion -- 4 Goffman on Ritual Interaction in Everyday Life -- 5 Collins and Ritual Interaction Chains -- 6 Ritual as a Catalytic Event -- 7 Co-Present Interaction and Mobile Communication -- 8 Mobile Telephony and Mediated Ritual Interaction -- 9 Bounded Solidarity: Mobile Communication and Cohesion in the Familiar Sphere -- 10 The Recalibration of Social Cohesion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
How cell phones and mobile communication may in many cases strengthen social cohesion.
9780262278416
Cell phones-Social aspects.
Interpersonal communication-Technological innovations-Social aspects.
Communication and culture.
Electronic books.
HE9713.M43 2008
303.48/33