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1. Mobile Communication and Greater China

   Edited by Rodney Wai-chi Chu, Leopoldina Fortunati, Pui-Lam Law, Shanhua Yang

   Series: Routledge Research on Social Work, Social Policy and Social Development in Greater China

   This edited volume is the first book-length study focusing entirely on mobile phone use in China. Drawing on examples from a wide range of contemporary situations in China and beyond, the contributors argue that the mobile phone is in fact an important means by which one can understand a rapidly...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
2. Understanding Creative Users of ICTs

   Users as Social Actors

   Edited by David Kurt Herold, Harmeet Sawhney, Leopoldina Fortunati

   The disjuncture between the design intent of the developers of ICTs and the needs of the users has often led to surprising use of new technologies, as users have refused to become mere agents of the designers. Individual users have adopted their own uses of ICTs based on the complex webs of...

   Published February 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Migration, Diaspora and Information Technology in Global Societies

   Edited by Leopoldina Fortunati, Raul Pertierra, Jane Vincent

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   Migrants and diaspora communities are shaped by their use of information and communication technologies. This book explores the multifaceted role played by new media in the re-location of these groups of people, assisting them in their efforts to defeat nostalgia, construct new communities, and...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. Mediating the Human Body

   Technology, Communication, and Fashion

   Edited by Leopoldina Fortunati, James E. Katz, Raimonda Riccini

   The ever-increasing integration of technology and the human body is attracting attention from religious, business, and political leaders around the world, and the topic promises to be a significant social issue in the 21st century. In Mediating the Human Body: Technology, Communication, and Fashion...

   Published April 30th 2003 by Routledge