1st Edition

Between the Public and Private in Mobile Communication

Edited By Ana Serrano Tellería Copyright 2017
    378 Pages
    by Routledge

    378 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Mobile devices’ impact on daily life has raised relevant questions regarding public and private space and communication. Both the technological environment (operating systems, platforms, apps) and media ecosystems (interface design, participatory culture, social media) influence how users deal with the public and private, intimate and personal spheres. Leading researchers in communication, art, computer engineering, education, law, sociology, philosophy, and psychology here explore current methodologies for studying the dichotomy of the public and private in mobile communication, providing a foundation for further research.

    Introduction



    Ana Serrano Tellería





    Part I. Reframing Theories and Methods:





    1. The Phases of Mobile Communication Research



    Rich Ling





    2. Public, no Private in Mobile Communications (towards an Ethics of



    Transparency)



    Derrick de Kerckhove





    Part II. Revisiting Traditional Issues





    3. Evolving Patterns of Mobile Call Openings and Closings





    Leopoldina Fortunati and Naomi Baron





    4. Visual Interpersonal Communication in Daily Life: Skype as a Precursor of Perpetual Visual Contact



    James E. Katz and Elisabeth Thomas Crocker





    5. Of Owned, Shared, and Public Access ICTs: Constructs of Privacy and Publicness in Marginal Spaces



    Cheryll Ruth R. Soriano and Ruepert Jiel Cao





    Part III. Delving into the Intimacy Sphere, the Social and the Cultural Space





    6. The "Smart" Women: How South Asian Women Negotiate their Social



    and Cultural Space through Mobile Technology



    Ishita Shruti





    7. Inscribing Intimacy: Conceptual Frames for Understanding Mobile Media Affect Amparo Lasén and Larissa Hjorth





    8. The Afterlife of Intimacy: Selfies, Loss and Intimate Publics



    Larissa Hjorth





    Part IV: The Performance of the Self, the Mobile Content and the Copyright





    9. A Comparative Study between Japanese, US, Taiwanese, and Chinese Social Networking Site Users: Self-Disclosure and Network Homogeneity



    Kenichi Ishii





    10. Doing things with Content: The Impact of Mobile Application Interface in the Uses and Characterization of Media. Juan Miguel Aguado



    Inmaculada J. Martínez and Laura Cañete





    11. Copyright and User-Generated Content for Mobile Devices: News,



    Biography

    Ana Serrano Tellería is Assistant Professor at University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain; a Postdoctoral Researcher at LabCom.IFP, University of Beira Interior, Portugal; Media Consultant,  R+D+i Project Manager; and a journalist and performer.