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02302 a2200337 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
0745644147 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780745644141 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
303.4833 |
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LIM |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ling, Rich. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Mobile phones and mobile communication / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Rich Ling. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Cambridge : |
| Name of publisher |
Polity, |
| Year of publication |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
191 p. ; |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Digital media and society. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Paperback. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
With staggering swiftness, the mobile phone has become a fixture of daily life in almost every society on earth. In 2007, the world had over 3 billion mobile subscriptions. Prosperous nations boast of having more subscriptions than people. In the developing world, hundreds of millions of people who could never afford a landline telephone now have a mobile number of their own. With a mobile in our hand many of us feel safer, more productive, and more connected to loved ones, but perhaps also more distracted and less involved with things happening immediately around us. Written by two leading researchers in the field, this volume presents an overview of the mobile telephone as a social and cultural phenomenon. Research is summarized and made accessible though detailed descriptions of ten mobile users from around the world. These illustrate popular debates, as well as deeper social forces at work. The book concludes by considering three themes: 1) the tighter interlacing of daily activities 2) a revolution of control in the social sphere, and 3) the arrival of a world where the majority of its inhabitants are reachable, anytime, anywhere. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Communication studies. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Cultural studies. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Media studies. |
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Technology & Engineering. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Technology & Industrial Arts. |
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Science/Mathematics. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Mobile & Wireless Communications. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Social Aspects. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Technology & Engineering / Mobile & Wireless Communications. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Sociology - General. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Telecommunications. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Mobile communication systems. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Popular Culture & Media: General Interest. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Books |