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Workshop December 12 & 13, 1999, and edited book |
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Perpetual Contact: Mobile communication, private talk, and public performance |
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Profs. James Katz and Mark Aakhus are pleased to announce a workshop sponsored by the Department of Communication, Rutgers University. The workshop, which will lead to an edited book, will be held on December 12 &13, 1999 on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick New Jersey, USA. |
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Author Instructions |
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The spread of mobile communication, most obtrusively as cell phones, is dramatically affecting people's lives and relationships. For many, the consequences of mobile communication dwarfs that of the Internet. Yet, despite billions of dollars and hours spent on mobile communication, there is but slight academic interest from the social scientific community. Our goal is to foster and formalize social scientific insight on the major change mobile communication is precipitating in the way people conduct their lives and relationships. Our workshop presents an opportunity for leading scholars to meet and discuss common interests and the latest research findings on this major change. To record the event, and to stimulate further investigation, the papers from the workshop will be assembled into an edited volume. Mobile communication technologies are already modifying well established communication patterns, amplifying and substituting for them. Indeed, even creative and unanticipated uses are proliferating, with consequences for the pace and content of all walks of life. There has been a rapid and continuing merging of formerly separate modalities of mediated communication. These include the Internet, the telephone, portable computers, personal digital assistants, radio broadcasting, wireless and infrared technologies, and, traditionally, paper. The social consequences of this convergence of technologies will also be explored in the workshop and book. The workshop and edited book will explore how personal communication technologies are:
The workshop will be devoted primarily to critiquing papers already written. Hence workshop participants should have their paper completed at least three weeks in advance of the workshop so that other attendees will have an opportunity to read and think about the analysis and data. |
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Activity |
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Submit Workshop Papers for review |
November 30, 1999 |
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Workshop |
December 12 & 13, 1999 |
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Deadline for submission of revised book contributions (note extension). |
January 31, 2000 |
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Anticipated publication date |
July, 2000 |
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Topics include but are not limited to the following:
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James E. Katz, Ph.D. Professor Department of Communication School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071 Office, TAM, fax: 732.932.7168 |
Mark Aakhus, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071 Office: 732.932.8826/8563 Fax: 732.932.6916 |
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To join our e-mailing list:
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Current List of Workshop Participants (as of November 22, 1999).
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Emanuel Schegloff Richard Ling Telenor Norway Enid Mante KPN Netherlands Christian Licoppe CNET France Leopoldina Fortunati University of Trieste Italy Steve Duck University of Iowa USA Dawn Nafus Oxford University UK Karina Tracey *British Telecom UK Valentin Varbanov H&B Ingenering Bulgaria Shin Dong Kim Hallym University Republic of Korea Georg Strøm *Ericsson Denmark Ken Gergen *Swarthmore College USA Akiba Cohen Tel Aviv University Israel Amit Schejter Tel Aviv University Israel Nicola Green Digital World Research Centre, University of Surrey UK Sheizaf Rafaeli University of Haifa Israel Kathleen Robbins Cellular One USA James Rule State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook USA Jorge Quitegui Direccion Planeamiento Estratigico, uniFON Argentina Chantal de Gournay CNET France Jean-Philippe Heurtin CNET France Jenny Mandelbaum Rutgers University USA Ronald E. Rice Rutgers USA Hartmut Mokros Rutgers USA Mark Aakhus Rutgers USA James E. Katz Rutgers USA * will contribute to edited volume but will not be at workshop. |
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Please send immediately:
Please send by November 30:
Mobile Communication, Private Talk, and Public Performance
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Rutgers: There are three campuses in the Rutgers University system. The Workshop Site is located on the main campus in New Brunswick, NJ. Airport: The most convenient airport is Newark International Airport. It is about 25-35 minutes from the Rutgers New Brunswick Campus. Weather: Our weather will be transitioning from fall to winter while you are here. So, you will miss the beauty of fall but you will avoid the extremes of our winter weather. For the lastest information, you can check the site given here. You can expect the low temperatures to be near freezing (32 F/0 C) and the high temperatures to be temperate but cool (45 F/6 C). We do recommend an umbrella and warm coat. New Jersey: Rutgers University is located in the "Garden State" also known as New Jersey, USA. |