Mobile communication in everyday life

*Hoflich, J. R., & Hartmann, M. (eds.) (2006). Mobile communication in everyday life: Ethnographic views, observations and reflections.* Berlin, Germany: Frank & Timme.**

I. Introducing the ethnographic view
Introduction by Joachim R. Hoflich & Maren Hartmann
Places of life- Places of communication: Observations of mobile phone usage in public places by Joachim R. Hoflich

II. Visualisations
Photos and fieldwork: Capturing norms for mobiel phone use in the US by Lee Humphreys
Everyday contexts of camera phone use: Steps toward techno-social ethnographic frameworks by Daisuke Okabe & Mizuko Ito
Mobile visuality and everyday life in Finland: An ethnographic approach to social uses of mobile image by Virpi Oksman

III. Relationship
Unfaithful: Reflection of enchantment, disenchantment... and the mobile phone by Bella Ellwoood-Clayton
A Certain Sense of Place: Mobile Communication and Local Orientation by Joachim R. Hoflich
"I have a free phone so I dont bother to send SMS, I call"-- The Gendered use SMS among adults in intact and divorced families by Rich Ling

IV. Dis/Appearances
Another kind of "mobility": Mobiles in terrorist attacks by Santiago Lorente
Fashion and technology in the presentation of the self by Leopoldina Fortunati & Amalia Cianchi
How to be in two places at the same time? Mobile phone use in public places by Amparo Lasen

V. Ethnography?
Beyond talk, beyond sound: Emotional expression and the future of mobile connectivity by Richard Harper & Steve Hodges
A mobile ethnographic view on (mobile) media usage? by Maren Hartmann
Ethnography, related research apprpaches and digital media by Friedrich Krotz

Authors

Book Description The mobile phone has become an integral part of our everyday life communication – in this sense a domestication of a ‘nomadic’ medium has taken place. For the very reason that the telephone has left its fixed home environment, it requires us to take an ‘ethnographic view’ in describing both this development and the changes taking place therein. Mobile Communication in Everyday Life takes a closer look at the mobile phone as an object of inquiry in the tradition of the so-called media ethnography. Consequently, the bene- fits and limitations of such research designs are the focus of the book. Some contributions focus on the tension between private and public communication, others on cultural dimensions. Overall, the book presents a range of the most up-to-date research in the field of mobile communication. The Authors Joachim R. Höflich is a professor at the University of Erfurt, Germany. He is also a leading expert in the field of mobile technologies and interpersonal communication. Joachim has published several books on the topic in German as well as many articles in English. Maren Hartmann joined the University of Erfurt in 2004 (and can soon be found at the University of Bremen). Her research interests include media ethnographies, cybercultures and the domestication concept. She has published books as well as several articles on these topics.