Nyíri, K. (ed.) (2008). Integration and Ubiquity. Towards a Philosophy of Telecommunications Convergence. Vienna: Passagen Verlag. .
Kristóf Nyíri: Preface
 
The Convergence Metaphor
What Are We? The Convergence of Self and Communications Technology
by Mark Turner
The Cellphone as a Conceptual Category
by Zoltán Kövecses
Convering Theories. The Age of Secondary Literacy
by Zsuzsanna Kondor
Mobility, Convergence and the End of Cyberspace
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Thinking in Telepathic Cities
by Anthony Townsend
Convergence and Saturation. Ecologies of Artefacts in Mobile and Ubiquitous Interaction
by Giuseppina Pellegrino
Interactional Divergence notwithstanding Technological Convergence
by Ruth Rettie:
The Streaming Body as the Site of Telecommunications Convergence
by Jeremy J. Shapiro and Linda F. Crafts
 

Communication and Social Cohesion

Mobile Communication and the Generation of Social Cohesion
by Rich Ling
Young Adults' Use of Mobile Phones and Online Social Networking. The Role of Social Networks
by Chih-Hui Lai
Keeping Social Ties Away from Home
by Soo-yeon Hwang

Search and the City. A Comparative Analysis of Wifi Use in New York and Budapest
by Laura Forlano Autopictures.

The Use of Cellphone Cameras and Home Videos in a Hungarian Village
by Ábris Papp
Bridging Uncertainty. Social Networks and Mobile Communications in Adolescence
by Irene Schulz
Personality and the Mobile Phone. Character-Based Differences of Usage and Attitudes towards Mobile Communication
by Sandra Pöschl and Nicola Döring
Getting No Answer? An Experimental Study on Unavailability in SMS Communication
by Dorothee Arlt, Sandra Pöschl, and Nicola Döring
 

Convergence: Images and Implications

Picturing the Transitory. Cameraphone Photos on the Internet
by Heli Rantavuo

Waiting for Immediacy. The Convergent Inertia between Mobility and Immobility
by Larissa Hjorth

Digital Images in Mobile Communication as Cool Media
by Klaus Sachs-Hombach

Mobiles Becoming Media. Implications for Theorizing Telecommunications Convergence
by Gerard Goggin

Beyond the Two Cultures Myth
by István Maradi

Mobile Convergence
by Leopoldina Fortunati

Understanding Micromedia Convergence. How Microcontent Is Creating a New Media Space Between the Phones
by Martin Lindner

Knowledge Communication in the Age of Converging Tools
by György Fábri

The New Learning Paradigm. Interactivity and Mobility beyond the Classroom
by András Benedek

Wiki Knowledge. Resurgence of the Collective Mind
by György Csepeli

The Role of Visuo-Spatial Working Memory Capacity in Hypertext Navigation
by Zsófia Vörös, Jean-François Rouet, and Csaba Pléh:

In Our Time. Converging to a Culture of Continuous Present
by Daniel L. Golden

Fractal Spaces and Multiple Actions. On the Alteration of Space, Time and Action under Conditions of Convergent Mobile Communication
by Dieter Mersch

 

Notes on Contributors

Index

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