Rich Ling is Professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.Gerard Goggin is Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney in Australia.Leopoldina Fortunati is Professor of Sociology of Communication and Sociology of Cultural Processes at the Faculty of Education of the University of Udine in Italy.Sun Sun Lim is Head of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.Yuling Li is a freelance writer, editor, researcher, editorial consultant, and Associate Lecturer of Communication and Journalism Modules at Republic Polytechnic in Singapore.

• Foreword Tom WheelerAbout the Contributors Section 1: The Smartphone Decade1.1 An Introduction Rich Ling, Leopoldina Fortunati, Gerard Goggin, Sun Sun Lim, and Yuling Li Section 2: Theoretical/Social Perspectives on Mobile Communication2.1: Domestication Analyses and the Smartphone Leslie Haddon2.2: Theories on the Adoption and Appropriation of Mobile Media Veronika Karnowski 2.3: Mobiles and the Self: A Trajectory of Paradigmatic Change Scott Campbell, Wenhuan Wang, and Joseph B. Bayer2.4: The Mobile User's Mindset in a Permanently Online, Permanently Connected Society Peter Vorderer and Christoph Klimmt 2.5: Polymedia and Mobile Communication Mirca Madianou 2.6: Mobile Convergence Leopoldina Fortunati and Maria Bakardjieva Section 3: Methods3.1: Mobile Phones in Action: The Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Perspective Christian Licoppe 3.2: Mobile Methods: The Collection of Social Scientific Data On-And With-Mobile Media Jeffrey Boase Section 4: Managing the Social Sphere via Mobile Communication4.1: Digital Childhood? Global Perspectives on Children and Mobile Technologies Mariya Stoilova, Sonia Livingstone, and Giovanna Mascheroni 4.2: Intimacy in the App Age: Romantic Relationships and Mobile Technology Annisa M. P. Rochadiat, Stephanie Tom Tong, and Elena F. Corriero4.3: The Social Consequences of Phubbing: A Framework and Research Agenda Mariek Vanden Abeele 4.4: Mobile Messaging Apps and Relationship Management: The Case of WeChat in China Di Cui and Xueqing Li 4.5: Older People Go Mobile Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol 4.6: Death and the Mobile Kathleen M. Cumiskey Section 5: Social Institutions5.1: Mobile News Oscar Westlund5.2: Mobile Media and Political Communication: Connect, Communicate, and Participate Ran Wei 5.3: Political Protest and Mobile Communication Christina Neumayer5.4 Learning with Mobiles or "Mobile Learning" John Traxler 5.5: Mobile Health: A Rapidly Maturing Digital Ecosystem for Health Systems Strengthening Alain Labrique , Dustin Gibson, Radha Rajan, Lavanya Vasudevan 5.6: Big Data for Social Good: The Role of Telecom Kenth Engø-Monsen Section 6: Organizational/Business Potentials of Mobile Communication6.1: Mobile Communication of Organizations Carsten Sørensen6.2: Mobile Marketing Nicholas Carah 6.3: The Complexities of Using Mobiles at Work Keri K. Stephens Section 7: Visual and Linguistic Dimensions7.1: Self-(Re)presentation in Mobile Communication Practices Amparo Lasén7.2: Mobile Art: The Art of the Social Larissa Hjorth 7.3: Mobile Photography Rich Ling and Yuling Li 7.4: Talking, Reading, and Writing on Smartphones Naomi S. Baron Section 8: The Appification of Mobile Communication8.1: Understanding Mobile Apps as Platform-Based Services in Multisided Markets: Adoption and Diffusion Per Egil Pedersen and Herbjørn Nysveen 8.2: The Message is the Medium: Mobile Instant Messaging Apps in the Mobile Communication Ecosystem Juan Miguel Aguado and Inmaculada J. Martínez 8.3: Ambient Play: Understanding Mobile Games in Everyday Life Larissa Hjorth and Ingrid Richardson Section 9: Urban Mobility and Location-Based Services9.1: RFID, NFC, Beacons, and the Infrastructures of Logistical Locative Media Jordan Frith 9.2: Urban Mobility in Context: A Study About Location-Based Taxi Hailing Apps in Rio de Janeiro Adriana de Souza e Silva, Cristiane Damasceno, Daniela M. C. Bueno, and Justin Grandinetti 9.3: Autonomous Vehicles in the Mobility System Thilo von Pape Section 10: Cross- and Multi-Cultural Perspectives10.1: Defining mGender: The Role of Mobile Phone Use in Gender Construction Processes Xin Pei and Arul Chib10.2: Gender, Empowerment, and Mobile Phones in the Developing World Laura Stark Section 11: Challenges Posed by Mobile Communication11.1: Privacy From Your Mobile Devices? Algorithmic Accountability, Surveillance Capitalism, and the Accumulation of Personal Data Tim Dwyer 11.2: Privacy on Smartphones: A Cross-National Study Bente Evjemo, Gorm Grønnevet, Rich Ling, Wenche Nag, Helene Lie Røhr, and Ole Christian Wasenden11.3: Aggression Through Mobile Communication: Unraveling Its Motives and Consequences Michel Walrave, Joris Van Ouytsel, and Koen Ponnet 11.4: Mobile Phone Waste and Circular Economy Tim Cooper, Matt Shapley, and Christine Cole11.5: Thinking Ethically About Mobile Devices: A Rough Guide Charles Ess Section 12: The Future Social Consequences of Mobile Communication12.1: Mobile Communication to Social Robotics: Relationships and Emotions James E. Katz and Kate K. Mays 12.2: Robotization of Mobile Communication Sakari Taipale, Tuuli Turja, and Lina Van Aerschot

The contributing authors offer subject area expertise in a wide variety of disciplines. Their work collectively offers an international perspective of scholars from multiple continents. As no similar current texts are available, this work fills a gap in scholarship on the sociological effects of mobile technology. Overall, it is a comprehensive work with wide-ranging topical relevance across multiple areas of scholarship. The book will be especially welcome in academic libraries because it includes an exceptionally robust index. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students and faculty.

Rich Ling is Professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.Gerard Goggin is Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney in Australia.Leopoldina Fortunati is Professor of Sociology of Communication and Sociology of Cultural Processes at the Faculty of Education of the University of Udine in Italy.Sun Sun Lim is Head of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.Yuling Li is a freelance writer, editor, researcher, editorial consultant, and Associate Lecturer of Communication and Journalism Modules at Republic Polytechnic in Singapore.

• Foreword Tom WheelerAbout the Contributors Section 1: The Smartphone Decade1.1 An Introduction Rich Ling, Leopoldina Fortunati, Gerard Goggin, Sun Sun Lim, and Yuling Li Section 2: Theoretical/Social Perspectives on Mobile Communication2.1: Domestication Analyses and the Smartphone Leslie Haddon2.2: Theories on the Adoption and Appropriation of Mobile Media Veronika Karnowski 2.3: Mobiles and the Self: A Trajectory of Paradigmatic Change Scott Campbell, Wenhuan Wang, and Joseph B. Bayer2.4: The Mobile User's Mindset in a Permanently Online, Permanently Connected Society Peter Vorderer and Christoph Klimmt 2.5: Polymedia and Mobile Communication Mirca Madianou 2.6: Mobile Convergence Leopoldina Fortunati and Maria Bakardjieva Section 3: Methods3.1: Mobile Phones in Action: The Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Perspective Christian Licoppe 3.2: Mobile Methods: The Collection of Social Scientific Data On-And With-Mobile Media Jeffrey Boase Section 4: Managing the Social Sphere via Mobile Communication4.1: Digital Childhood? Global Perspectives on Children and Mobile Technologies Mariya Stoilova, Sonia Livingstone, and Giovanna Mascheroni 4.2: Intimacy in the App Age: Romantic Relationships and Mobile Technology Annisa M. P. Rochadiat, Stephanie Tom Tong, and Elena F. Corriero4.3: The Social Consequences of Phubbing: A Framework and Research Agenda Mariek Vanden Abeele 4.4: Mobile Messaging Apps and Relationship Management: The Case of WeChat in China Di Cui and Xueqing Li 4.5: Older People Go Mobile Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol 4.6: Death and the Mobile Kathleen M. Cumiskey Section 5: Social Institutions5.1: Mobile News Oscar Westlund5.2: Mobile Media and Political Communication: Connect, Communicate, and Participate Ran Wei 5.3: Political Protest and Mobile Communication Christina Neumayer5.4 Learning with Mobiles or "Mobile Learning" John Traxler 5.5: Mobile Health: A Rapidly Maturing Digital Ecosystem for Health Systems Strengthening Alain Labrique , Dustin Gibson, Radha Rajan, Lavanya Vasudevan 5.6: Big Data for Social Good: The Role of Telecom Kenth Engø-Monsen Section 6: Organizational/Business Potentials of Mobile Communication6.1: Mobile Communication of Organizations Carsten Sørensen6.2: Mobile Marketing Nicholas Carah 6.3: The Complexities of Using Mobiles at Work Keri K. Stephens Section 7: Visual and Linguistic Dimensions7.1: Self-(Re)presentation in Mobile Communication Practices Amparo Lasén7.2: Mobile Art: The Art of the Social Larissa Hjorth 7.3: Mobile Photography Rich Ling and Yuling Li 7.4: Talking, Reading, and Writing on Smartphones Naomi S. Baron Section 8: The Appification of Mobile Communication8.1: Understanding Mobile Apps as Platform-Based Services in Multisided Markets: Adoption and Diffusion Per Egil Pedersen and Herbjørn Nysveen 8.2: The Message is the Medium: Mobile Instant Messaging Apps in the Mobile Communication Ecosystem Juan Miguel Aguado and Inmaculada J. Martínez 8.3: Ambient Play: Understanding Mobile Games in Everyday Life Larissa Hjorth and Ingrid Richardson Section 9: Urban Mobility and Location-Based Services9.1: RFID, NFC, Beacons, and the Infrastructures of Logistical Locative Media Jordan Frith 9.2: Urban Mobility in Context: A Study About Location-Based Taxi Hailing Apps in Rio de Janeiro Adriana de Souza e Silva, Cristiane Damasceno, Daniela M. C. Bueno, and Justin Grandinetti 9.3: Autonomous Vehicles in the Mobility System Thilo von Pape Section 10: Cross- and Multi-Cultural Perspectives10.1: Defining mGender: The Role of Mobile Phone Use in Gender Construction Processes Xin Pei and Arul Chib10.2: Gender, Empowerment, and Mobile Phones in the Developing World Laura Stark Section 11: Challenges Posed by Mobile Communication11.1: Privacy From Your Mobile Devices? Algorithmic Accountability, Surveillance Capitalism, and the Accumulation of Personal Data Tim Dwyer 11.2: Privacy on Smartphones: A Cross-National Study Bente Evjemo, Gorm Grønnevet, Rich Ling, Wenche Nag, Helene Lie Røhr, and Ole Christian Wasenden11.3: Aggression Through Mobile Communication: Unraveling Its Motives and Consequences Michel Walrave, Joris Van Ouytsel, and Koen Ponnet 11.4: Mobile Phone Waste and Circular Economy Tim Cooper, Matt Shapley, and Christine Cole11.5: Thinking Ethically About Mobile Devices: A Rough Guide Charles Ess Section 12: The Future Social Consequences of Mobile Communication12.1: Mobile Communication to Social Robotics: Relationships and Emotions James E. Katz and Kate K. Mays 12.2: Robotization of Mobile Communication Sakari Taipale, Tuuli Turja, and Lina Van Aerschot

The contributing authors offer subject area expertise in a wide variety of disciplines. Their work collectively offers an international perspective of scholars from multiple continents. As no similar current texts are available, this work fills a gap in scholarship on the sociological effects of mobile technology. Overall, it is a comprehensive work with wide-ranging topical relevance across multiple areas of scholarship. The book will be especially welcome in academic libraries because it includes an exceptionally robust index. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students and faculty.

Rich Ling is Professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.Gerard Goggin is Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney in Australia.Leopoldina Fortunati is Professor of Sociology of Communication and Sociology of Cultural Processes at the Faculty of Education of the University of Udine in Italy.Sun Sun Lim is Head of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.Yuling Li is a freelance writer, editor, researcher, editorial consultant, and Associate Lecturer of Communication and Journalism Modules at Republic Polytechnic in Singapore.

• Foreword Tom WheelerAbout the Contributors Section 1: The Smartphone Decade1.1 An Introduction Rich Ling, Leopoldina Fortunati, Gerard Goggin, Sun Sun Lim, and Yuling Li Section 2: Theoretical/Social Perspectives on Mobile Communication2.1: Domestication Analyses and the Smartphone Leslie Haddon2.2: Theories on the Adoption and Appropriation of Mobile Media Veronika Karnowski 2.3: Mobiles and the Self: A Trajectory of Paradigmatic Change Scott Campbell, Wenhuan Wang, and Joseph B. Bayer2.4: The Mobile User's Mindset in a Permanently Online, Permanently Connected Society Peter Vorderer and Christoph Klimmt 2.5: Polymedia and Mobile Communication Mirca Madianou 2.6: Mobile Convergence Leopoldina Fortunati and Maria Bakardjieva Section 3: Methods3.1: Mobile Phones in Action: The Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Perspective Christian Licoppe 3.2: Mobile Methods: The Collection of Social Scientific Data On-And With-Mobile Media Jeffrey Boase Section 4: Managing the Social Sphere via Mobile Communication4.1: Digital Childhood? Global Perspectives on Children and Mobile Technologies Mariya Stoilova, Sonia Livingstone, and Giovanna Mascheroni 4.2: Intimacy in the App Age: Romantic Relationships and Mobile Technology Annisa M. P. Rochadiat, Stephanie Tom Tong, and Elena F. Corriero4.3: The Social Consequences of Phubbing: A Framework and Research Agenda Mariek Vanden Abeele 4.4: Mobile Messaging Apps and Relationship Management: The Case of WeChat in China Di Cui and Xueqing Li 4.5: Older People Go Mobile Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol 4.6: Death and the Mobile Kathleen M. Cumiskey Section 5: Social Institutions5.1: Mobile News Oscar Westlund5.2: Mobile Media and Political Communication: Connect, Communicate, and Participate Ran Wei 5.3: Political Protest and Mobile Communication Christina Neumayer5.4 Learning with Mobiles or "Mobile Learning" John Traxler 5.5: Mobile Health: A Rapidly Maturing Digital Ecosystem for Health Systems Strengthening Alain Labrique , Dustin Gibson, Radha Rajan, Lavanya Vasudevan 5.6: Big Data for Social Good: The Role of Telecom Kenth Engø-Monsen Section 6: Organizational/Business Potentials of Mobile Communication6.1: Mobile Communication of Organizations Carsten Sørensen6.2: Mobile Marketing Nicholas Carah 6.3: The Complexities of Using Mobiles at Work Keri K. Stephens Section 7: Visual and Linguistic Dimensions7.1: Self-(Re)presentation in Mobile Communication Practices Amparo Lasén7.2: Mobile Art: The Art of the Social Larissa Hjorth 7.3: Mobile Photography Rich Ling and Yuling Li 7.4: Talking, Reading, and Writing on Smartphones Naomi S. Baron Section 8: The Appification of Mobile Communication8.1: Understanding Mobile Apps as Platform-Based Services in Multisided Markets: Adoption and Diffusion Per Egil Pedersen and Herbjørn Nysveen 8.2: The Message is the Medium: Mobile Instant Messaging Apps in the Mobile Communication Ecosystem Juan Miguel Aguado and Inmaculada J. Martínez 8.3: Ambient Play: Understanding Mobile Games in Everyday Life Larissa Hjorth and Ingrid Richardson Section 9: Urban Mobility and Location-Based Services9.1: RFID, NFC, Beacons, and the Infrastructures of Logistical Locative Media Jordan Frith 9.2: Urban Mobility in Context: A Study About Location-Based Taxi Hailing Apps in Rio de Janeiro Adriana de Souza e Silva, Cristiane Damasceno, Daniela M. C. Bueno, and Justin Grandinetti 9.3: Autonomous Vehicles in the Mobility System Thilo von Pape Section 10: Cross- and Multi-Cultural Perspectives10.1: Defining mGender: The Role of Mobile Phone Use in Gender Construction Processes Xin Pei and Arul Chib10.2: Gender, Empowerment, and Mobile Phones in the Developing World Laura Stark Section 11: Challenges Posed by Mobile Communication11.1: Privacy From Your Mobile Devices? Algorithmic Accountability, Surveillance Capitalism, and the Accumulation of Personal Data Tim Dwyer 11.2: Privacy on Smartphones: A Cross-National Study Bente Evjemo, Gorm Grønnevet, Rich Ling, Wenche Nag, Helene Lie Røhr, and Ole Christian Wasenden11.3: Aggression Through Mobile Communication: Unraveling Its Motives and Consequences Michel Walrave, Joris Van Ouytsel, and Koen Ponnet 11.4: Mobile Phone Waste and Circular Economy Tim Cooper, Matt Shapley, and Christine Cole11.5: Thinking Ethically About Mobile Devices: A Rough Guide Charles Ess Section 12: The Future Social Consequences of Mobile Communication12.1: Mobile Communication to Social Robotics: Relationships and Emotions James E. Katz and Kate K. Mays 12.2: Robotization of Mobile Communication Sakari Taipale, Tuuli Turja, and Lina Van Aerschot

The contributing authors offer subject area expertise in a wide variety of disciplines. Their work collectively offers an international perspective of scholars from multiple continents. As no similar current texts are available, this work fills a gap in scholarship on the sociological effects of mobile technology. Overall, it is a comprehensive work with wide-ranging topical relevance across multiple areas of scholarship. The book will be especially welcome in academic libraries because it includes an exceptionally robust index. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students and faculty.