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New tech, new ties : how mobile communication is reshaping social cohesion / Rich Ling.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.Description: xv, 224 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262515047
  • 0262122979
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/33 22
LOC classification:
  • HE 9713 L755n 2008
Summary: "The message of this book is simple: the mobile phone strengthens social bonds among family and friends. In New Tech, New Ties, Rich Ling examines how the mobile telephone affects both kinds of interactions - those mediated by mobile communication and those that are face to face. Ling finds that through the use of various social rituals the mobile telephone strengthens social ties within the circle of friends and family - sometimes at the expense of interaction with those who are physically present - and creates what he calls "bounded solidarity.""
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HE 9713 L755n 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000169856

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-221) and index.

"The message of this book is simple: the mobile phone strengthens social bonds among family and friends. In New Tech, New Ties, Rich Ling examines how the mobile telephone affects both kinds of interactions - those mediated by mobile communication and those that are face to face. Ling finds that through the use of various social rituals the mobile telephone strengthens social ties within the circle of friends and family - sometimes at the expense of interaction with those who are physically present - and creates what he calls "bounded solidarity.""

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