The Cell Phone Reader: Essays in Social TransformationAnandam P. Kavoori, Noah Arceneaux The Cell Phone Reader offers a diverse, eclectic set of essays that examines how this rapidly evolving technology is shaping new media cultures, new forms of identity, and media-centered relationships. The contributors focus on a range of topics, from horror films to hip-hop, from religion to race, and draw examples from across the globe. The Cell Phone Reader provides a road map for both scholars and beginning students to examine the profound social, cultural and international impact of this small device. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Interfaces of Hybrid Spaces | 19 |
An Artifact of Popular Culture | 45 |
Copyright | |
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