Hi everyone, Sharing 2 papers on mobile communications. I have included the abstracts below and the citations/doi.
Thanks, Rhonda 1. McEwen, Rhonda and Scheaffer, Kathleen (2012). Orality in the library: How mobile phones challenge our understandings of collaboration in hybridized information centers, Library and Information Science Research, ISSN 0740-8188, 04/2012, Volume 34, Issue 2, pp. 92 - 98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2011.08.001 Abstract: The domestication of mobile phones and a changing articulation of academic libraries as collaborative spaces present an opportunity for digitally-mediated collaboration—or do they? The intersection between the academic library's dynamic space and governing policies and guidelines, and the omnipresent mobile phone user is examined. Data was collected through document analysis and 46 ethnographic observations and interviews. How historical precedents, communication incongruence, and a lack of user studies can result in inconsistencies between academic libraries' visions and users' information practices is illustrated. Recommendations for policy- makers and managers of hybridized information centers are made. Specifically, guidelines regarding mobile phones should be revised to reflect a more in-depth understanding of mediated collaboration through mobile phone use. 2. McEwen, Rhonda (2011). Tools of the trade: Drugs, law and mobile phones in Canada New Media & Society, 13 (1), pg. 134-150 . http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444810365306 Abstract: Observations of mobile phone use suggest that this medium facilitates existing social practices when used as a tool within, and at times outside, socially determined definitions of ‘normal’ or ‘deviant’ behavior. Written from a social construction of technology perspective, this article examines the mobile phone as a contemporary technology in the context of its use in illegal drug-dealing and the law enforcement of those practices in Canada. The relationship between illegal drug-dealing and law enforcement responses is critically analyzed, highlighting the way groups representing both sides utilize mobile phone technologies to achieve their divergent goals. Existing constitutional guidelines employed by law enforcement to support the use of mobile and wireless technologies for surveillance are considered, particularly considering the notion of privacy. The article concludes by challenging assumptions that mobile phones are primarily personal artifacts, and instead describes the inherently social nature of mobile communications, thereby calling for a re- conceptualization of current ideology on privacy. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to mobile-society@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mobile-society+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en.