Richard, Dennis, and others who might be interested in this:
I conducted a cross-cultural study of perceptions and uses of mobile telephony at my former university, which was quite diverse. It doesn't focus on texting, but one of the cultural groupings included is Taiwan, so you and Dennis may find it helpful. The manuscript will be coming out in the journal New Media & Society, but probably not for several months so I'll be happy to provide a draft to anyone who might find it useful. I tried to send the paper to the list as an attachment, but it appears our messages cannot be larger than 50kb, so I'll just provide the abstract (below) and send the entire paper to anyone who replies to me requesting it.
Cheers,
Scott Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON OF
PERCEPTIONS AND USES OF MOBILE TELEPHONY
Scott W. Campbell
Assistant Professor,
Pohs Fellow of Telecommunications
Department of Communication Studies
University of Michigan
Abstract
Drawing from the theoretical orientation of Apparatgeist (Katz and Aakhus, 2002), this study explored cultural similarities and differences in perceptions and uses of mobile telephony. A sample of college students from Japan, Sweden, Taiwan, Hawaii, and the U.S. Mainland were surveyed to assess (1) perceptions of the mobile phone as fashion, (2) attitudes about mobile phone use in public settings, (3) use of the mobile phone for safety/security, (4) use of the mobile phone for instrumental purposes, and (5) use of the mobile phone for expressive purposes. Results indicate some differences and several similarities among the cultural groupings and help lay the groundwork for future research and theory building.
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I am interested in this, too.
In particular, I have a student who is studying mobile (texting, mainly) use in different cultures, and he is about to head to Taiwan for a month. He'd like to connect with anyone with similar interests in that country. Anyone on this list? Or does anyone on this list have a suggestion?
...r
On 18-Jul-05, at 7:40 AM, Katie Cumiskey wrote:
> Is there any way that we could know who is included in the 142? Is
> there a way we can make a forum on the website for people to create
> "profiles" and links to personal WebPages, etc?
>
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Richard Smith, Associate Professor School of Communication
Simon Fraser University, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, CANADA V6B 5K3
Phone: 604 291 5116 Web: http://www.sfu.ca/~smith/ Mobitus: 2001 1070 0578 skype - callto://richard_k_smith
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In particular, I have a student who is studying mobile (texting, mainly) use in different cultures, and he is about to head to Taiwan for a month. He'd like to connect with anyone with similar interests in that country. Anyone on this list? Or does anyone on this list have a suggestion?
...r
On 18-Jul-05, at 7:40 AM, Katie Cumiskey wrote:
> Is there any way that we could know who is included in the 142? Is
> there a way we can make a forum on the website for people to create
> "profiles" and links to personal WebPages, etc?
>
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Richard Smith, Associate Professor School of Communication
Simon Fraser University, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, CANADA V6B 5K3
Phone: 604 291 5116 Web: http://www.sfu.ca/~smith/ Mobitus: 2001 1070 0578 skype - callto://richard_k_smith
PGP Public Key: http://arago.cprost.sfu.ca/smith/ richardsmithpublickey.asc
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