The question is how you class contacts at the work place. Strong binds are with family and friend, weak with acquaintances and, usually, colleagues. If uou take this classification you could look into sms at the work place when you look for weak ties.
The EURESCOM P903 survey provides a detailed insight into private contacts with acquaintances at the beginning of the diffusion, in end of 2000, in 9 European countries. I guess you should have access to those data :-) Regards, F. Thomas Emmanuel Koku wrote: > Hi Richard, this is an area of growing interest: you may want to start > with some of these: > > (1) he Mobile-izing Japanese: Connecting to the Internet by PC and > Webphone in Yamanashi > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://www.epas.utoronto.ca/%7Ewellman/publications/webphone/webphone04APR28.pdf> > > by Wellman et al > http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://www.epas.utoronto.ca/~wellman/publications/webphone/webphone04APR28.pdf > > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://www.epas.utoronto.ca/%7Ewellman/publications/webphone/webphone04APR28.pdf> > > (2) Social networks, novel communication applications and needs in > mobile contexts > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://mobileman.projects.supsi.ch/CB-extended-abstract.pdf> > http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://mobileman.projects.supsi.ch/CB-extended-abstract.pdf > > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://mobileman.projects.supsi.ch/CB-extended-abstract.pdf> > > (3) Network Development Via Mobile Phone Text Messages > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://user.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp/people/b031201d/PDF/article/jspr2004.pdf> > http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://user.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp/people/b031201d/PDF/article/jspr2004.pdf > > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://user.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp/people/b031201d/PDF/article/jspr2004.pdf> > > (4) IMing, Text Messaging, and Adolescent Social Networks > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue2/bryant.html> > > http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue2/bryant.html > > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue2/bryant.html> > > (5) Gender differences in social network development via mobile phone > text messages: A longitudinal … > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://spr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/5/691> > http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://spr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/5/691 > > <http://scholar.google.com/url?sa=U&q=http://spr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/5/691> > > > Regards, Emmanuel > > > > On 12/11/06, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I am working on a piece where I examine the interaction of mobile > communication and the so called strong ties. There are several > studies showing that the strong ties are benefiting from access to > mobile communication. However, are there any empirical studies > showing the interaction between mobile communication and the WEAK > ties ? For example, a re heavy users of mobile communication > likely to be less or more politically engaged? Are there studies > showing that people who use the mobile phone have larger or > smaller weak tie social networks? > > Any tips would be appreciated. > > Rich Ling. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Emmanuel F. Koku > Assistant Professor of Sociology > Department of Culture & Communication > Drexel University, PSA Building 47-Room 309 > 3141 Chestnut Street > Philadelphia, PA 19104 > 1 - 215 - 895 - 6144 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- .................................................................... Dr. Frank Thomas FTR Internet Research 321, bd de la Boissière 93110 Rosny-sous-Bois France <A HREF="CALLTO://Frank_Thomas"><IMG> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
