Some good stuff > > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/index.html > > ------------------------------- > In #15: > ------------------------------- > > We always take the mobile with us because we want to be reachable. But who do > we want to be reachable for? Take a closer look: primarily for those we love. > Apart from using them for work-related purposes, mobile phones are a great > source of strength for our inner circle - they connect us to those stored in > the handset's contact list whom we want to reassure that we are with in > spirit, and who know when we might need the emotional support of a quick text. > This receiver issue is all about that yearning factor that comes with using > the mobile phone, about the meta-message which is always present: 'wish you > were here'. > > ------------------------------- > Articles: > ------------------------------- > > Jane Vincent: > "I just can't live without my mobile!" > > Could it be that we are not only emotional about the ones we keep in touch > with, but that we have come to assign an emotional quality to the handset > itself? Jane Vincent, whose paper is the opener for our 'Wish you were here' > issue, thinks so! She has worked in the mobile communications industry since > 1982. A Research Fellow with the Digital World Research Centre at the > University of Surrey, Vincent's main interest is in user behaviours associated > with mobile communications. She has long pondered over the one and crucial > question: 'How come we feel emotionally attached to our mobiles?' and presents > some of her findings here in receiver. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/articles/index01.html > > ------------------------------- > > Rich Ling: > Nomos and the flexible coordination of the family > > Rich Ling is a Senior Research Scientist at the research and development > division of Telenor, Norway's largest research establishment within > information and communication technology. Ling, who investigates the social > impact of mobile telephony, is a most influential writer on mobile matters, > serving on the editorial boards of a number of academic journals. He authored > The mobile connection - the cell phone's impact on society, a book published > by Morgan Kaufman in 2004. Read Ling's article for receiver to learn how > mobile communication contributes to the maintenance of the family as an > institution. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/articles/index02.html > > ------------------------------- > > Ruth Rettie: > How text messages create connectedness > > Ruth Rettie is an ex-Unilever Brand Manager who is currently a senior lecturer > at Kingston University in London. At the University's Business School she > lectures on internet marketing, E- and M-commerce and has a strong research > interest in communication theory. She is currently completing her PhD in > sociology at the University of Surrey, which focuses on mobile phone > communication. In her receiver contribution, Rettie explains how connectedness > is a premier driver of mobile communication. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/articles/index03.html > > ------------------------------- > > Tim Kindberg: > We are cameras - image acts in personal interaction > > Tim Kindberg, a senior researcher at HP Labs Bristol, UK, with a strong > interest in nomadic and urban computing, has recently focused on the usage of > camera phones. He and colleagues at HP Labs Palo Alto (Mirjana Spasojevic) and > Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK (Abigail Sellen and Rowanne Fleck) carried > out an in-depth study into camera phone use in the UK and US. Findings: people > often have strong social or sharing intentions when capturing a picture, but > typically use 'capture and show' rather than 'capture and send'. Read > Kindberg's receiver contribution to find out more about the social uses of > camera phones. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/articles/index04.html > > ------------------------------- > > Jeff Axup: > Blog the World > > Jeff Axup is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, > Australia. His research in Mobile Community Design focuses on the development > and design of mobile devices used by groups and how device design might change > group behaviour. Axup has chosen to look at one highly mobile group in detail > and examines what technologies could be used to support backpackers. Read his > receiver contribution to find out about the usage patterns and demands he came > across with a group of people who to a large extent depend on forming social > networks while on the move. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/articles/index05.html > > ------------------------------- > > Joachim R Höflich: > The duality of effects - the mobile phone and relationships > > Joachim Höflich is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of > Erfurt, Germany. He has been looking at forms of media-driven interpersonal > communication for many years. His particular focus is mobile communication, > and he has written and edited a number of books including Mobile Kommunikation > (2005) and Mobile Communication in Everyday Life, which will be published > shortly. In his contribution to receiver, Höflich weighs up the positive and > negative effects of mobile phones as a medium for relationships and takes a > look at the particular way in which relationships are affected by them. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/articles/index06.html > > ------------------------------- > > Pierre Proske: > Bleating in the bank queue > > Pierre Proske is a Melbourne-based programmer and digital artist with a > background in music, engineering, literature and performing arts. Proske's > artistic work focuses on people's relationships with technology, his most > recent example being True Blue Love. This mobile phone based mating experiment > was launched at last year's Mobile Journeys exhibition in Sydney, a venture > that explores the creative potential of Australian mobile culture. In Bleating > in the bank queue, Proske introduces us to his match-making project which > plays with an inversion of the silent communications that mobile phones > promote. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/articles/index07.html > > ------------------------------- > > Mark Federman: > Memories of now > > Mark Federman is completing a PhD at the University of Toronto, researching > the future form of corporations in a ubiquitously connected and pervasively > proximate world. Over the last five years, Federman has been Chief Strategist > at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto > and is co-author, with Derrick de Kerckhove, of McLuhan for Managers. His > receiver contribution tells us, in his own and in McLuhan's words, how we have > focused on sharing the "here and now" since we learned to use tools that > enable ubiquitous communication. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/articles/index08.html > > ------------------------------- > > Nicola Döring: > Just you and me - and your mobile > > Nicola Döring is Professor of Media Design and Media Psychology at Ilmenau > University of Technology, Germany, where she researches psychological and > social dimensions of new communication technologies. She has published widely > on online and mobile communication, focusing on communities, language, > learning, identity, gender, sexuality, romance and interpersonal > relationships. In her receiver contribution, Döring takes a closer look at > mobile phone interruptions during romantic dates and meetings with friends > based on an observational study. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/15/articles/index09.html > > ------------------------------- > About receiver: > ------------------------------- > > Vodafone's receiver magazine is a neutral space where pioneer thinkers > challenge you to discuss exciting, future-oriented aspects of communications > technologies. Started over five years ago as a platform for exchange about how > innovations in this sector affect societies worldwide, receiver is now > established as one of the industry's key idea generators. > > ------------------------------- > About this newsletter: > ------------------------------- > > You have received this newsletter because your E-mail address has been > registered to the www.receiver.vodafone.com newsletter service. 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