The Mobile Media Reader

Noah Arceneaux editor Anandam Kavoori editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Published:20th Mar '12

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Portable phones are now miniature multi-media centers that can fit neatly in one’s pocket, and media industries of all types are adapting content for these new platforms, or innovating entirely new forms. In the light of this explosive growth, this diverse collection of essays establishes conceptual, critical frameworks for evaluating the latest transformations of the media landscape. Some essays provide historical context, exploring older phenomena such as the CB radio, automobile radio, and hand-held video games, while others unpack the behind-the-scenes negotiations that determine what kinds of services are available to consumers of the latest technology. The Mobile Media Reader is a comprehensive road map, enabling both scholars and students to examine the social, cultural, and commercial implications of media that are available anywhere at any time.

«In ‘The Mobile Media Reader’, Noah Arceneaux and Anandam Kavoori bring together a fine collection of essays on the history, design, and affordances of mobile communication. In particular, the historical material adds a needed dimension to the study of this rapidly growing phenomenon.» (Rich Ling, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
«An up-to-date, insightful anthology about the devices we carry in our pockets, which connect us not only to each other but to the burgeoning cosmos of information which is the Web. If you’d like this ongoing revolution placed in historical context and pitched into our future, pick up this book.» (Paul Levinson, Fordham University; Author of ‘Cellphone: The Story of the World’s Most Mobile Medium and New New Media’)
«In ‘The Mobile Media Reader’, Noah Arceneaux and Anandam Kavoori bring together a fine collection of essays on the history, design, and affordances of mobile communication. In particular, the historical material adds a needed dimension to the study of this rapidly growing phenomenon.» (Rich Ling, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
«An up-to-date, insightful anthology about the devices we carry in our pockets, which connect us not only to each other but to the burgeoning cosmos of information which is the Web. If you’d like this ongoing revolution placed in historical context and pitched into our future, pick up this book.» (Paul Levinson, Fordham University; Author of ‘Cellphone: The Story of the World’s Most Mobile Medium and New New Media’)

ISBN: 9781433113000

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 320g

198 pages

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