false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180638174m/1060149.jpg 1060149 1 Has the cell phone forever changed the way people communicate? The mobile phone is used for real time coordination while on the run, adolescents use it to manage their freedom, and teens text to each other day and night. The mobile phone is more than a simple technical innovation or social fad, more than just an intrusion on polite society. This book, based on world-wide research involving tens of thousands of interviews and contextual observations, looks into the impact of the phone on our daily lives. The mobile phone has fundamentally affected our accessibility, safety and security, coordination of social and business activities, and use of public places. <br><br>Based on research conducted in dozens of countries, this insightful and entertaining book examines the once unexpected interaction between humans and cell phones, and between humans, period. The compelling discussion and projections about the future of the telephone should give designers everywhere a more informed practice and process, and provide researchers with new ideas to last years.<br><br>*Rich Ling (an American working in Norway) is a prominent researcher, interviewed in the new technology article in the November 9 issue of the New York Times Magazine. <br>*A particularly "good read", this book will be important to the designers, information designers, social psychologists, and others who will have an impact on the development of the new third generation of mobile telephones. <br>*Carefully and wittily written by a senior research scientist at Telenor, Norway's largest telecommunications company, and developer of the first mobile telephone system that allowed for international roaming. 1046734 18 5 2004 The Mobile Connection: The Cell Phone's Impact on Society (Interactive Technologies) total:5|5:3|4:1|3:1| 5 22 12 1 4 1 false false Mon Jul 16 18:33:09 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 18:33:41 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sat May 09 03:51:07 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 03:51:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 22 11:35:36 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 11:35:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 07:57:15 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 07:57:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Mar 20 20:38:46 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 20:38:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 15 07:10:37 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 07:10:37 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Oct 13 12:46:13 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 12:46:13 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Sep 06 13:27:44 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 13:28:00 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Apr 09 13:12:50 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 13:12:50 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 27 04:47:43 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 04:48:09 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Feb 11 12:59:33 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 12:59:33 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Aug 02 17:40:08 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 17:40:08 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1060149