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Social Implications of Mobile Telephony: The Rise of Personal Communication Society
2008
Sociology Compass
The media landscape has changed dramatically in recent decades, from one predominated by traditional mass communication formats to today's more personalized network environment. Mobile communication plays a central role in this transition, with adoption rates that surpass even those of the Internet. This essay argues that the widespread diffusion and use of mobile telephony is iconic of a shift toward a new 'personal communication society', evidenced by several key areas of social change,
doi:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00080.x
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