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Portable Communities : The Social Dynamics of Online and Mobile Connectedness by Mary Chayko (2008, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-100791476006

ISBN-139780791476000

eBay Product ID (ePID)66818876

Product Key Features

Number of Pages318 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePortable Communities : the Social Dynamics of Online and Mobile Connectedness

SubjectMobile & Wireless Communications, Communication Studies, Web / Social Media, Social Aspects / General, Sociology / General, General, Interpersonal Relations, Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

AuthorMary Chayko

Subject AreaComputers, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-003115

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Portable Communities is the first book to clearly identify the importance of mobile media in the evolution of new forms of social relations. Anyone interested in matters of online community, identity, and social media should read this absolutely terrific book." -- Steven G. Jones, editor of CyberSociety: Computer-Mediated Communication and Community and CyberSociety 2.0: Revisiting Computer-Mediated Communication and Community, and founder, Association of Internet Researchers "This book addresses how advances in technology are altering the form and content of social relationships. It is THE central question sociologists must address in the coming decades." -- Rebecca G. Adams, coeditor of Deadhead Social Science: You Ain't Gonna Learn What You Don't Want to Know "In the old days, we had to travel to our friends, families, and social networks. Now, Mary Chayko shows us, we take our networks with us, connecting by text, voice, and video wherever we--and they--are. Chayko's timely and fascinating book provides a guide to the new world of 'communities to go.'" -- Barry Wellman, coeditor of The Internet in Everyday Life and Director, NetLab, University of Toronto "In this fascinating volume, Mary Chayko explores the way people use their communication technologies to produce conviviality and connections. She insightfully captures people playfully and seriously engaging their online and mobile communities, and she shows how ordinary physical limits are transcended to create rich worlds of meaning and interaction." -- James E. Katz, author of Magic in the Air: Mobile Communication and the Transformation of Social Life and Director, Center for Mobile Communication Studies, Rutgers University

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal303.48/33

Table Of ContentI. Introduction: The Internet, Mobile Phones, and Community 1. The Portability of Social Connectedness II. Internal Dynamics: Inside the Portable Community 2. Thinking in Tandem: Cognitive Connectedness The Cognitive "Face" of the Community Sociomental Space Cognitive Resonance Stories and Collective Memories Proximity, Presence, and Reality 3. Feeling Connected: Emotionality and Intimacy Friendship and Intimacy Trust and Social Support Happiness and Hostility: The Moderation of Moods and Behavior 4 Playing Around: Fun, Games, and Hanging Out Games Just "Hanging Out" Playful Talk: Humor, Gossip, and Flirting The Seductive Allure of Fun 5 Social Networking: Convenience, Practicality, and Sociability Sociability Convenience Dating, Romance, and Sex Learning, Working, and Getting Things Done III. External Dynamics: The Portable Community in the Society 6 Being There: Constant Availability Comfort and Companionship Emergencies Anxiety, Apprehension, and Overload The Impact on Privacy 7 Harnessing Social Interaction: The Control of Time, Space, and People Where, When, and Whether We Interact Technology-Based Strategies for Interaction Spontaneity and Social Interaction 8 Creating, Expressing, and Extending the Self(and Watching Others Do So) Socialization in a Technological Age The Making and Remaking of the Self Voyeurism, Watching, and Lurking Multitasking and the "Hyperlinking" of Identity 9 Shaping the Social Landscape: Equalities, Inequalities, Possibilities Technological Divides and Power Differentials Old Problems, New Angles Agency and Activism: Mobilizing for Social Change A Look Ahead Acknowledgments Appendix 1. The Methodology Appendix 2: Profiles of Interview Subjects Notes References Index

SynopsisLooks at the social implications of having constant access to others through cell phones, wireless computers, and other electronic devices., Looks at the social implications of having constant access to others through cell phones, wireless computers, and other electronic devices. Runner-Up, 2009 Association for Humanist Sociology Book Award "I blog, text, IM, email, and I don't like to be without my cell phone or have to shut it off-even in a theater. Let's put it this way, my 'connections' are more important than whatever I'm doing that might force me to shut my cell phone off." - A Member of a Portable Community In contemporary American life, community has become a portable phenomenon-you can "get it to go" wherever and whenever it is desired at the push of a button, mouse, or keyboard. In Portable Communities, sociologist Mary Chayko examines the social dynamics and implications of having access to countless others at any time. Teeming with the observations of people who blog, email, instant message, game, and chat on cell phones, wireless computers, and other portable devices, the book captures the appeal and the excitement, the challenges and the complexities, of online and mobile connectedness. Chayko considers some of the external dynamics that emerge as these communities resonate within the larger society-constant availability, social interaction that is more controlled and controllable, and new opportunities for self-expression, creativity, and even voyeurism. Internal social dynamics involving emotionality, intimacy, play, romance, and networking are also fully explored. Portable Communities provides a unique view of shifts in the social landscape and points the way toward needed social and political change., "I blog, text, IM, email, and I don't like to be without my cell phone or have to shut it off--even in a theater. Let's put it this way, my 'connections' are more important than whatever I'm doing that might force me to shut my cell phone off." -- A Member of a Portable Community In contemporary American life, community has become a portable phenomenon--you can "get it to go" wherever and whenever it is desired at the push of a button, mouse, or keyboard. In Portable Communities, sociologist Mary Chayko examines the social dynamics and implications of having access to countless others at any time. Teeming with the observations of people who blog, email, instant message, game, and chat on cell phones, wireless computers, and other portable devices, the book captures the appeal and the excitement, the challenges and the complexities, of online and mobile connectedness. Chayko considers some of the external dynamics that emerge as these communities resonate within the larger society--constant availability, social interaction that is more controlled and controllable, and new opportunities for self-expression, creativity, and even voyeurism. Internal social dynamics involving emotionality, intimacy, play, romance, and networking are also fully explored. Portable Communities provides a unique view of shifts in the social landscape and points the way toward needed social and political change.

LC Classification NumberHM1166.C48 2008