Mobile media and communication in everyday life: Milestones and challenges

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Linke
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Media And Communication

The article contributes conceptual ideas to the multi- and interdisciplinary forum for research on social aspects of Mobile Media & Communication. Starting with everyday observations, a review of selected milestones regarding matters of space and presence, sociality and emotion and on multiple dialectics is offered to demonstrate the significant and complex interrelations in the field of mobile communication in everyday life. Finally, it is argued that the challenge of non-deterministic and sustainable research approaches has to be met in order to deepen and broaden future research and contribute to an understanding of mobile media and communication.

On mobile communication and youth “deviance”: Beyond moral, media and mobile panics

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun Sun Lim
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Spatial Interactions ◽  
Moral Panics ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Media And Communication

Cautionary voices have pointed to the apparent dangers that mobile media and communication pose for young people in the form of “deviant” activities such as sexting and mobile phone-facilitated bullying and criminal activity. Such incidents have ignited moral panics about the proliferation of mobile media because they are seen to facilitate emergent social/spatial interactions that are either unprecedented, or occurring on a scale not hitherto witnessed. While labelling concerns about youth deviance that is, in some measure, enabled or facilitated by mobile communications as “moral panics” is unproductive, it would be equally myopic to disregard the risks that mobile media can pose for youths in certain circumstances. This article critically examines the panic discourse surrounding youths and mobile media before reviewing research that suggests how mobile media can present risks for youths in particular contexts and milieus.

scholarly journals Mobile media and communication: A new field, or just a new journal?

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott W. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
Distinct Field

This journal represents a step forward in the development of mobile communication studies as a field. This field has been establishing itself through a number of other initiatives as well, including conferences, symposiums, edited books, listservs, and centers for research. Despite this momentum, little attention has been given to defining – and justifying – the field itself. This essay begins by questioning whether there really is, or should be, a distinct field of study for research and theory on mobile media and communication. I then proceed to address this question by highlighting themes in the literature that illustrate how mobile communication is distinct from other forms of mediated communication and information exchange, with correspondingly distinctive social consequences. The essay argues that there are indeed justifiable reasons for treating mobile communication studies as a field. However, like the technology itself, this field is – or at least should be – highly integrated with research and theory of media and communication more broadly.

Mobile communication research in communication journals from 1999 to 2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 1668-1691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonghwan Kim ◽  
Bumsoo Kim ◽  
Youngju Kim ◽  
Yuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
General Information ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Time Period

This study examined trends and patterns of mobile communication research across 10 communication journals between 1999 and 2014 with the intent to increase knowledge about mobile communication and to help scholars understand the future research directions. A total of 131 articles were coded for general information about journals, primary topic/context of the study, use of theories or models, research methods, units of analysis/types of sample, and countries or locations. Findings showed that the number of mobile communication-related studies increased over the time period of interest. Scholars examined uses and users’ characteristics of mobile communication as well as the effects of mobile media on everyday life. Most studies used quantitative methods such as survey of the general population. Theories or theoretical models were not frequently used in mobile communication research. Regarding the usage of theories or theoretical models, about half of mobile communication studies (48.1%) used theories and/or models as theoretical frameworks. Implications for improving this field of research are specifically discussed.

scholarly journals Thinking and Feeling through Mobile Media and Communication: A Review of Cognitive and Affective Implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 147-166
Author(s):  
Morgan Quinn Ross ◽  
Scott W. Campbell ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Conditional Effects ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
And Control ◽  
Media And Communication

In recent decades, mobile media and communication have become integral to human psychology, including how people think and feel. Although the popular press, parents, and educators often voice concerns about the integration of mobile media into everyday life (e.g., “smartphone addiction”), the growing body of scholarship in this area offers a mix of positive, negative, and conditional effects of mobile media use. This review article traverses this variegated scholarship by assembling cognitive and affective implications of mobile media and communication. It identifies information processing, offloading, spatial cognition, habit, attention, and phantom vibrations as cognitive themes, and feelings of pleasure, stress/anxiety, safety/security, connectedness, and control as affective themes. Along the way, it helps bring structure to this growing and interdisciplinary area of scholarship, ground psychological work on mobile media in theorizing on technological embedding, inform academic and public debates, and identify opportunities for future research.

The Gamification of Mobile Communication among Young Smartphone Users in Seoul

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
Kyong Yoon ◽  
Dal Yong Jin
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Mobile Gaming ◽  
Communication Practices

Drawing on the empirical findings, the present study discusses how mobile media and gaming practices are integrated with young people’s everyday lives in Seoul, Korea. In particular, the present study aims to critically examine mobile gaming as a social practice, by adopting the notion of “gamification”. The study has found that users coped with urban everyday life by appropriating mobile apps and thus engaging with the gamification of mobile communication. Various mobile games have become popular add-ons on smartphones and offered casual involvement in gaming in daily moments such as commuting, waiting, and eating times. Gamified communication practices may imply that smartphone-mediated communication redefines our world as the gameful world while urban space and agency constantly engage with gameplay. However, the seemingly gameful world that may empower certain casual gamers may conceal the hegemonic process in which mobile gamers are subject to existing power relations.

Jyotismati Taila and Ashtamangal Ghrita Nasya in the management of Mental Retardation - A Comparative Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Maniar ◽  
K. S. Patel ◽  
I. U. Mistry
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Mental Status ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Comparative Effectiveness ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Classical Text ◽  
Mental Functions

Mental retardation is still elusive to researchers due to multidimensionality of psychological, medical, educational and social aspects, which alters mental functions and capability. Mental sub capability divided in 4 categories, Mild, Moderate, Severe and Profound. Chief aim of management of mental retardation is to make child more capable of performing common activities of everyday life by positive improvement in mental sub-capability. Mental retardation required multidimensional management approach. Present study focused on medicinal intervention, particularly analysis of comparative effectiveness of selected drug formulations (Astamangalghrita and Jyotismatitaila) from classical text of Ayurveda. Study design with the aims to compare the effectiveness of Jyotismatitaila and Astamangal Ghrita Nasya on Mental retardation. Assessment were based on Mental Status Score and IQ score taken before starting of treatment and after completion of treatment in both group. Obtained data was analyzed statistically. In this study, from result we conclude that both drugs are effective to improve Mental Status parameter and in IQ, but higher percentage and significance wise Jyotismati Taila had better result than Astamangal Ghrita Nasya.

Collaborative Remembering in Dementia: A Focus on Joint Activities

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars-Christer Hydén ◽  
Mattias Forsblad
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Joint Activities ◽  
Do So ◽  
Dementia Diseases

In this chapter we consider collaborative remembering and joint activates in everyday life in the case of people living with dementia. First, we review past research of practices that scaffolds the participation of persons with dementia in everyday chores under different stages of dementia diseases. We do so by suggesting three analytical types of scaffolding: when the scaffolding practices (i) frame the activity, (ii) guide actions, or (iii) are part of repair activities. Second, we review two aspects of collaborative remembering that are especially important in the case of dementia: training of scaffolding practices, and the sustaining and presentation of identities through collaborative storytelling. Finally, theoretical and methodological tendencies of the research field are summarized and future research needs are formulated.

Mobile Media and Political Communication

2020 ◽  
pp. 228-243
Author(s):  
Ran Wei
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Mobile Phone Technology ◽  
Political News ◽  
Communication Devices ◽  
The Impact

To fully understand the impact of mobile phone technology on politics, this chapter provides a state-of-the-art overview of research and identifies an emerging subfield concerning the relationship between mobile media and politics. The chapter traces the evolution of mobile media from personal communication devices to tools for political participation. The growing literature on the role of various mobile devices in civic and political life is reviewed and critiqued. The specific uses of mobile media as tools in political communication, such as informational use, mobile political news, and mobile public sphere, are explicated and synthesized. The chapter also sheds light on the question of how the attributes of mobile media influence the political process in democratic and non-democratic countries. The chapter outlines key issues concerning mobile media in civic and political communication, highlighting significant predictors and mediators. Unresolved issues and debates are highlighted, and directions for future research are suggested.

scholarly journals Mobile bystanders and rubbernecks, disaster tourists, and helpers. Towards a theoretical framework for critically studying action possibilities at accident sites

2021 ◽  
pp. 205015792098482
Author(s):  
Linus Andersson ◽  
Ebba Sundin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
Media Practices

This article addresses the phenomenon of mobile bystanders who use their smartphones to film or take photographs at accident scenes, instead of offering their help to people in need or to assist medical units. This phenomenon has been extensively discussed in Swedish news media in recent years since it has been described as a growing problem for first responders, such as paramedics, police, and firefighters. This article aims to identify theoretical perspectives that are relevant for analyzing mobile media practices and discuss the ethical implications of these perspectives. Our purpose is twofold: we want to develop a theoretical framework for critically approaching mobile media practices, and we want to contribute to discussions concerning well-being in a time marked by mediatization and digitalization. In this pursuit, we combine theory from social psychology about how people behave at traumatic scenes with discussions about witnessing in and through media, as developed in media and communication studies. Both perspectives offer various implications for normative inquiry, and in our discussion, we argue that mobile bystanders must be considered simultaneously as transgressors of social norms and as emphatic witnesses behaving in accordance with the digital media age. The article ends with a discussion regarding the implications for further research.

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