the story of the world's most mobile medium and how it has transformed everything! /
First Statement of Responsibility
Paul Levinson.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 221 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
22 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-214) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Although the Internet takes us everywhere in cyberspace, it usually requires us to be seated behind a desk. In contrast, the cellphone lets us walk through the world fully connected. Cellphone explores the history of mobility in media - from books to cameras to transistor radios to laptops - and examines the unique impact of a device that sits in a pocket or palm and lets us converse by voice or text." "Cellphone considers how this new dual edge of accessibility transforms restaurants, public transport, automobiles, romance, literacy, parent-child relationships, war, and indeed all walks of life, trivial and profound. Like an organic cell that moves, evolves, combines with other cells, and generates, the cellphone has become a complex sparkplug of human life."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cell phone systems, Popular works.
Cell phones, Popular works.
Téléphone cellulaire, Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Téléphonie cellulaire, Ouvrages de vulgarisation.