Images in Mobile Communication [electronic resource] : New Content, New Uses, New Perspectives /
Martin, Corinne.editor.
von Pape, Thilo.editor.
This volume provides an original perspective on mobile communication, focusing on the emerging deployment of images in mobile phone usage: photography, video, mobile television, mobile internet, etc. Deeply embedded in our audiovisual culture, images possess the undeniable power to reshape the future of the mobile phone as an "individual mass medium". In this collection, European researchers in media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology and political science present empirical and conceptual work on a wide range of issues, including cultural change, new forms of sociability on individual and societal levels, tactics and strategies of users and producers, and finally, representations and imaginaries of the mobile phone in other established media. This book is written for researchers and students of sociology, communication studies and cultural studies as well as for practitioners of interactive media and online communication.
Description based upon print version of record.
Content; Introduction; 1 From Voice Only to Written Text; 2 From Words to Images; 3 "Thou Shalt Not Make unto Thee Any Graven Image"; 4 Studying Images in Mobile Communication; 5 Outlook: Parts and Chapters; 6 Acknowledgements; References; Part I The Production of Photographyin the Users' Hands?; Images in Mobile Uses: A New "Middle-brow Art"?; 1 Introduction; 2 Mobile Images: Amateur Images?; 2.1 First Steps and Discoveries; 2.2 Occasional Uses; 2.3 Functional Uses; 2.4 Careers6 toward Aesthetic Photography and Video; 3 "Precarious" Mobile Images; 3.1 Images of Lesser Value
3.2 Honestly, You Can't See Anything4 The Everyday Production of Special Events; 4.1 Creating Photographic Opportunities; 4.2 Ordinary Testimony or Amateur Journalism; 4.3 Small Images and Short Formats: Optical Haiku; 5 The Desacralization of Family Photographs and Films; 6 From Staging to Performance: The Inner Workings of MobileSensationalism; 6.1 Recycling Media Referents; 6.2 Happy Slapping: Morbid Mise en Scène between Gag Videos, Snuff Movies, and Jackass; 7 A Tool for Reflexivity; 8 Conclusion; References; Visual Mobile Phone Content and Developmental Challenges; 1 Introduction
2 Mediatization of Communication Processes and Social Relationships inAdolescence: Theoretical Framework2.1 Mediatization as a Social Change; 2.2 Social Relationships and Digital Media in Adolescence; 3 Visual Mobile Phone Content and the Negotiation of Relationships inAdolescence: Empirical Results; 3.1 Everyday-Life Situations; 3.2 Favorite Media Content; 3.3 Sexuality; 3.4 Violence; 4 Conclusions; References; Celebration and Concern; 1 Introduction: Photography in a Pixellated Age; 2 "We're Photographers, Not Terrorists"2; 3 Photography and the Approximate
4 From Common Spectatorship to a Global Visual Community5 Photojournalism in the Pixellated Age; 6 Irony in the Digital Age; 7 Surveillance, Coveillance, Sousveillance; 8 Conclusion; References; Part II Strategies and Tacticsat the Advent of Mobile Images; Revolution in Journalism?; Introduction; Many Media Companies Are Already Using the Mobile Channel; Economic reasons are a particular deterrent for entering the market; The Right Information, at the Right Time, in the Right Place; Made-for-Mobile Formats are Still a Scarce Commodity; News Desk Concepts Benefit Cross-Media Work
Conventional Editorial Organization will be Replaced in the FutureFuture Prospects: Journalism 2012; The Scope and Quality of a Form of Mobile Journalism Are Still Unclear; Made-for-Mobile Is Put to the Test; Formal Differences Exist Between TV and Mobile News; Camera Movement is Restricted; Range of Topics in TV and Mobile TV News; First Alignments Can Be Seen, But Are Not Yet Sufficient; References; Which Place for Mobile Television in Everyday Life?; 1 Introduction; 2 A Circular Model of Mobile Phone Appropriation; 2.1 Research Questions; 2.2 Method; 2.3 Sample; 3 Results; 4 Conclusion
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This volume provides an original perspective on mobile communication, focusing on the emerging deployment of images in mobile phone usage: photography, video, mobile television, mobile internet, etc. Deeply embedded in our audiovisual culture, images possess the undeniable power to reshape the future of the mobile phone as an "individual mass medium". In this collection, European researchers in media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology and political science present empirical and conceptual work on a wide range of issues, including cultural change, new forms of sociability on individual and societal levels, tactics and strategies of users and producers, and finally, representations and imaginaries of the mobile phone in other established media. This book is written for researchers and students of sociology, communication studies and cultural studies as well as for practitioners of interactive media and online communication.
Communication.
Communication Studies.