Perpetual Contact
Subtitle: Mobile Communication, Private Talk, Public Performance
Contributors: James E. Katz (Editor); Mark Aakhus (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780521002660
Subjects: Leisure; Social & cultural anthropology; Social theory; Work & labour; Sociology; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Social Science; Sociology - General; Media Studies; Cellular telephones--Social aspects; Social Science / General; Cellular telephones; Social aspects; Wireless communication systems
First sentence: With the invention of the telephone in 1876, it was possible for the first time in history to have real-time conversational interaction at a distance.