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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780521807715
Subjects: Anthropology; Social theory; Sociology - General; Social Science; Sociology; Wireless communication systems; Media Studies; Cellular telephones--Social aspects; Social Science / General; Cellular telephones; Social aspects
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.