work_institution birth_place nationality field birth_date known_for residence article_title name alma_mater
nanyang technological university , singapore , telenor denver , colorado american sociology , communication 19 july 1954 analysis of the social consequences of mobile telephony singapore richard ling
 richard ling university of colorado , boulder
richard ling

richard ling -lrb- rich ling -rrb- is a communications scholar who focuses on mobile communication .
he is the shaw foundation professor of media technology at nanyang technological university , singapore .
he has studied the social consequences of mobile communication , text messaging and mobile telephony .
he has examined the use of mobile communication for what he calls micro-coordination , use by teens , and use in generational situations , as a form of social cohesion .
most recently he has studied this in the context of large data bases and also in developing countries .
he has published extensively in this area and is widely cited .
