The gift of the gab?: A design oriented sociology of young people's use of mobiles

Computer Supported Cooperative Work: CSCW: An International Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-296

  Taylor, Alex S ^a   Harper, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Ethnography; Mobile phones; Mobiles; Phones; Short messaging; SMS; Teenagers; Texters; Texting; Young people

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COSTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ETHNOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0042931254     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025091532662     Document Type: Article

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