Mobile communication as a social stage: Meanings of mobile communication in everyday life among teenagers in Finland

New Media and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-339

  Oksman, Virpi ^a   Turtiainen, Jussi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Everyday life; Family context; Mobile communication; Multimedial communication; Peer group relations; Self presentation; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942679278     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444804042518     Document Type: Article

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