Cross-cultural patterns in mobile-phone use: Public space and reachability in sweden, the USA and Japan

New Media and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-34

  Baron, Naomi S ^a   af Segerstad, Ylva Hård ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture; Japan; Mobile phone; Public space; Reachability; Self expression; Sweden; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649240815     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809355111     Document Type: Article

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