Invisible whispers: Accounts of SMS communication in shared physical space

Convergence

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-211

  Tjora, Aksel H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

affordance; discreetness; Goffman; mobile phones; SMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957898351     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856510394604     Document Type: Article

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