Organization of the social sphere and typology of the residential setting: How the adoption of the mobile phone affects sociability in rural and urban locations

Technology in Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-43

  Fortunati, Leopoldina ^a   Taipale, Sakari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mobile phone; Rural; Sociability; Telecommunications policy; Urban

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GERMANY; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; RURAL LIFE; SOCIABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY; URBAN; URBAN LOCATIONS; URBAN SETTINGS; URBAN TERRITORIES;

MOBILE DEVICES; RURAL AREAS;

MOBILE PHONES;

CIVIL SOCIETY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELECOMMUNICATION; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84857190954     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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