Mobile phones, batteries and power consumption: An analysis of social practices in Portugal

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2016, Pages 15-23

  Horta, Ana ^a   Fonseca, Susana ^a   Truninger, Mónica ^a   Nobre, Nélia ^a   Correia, Augusta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Distributed agency; Energy sociology; Everyday life; Information and communication technologies; Theories of practice; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957426211     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.11.010     Document Type: Article

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