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The Mobile Connection

Author : Rich Ling
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080518931
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Mobile Connection written by Rich Ling and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-06-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has the cell phone forever changed the way people communicate? The mobile phone is used for “real time coordination while on the run, adolescents use it to manage their freedom, and teens “text to each other day and night. The mobile phone is more than a simple technical innovation or social fad, more than just an intrusion on polite society. This book, based on world-wide research involving tens of thousands of interviews and contextual observations, looks into the impact of the phone on our daily lives. The mobile phone has fundamentally affected our accessibility, safety and security, coordination of social and business activities, and use of public places. Based on research conducted in dozens of countries, this insightful and entertaining book examines the once unexpected interaction between humans and cell phones, and between humans, period. The compelling discussion and projections about the future of the telephone should give designers everywhere a more informed practice and process, and provide researchers with new ideas to last years. *Rich Ling (an American working in Norway) is a prominent researcher, interviewed in the new technology article in the November 9 issue of the New York Times Magazine. *A particularly "good read", this book will be important to the designers, information designers, social psychologists, and others who will have an impact on the development of the new third generation of mobile telephones. *Carefully and wittily written by a senior research scientist at Telenor, Norway's largest telecommunications company, and developer of the first mobile telephone system that allowed for international roaming.

User-Computer Interaction Website and Mobile Connection

Author : Dr.A.R.Mohamed Shanavas
Publisher : SK Research Group of Companies
ISBN 13 : 811998028X
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book User-Computer Interaction Website and Mobile Connection written by Dr.A.R.Mohamed Shanavas and published by SK Research Group of Companies. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr.A.R.Mohamed Shanavas, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Mrs.R.Ramya, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Cauvery College for Women (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr.M.Punitha, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science, Mangayarkarasi College of Arts and Science for Women, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr.A.Saranya, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Computer Application, Rajeswari College of Arts and Science for Women, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Mrs.P.Shanthi, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Computer Applications, Dr.S.Ramadoss Arts and Science College, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India.

The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Author : James Trefil
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113675363X
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology written by James Trefil and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-08-24 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by acclaimed science writer and physicist James Trefil, the Encyclopedia's 1000 entries combine in-depth coverage with a vivid graphic format to bring every facet of science, technology, and medicine into stunning focus. From absolute zero to the Mesozoic era to semiconductors to the twin paradox, Trefil and his co-authors have an uncanny ability to convey how the universe works and to show readers how to apply that knowledge to everyday problems.

Connected

Author : Roberto J. González
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520344219
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Connected written by Roberto J. González and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of how, against all odds, a remote Mexican pueblo built its own autonomous cell phone network—without help from telecom companies or the government. Anthropologist Roberto J. González paints a vivid and nuanced picture of life in a Oaxaca mountain village and the collective tribulation, triumph, and tragedy the community experienced in pursuit of getting connected. In doing so, this book captures the challenges and contradictions facing Mexico's indigenous peoples today, as they struggle to wire themselves into the 21st century using mobile technologies, ingenuity, and sheer determination. It also holds a broader lesson about the great paradox of the digital age, by exploring how constant connection through virtual worlds can hinder our ability to communicate with those around us.

Implementing IP and Ethernet on the 4G Mobile Network

Author : André Perez
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0081023537
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Implementing IP and Ethernet on the 4G Mobile Network written by André Perez and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implementing IP and Ethernet on the 4G Mobile Network delves into the 4G mobile network that allows an IP packet transmitted by a mobile to be transported to its gateway, reciprocally using the following networks: MPLS-VPN, VPLS and OTN. The mechanisms for the implementation of quality of service (QoS) on the EPS, IP, Ethernet and MPLS networks are presented, as is the security for the LTE radio interface, the NAS messages and the links of the transport (IPSec). In addition, readers will find discussions of the aspects relating to the synchronization of the eNB entities, including SyncE and IEEE 1588 mechanisms. Presents the functional architectures of the 4G mobile network, MPLS-VPN, VPLS and OTN Provides mapping of the marks of 4G mobile network (QCI, ARP), IP (DSCP), Ethernet (PCP) and MPLS (EXP) Includes security in 4G mobile network and IP (IPSec) Covers radio base station synchronization with SyncE

Mobile Communication and Society

Author : Manuel Castells
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262262304
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Mobile Communication and Society written by Manuel Castells and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world—in everyday work and life, in youth culture, in politics, and in the developing world. Wireless networks are the fastest growing communications technology in history. Are mobile phones expressions of identity, fashionable gadgets, tools for life—or all of the above? Mobile Communication and Society looks at how the possibility of multimodal communication from anywhere to anywhere at any time affects everyday life at home, at work, and at school, and raises broader concerns about politics and culture both global and local. Drawing on data gathered from around the world, the authors explore who has access to wireless technology, and why, and analyze the patterns of social differentiation seen in unequal access.They explore the social effects of wireless communication—what it means for family life, for example, when everyone is constantly in touch, or for the idea of an office when workers can work anywhere. Is the technological ability to multitask further compressing time in our already hurried existence? The authors consider the rise of a mobile youth culture based on peer-to-peer networks, with its own language of texting, and its own values. They examine the phenomenon of flash mobs, and the possible political implications. And they look at the relationship between communication and development and the possibility that developing countries could "leapfrog" directly to wireless and satellite technology. This sweeping book—moving easily in its analysis from the United States to China, from Europe to Latin America and Africa—answers the key questions about our transformation into a mobile network society.

Reading in the mobile era

Author : West, Mark
Publisher : UNESCO
ISBN 13 : 9231000233
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Reading in the mobile era written by West, Mark and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of people do not read for one reason: they do not have access to text. But mobile phones and cellular networks are transforming a scarce resource into an abundant one. Drawing on the analysis of over 4,000 surveys collected in seven developing countries and corresponding qualitative interviews, this report paints a detailed picture of who reads books and stories on mobile devices and why. The findings illuminate, for the first time, the habits, beliefs and profiles of mobile readers in developing countries. This information points to strategies to expand mobile reading and, by extension, the educational and socio-economic benefits associated with increased reading. Mobile technology can advance literacy and learning in underserved communities around the world. This report shows how.

Reclaiming Conversation

Author : Sherry Turkle
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143109790
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Reclaiming Conversation written by Sherry Turkle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In a time in which the ways we communicate and connect are constantly changing, and not always for the better, Sherry Turkle provides a much needed voice of caution and reason to help explain what the f*** is going on.” —Aziz Ansari, author of Modern Romance Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity—and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground. We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection. Preeminent author and researcher Sherry Turkle has been studying digital culture for over thirty years. Long an enthusiast for its possibilities, here she investigates a troubling consequence: at work, at home, in politics, and in love, we find ways around conversation, tempted by the possibilities of a text or an email in which we don’t have to look, listen, or reveal ourselves. We develop a taste for what mere connection offers. The dinner table falls silent as children compete with phones for their parents’ attention. Friends learn strategies to keep conversations going when only a few people are looking up from their phones. At work, we retreat to our screens although it is conversation at the water cooler that increases not only productivity but commitment to work. Online, we only want to share opinions that our followers will agree with – a politics that shies away from the real conflicts and solutions of the public square. The case for conversation begins with the necessary conversations of solitude and self-reflection. They are endangered: these days, always connected, we see loneliness as a problem that technology should solve. Afraid of being alone, we rely on other people to give us a sense of ourselves, and our capacity for empathy and relationship suffers. We see the costs of the flight from conversation everywhere: conversation is the cornerstone for democracy and in business it is good for the bottom line. In the private sphere, it builds empathy, friendship, love, learning, and productivity. But there is good news: we are resilient. Conversation cures. Based on five years of research and interviews in homes, schools, and the workplace, Turkle argues that we have come to a better understanding of where our technology can and cannot take us and that the time is right to reclaim conversation. The most human—and humanizing—thing that we do. The virtues of person-to-person conversation are timeless, and our most basic technology, talk, responds to our modern challenges. We have everything we need to start, we have each other. Turkle's latest book, The Empathy Diaries (3/2/21) is available now.

Distributed Network Systems

Author : Weijia Jia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780387238395
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Distributed Network Systems written by Weijia Jia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both authors have taught the course of “Distributed Systems” for many years in the respective schools. During the teaching, we feel strongly that “Distributed systems” have evolved from traditional “LAN” based distributed systems towards “Internet based” systems. Although there exist many excellent textbooks on this topic, because of the fast development of distributed systems and network programming/protocols, we have difficulty in finding an appropriate textbook for the course of “distributed systems” with orientation to the requirement of the undergraduate level study for today’s distributed technology. Specifically, from - to-date concepts, algorithms, and models to implementations for both distributed system designs and application programming. Thus the philosophy behind this book is to integrate the concepts, algorithm designs and implementations of distributed systems based on network programming. After using several materials of other textbooks and research books, we found that many texts treat the distributed systems with separation of concepts, algorithm design and network programming and it is very difficult for students to map the concepts of distributed systems to the algorithm design, prototyping and implementations. This book intends to enable readers, especially postgraduates and senior undergraduate level, to study up-to-date concepts, algorithms and network programming skills for building modern distributed systems. It enables students not only to master the concepts of distributed network system but also to readily use the material introduced into implementation practices.

Security in Next Generation Mobile Networks

Author : Anand R. Prasad
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000792692
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Security in Next Generation Mobile Networks written by Anand R. Prasad and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting from voice services with simple terminals, today a mobile device is nothing sort of a small PC in the form of smart-phones. The result has been a huge increase in data-services giving mobile communication access to critical aspects of human society / life. This has led to standardization of SAE/LTE (System Architecture Evolution / Long Term Evolution) by 3GPP and IEEE 802.16e / WiMAX. Together with penetration of mobile communications and new standardization come new security issues and thus the need for new security solutions. This book provides a fresh look at those security aspects, with main focus on the latest security developments of 3GPP SAE/LTE and WiMAX. SAE/LTE is also known as Evolved Packet System (EPS).The intended audience for this book is mobile network and device architects, designers, researchers and students. The goal of the authors, who have a combined experience of more than 25 years in mobile security standardization, architecture, research, and education, is to provide the book?s readers with a fresh and up-to-date look at the architecture and challenges of EPS and WiMAX security.

Asymmetric Protocol for Wireless and Mobile Communication

Author : Rehan Masood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asymmetric Protocol for Wireless and Mobile Communication written by Rehan Masood and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Techniques for Surviving the Mobile Data Explosion

Author : Dinesh C. Verma
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118834461
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Techniques for Surviving the Mobile Data Explosion written by Dinesh C. Verma and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the challenges of bandwidth scarcity due to mobiledata explosion and their solutions The rapidly growing popularity of Smartphones and other mobiledevices has resulted in an exponential growth of mobile data. Thereis insufficient radio spectrum to cope with this growing datademand, and upgrading existing networks to meet the demands ofmobile data explosion is expensive. Techniques for Surviving the Mobile Data Explosion isabout the different approaches that can be used to address thechallenges of limited bandwidth. It examines these challenges fromthe perspective of the mobile network operators, mobileapplications developers, and enterprises that deploy mobileapplications for their employees. The book provides: Comprehensive yet easy-to-understand information that is freeof technical jargon, complex mathematical notation, and multipleacronyms Easy-to-understand figures as well as a comprehensive set ofreferences A cross-disciplinary approach spanning the areas of cellularnetworks, IP networks, and mobile applications Techniques for Surviving the Mobile Data Explosion isideal for wireless application developers and mobile networkoperators.

Fundamentals of Wireless Communication

Author : David Tse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521845274
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of Wireless Communication written by David Tse and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook takes a unified view of the fundamentals of wireless communication and explains cutting-edge concepts in a simple and intuitive way. An abundant supply of exercises make it ideal for graduate courses in electrical and computer engineering and it will also be of great interest to practising engineers.

Phone & Spear

Author : Miyarrka Media
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1913380580
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Phone & Spear written by Miyarrka Media and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visually striking intercultural exploration of the use of mobile phones in Aboriginal communities in Australia. Yuta is the Yolngu word for new. Phone & Spear: A Yuta Anthropology is a project inspired by the gloriously cheeky and deeply meaningful audiovisual media made with and circulated by mobile phones by an extended Aboriginal family in northern Australia. Building on a ten-year collaboration by the community-based arts collective Miyarrka Media, the project is an experiment in the anthropology of co-creation. It is a multivoiced portrait of an Indigenous society using mobile phones inventively to affirm connections to kin and country amid the difficult and often devastating circumstances of contemporary remote Aboriginal life. But this is not simply a book about Aboriginal art, mobile phones, and social renewal. If old anthropology understood its task as revealing one world to another, yuta anthropology is concerned with bringing different worlds into relationship. Following Yolngu social aesthetics—or what Miyarrka Media translate as “the law of feeling”—the book is a relational technology in its own right: an object that combines color, pattern, and story to bring once distant worlds into new sensuously mediated connections.

Mobile Baseball Connection

Author : Joey Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781077299542
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Mobile Baseball Connection written by Joey Warner and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mobile Baseball Connection is the History of Baseball in Lower AlabamaMobile, Alabama is losing its Southern League AA baseball team after the 2019 season. The Bay Bears are moving to Madison County, Alabama near Huntsville. The Biloxi Shuckers became the same team which was once the Huntsville Stars until the 2015 season. The Stars were members of the Southern League from 1985 to 2014. Hank Aaron was ONE of the GREATEST baseball players in the world...and he represents Mobile, Alabama. He is just one of the biggest reasons Mobile has such a storied history in baseball. In my opinion, Mobile can lay claim to arguably and debatable...the greatest hitter in Hank Aaron; the greatest pitcher in Satchel Paige and the greatest fielder in Ozzie Smith.MOBILE BASEBALL CONNECTION and PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL in LOWER ALABAMA are available on Create Space and Amazon.com. I have self-published three book versions about the wonderful history of BASEBALL related to Mobile, Alabama. Completing these BOOKS project is like finishing a marathon that I never thought was possible. I was rejected by hundreds of publishers although I never once let anything discourage my focus. Patience has given me courage and strength to conclude my compilation of what has been so very special to me for numerous years.MOBILE BASEBALL CONNECTION is a very unique TRIBUTE to thousands of baseball players...young and old. Thousands of the topics represent Mobilians and Hundreds of the characters written about might not be from Mobile although they are many of the greatest men and boys to ever play the game. One must purchase the book to find all the GREAT baseball news that is written and recognized between the covers. From the HALL of FAME in Cooperstown to the Major Leagues and along the minor league trail are stories, statistics and memories. The Colleges and Universities in Mobile are highlighted along with best high school players and coaches. Don't ever think for a moment standouts on the Youth level would be left out from Babe Ruth and Dixie Boys all the way to the Little League World Series.MOBILE BASEBALL CONNECTION goes in to detail about thousands of facts, figures, stats, records, memories, births, deaths, milestones, and tidbits. It is a book that the real baseball fan will cherish. MBC is a reference book a lot like an almanac. The biographies, stories and reports about the great players connected and attached to Mobile, Alabama will educate the smartest baseball experts in the world. This book is definitely a collector's item that deserves a place on shelves in libraries and museums, on coffee tables and in book bags of our youth, but most importantly between the hands of baseball readers throughout our amazing country.I have held on to this idea and ambition to write about all this outstanding baseball for more than 20 years while the great players just keep coming around. I am humble with a spiritual thankfulness to GOD for allowing me to finish this project. Putting a cap on it is an everlasting feeling.There was only one way to put it all together and I did the very best I could. It is not about profit or gratitude. The 565 pages and 44 chapters of MOBILE BASEBALL CONNECTION are about the greatest baseball players that played in and around Mobile, Alabama. It brings me true joy to know that I have been a witness to such great baseball in my lifetime.Mobile Baseball Connection displays to the entire world how much baseball players and people have contributed to the City of Mobile through the wonderful sport of baseball.Mobile is best known for Mardi Gras, the Senior Bowl College football all-star game and good ole' Deep South outdoors on the Gulf Coast in Lower Alabama. The baseball players that were born, grew up, spent time and even died in the Port City are revealed and recognized.

Transmission Systems Design Handbook for Wireless Networks

Author : Harvey Lehpamer
Publisher : Artech House
ISBN 13 : 9781580535540
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Transmission Systems Design Handbook for Wireless Networks written by Harvey Lehpamer and published by Artech House. This book was released on 2002 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical new resource gives you a comprehensive understanding of the design and deployment of transmission networks for wireless applications. From principles and design, to equipment procurement, project management, testing, and operation, it's a practical, hands-on engineering guide with numerous real-life examples of turn-key operations in the wireless networking industry. This book, written for both technical and non-technical professionals, helps you deal with the costs and difficulties involved in setting up the local access with technologies that are still in the evolutionary stage. Issues involved in the deployment of various transmission technologies, and their impact on the overall wireless network topology are discussed. Strategy and approach to transmission network planning, design and deployment are explored. The book offers practical guidelines and advice derived from the author's own experience on projects worldwide. You gain a solid grounding in third generation wireless networks with increased capacity requirements, while learning all about packet data architecture, and how it will impact future transmission network design and deployment.

New Tech, New Ties

Author : Richard Ling
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026226093X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book New Tech, New Ties written by Richard Ling and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How cell phones and mobile communication may in many cases strengthen social cohesion. The message of this book is simple: the mobile phone strengthens social bonds among family and friends. With a traditional land-line telephone, we place calls to a location and ask hopefully if someone is “there”; with a mobile phone, we have instant and perpetual access to friends and family regardless of where they are. But when we are engaged in these intimate conversations with absent friends, what happens to our relationship with the people who are actually in the same room with us? In New Tech, New Ties, Rich Ling examines how the mobile telephone affects both kinds of interactions—those mediated by mobile communication and those that are face to face. Ling finds that through the use of various social rituals the mobile telephone strengthens social ties within the circle of friends and family—sometimes at the expense of interaction with those who are physically present—and creates what he calls “bounded solidarity.” Ling argues that mobile communication helps to engender and develop social cohesion within the family and the peer group. Drawing on the work of Emile Durkheim, Erving Goffman, and Randall Collins, Ling shows that ritual interaction is a catalyst for the development of social bonding. From this perspective, he examines how mobile communication affects face-to-face ritual situations and how ritual is used in interaction mediated by mobile communication. He looks at the evidence, including interviews and observations from around the world, that documents the effect of mobile communication on social bonding and also examines some of the other possibly problematic issues raised by tighter social cohesion in small groups.