Portable Communities: The Social Dynamics of Online and Mobile Connectedness

PORTABLE COMMUNITIES......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 10
I. INTRODUCTION: The Internet, Mobile Phones, and Community......Page 12
1. THE PORTABILITYOF SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS......Page 14
II. INTERNAL DYNAMICS: Inside the Portable Community......Page 26
2. THINKING IN TANDEM: Cognitive Connectedness......Page 28
THE COGNITIVE “FACE” OF THE COMMUNITY......Page 29
SOCIOMENTAL SPACE......Page 33
COGNITIVE RESONANCE......Page 36
STORIES AND COLLECTIVE MEMORIES......Page 42
PROXIMITY, PRESENCE, AND REALITY......Page 48
3. FEELING CONNECTED: Emotionality and Intimacy......Page 54
FRIENDSHIP AND INTIMACY......Page 55
TRUST AND SOCIAL SUPPORT......Page 62
HAPPINESS AND HOSTILITY: THE MODERATION OF MOODS AND BEHAVIOR......Page 67
4. PLAYING AROUND: Fun, Games, and Hanging Out......Page 74
GAMES......Page 75
JUST “HANGING OUT”......Page 80
PLAYFUL TALK: HUMOR, GOSSIP, AND FLIRTING......Page 84
THE SEDUCTIVE ALLURE OF FUN......Page 89
5. SOCIAL NETWORKING: Convenience, Practicality, and Sociability......Page 98
SOCIABILITY......Page 99
CONVENIENCE......Page 104
DATING, ROMANCE, AND SEX......Page 108
LEARNING, WORKING, AND GETTING THINGS DONE......Page 112
III. EXTERNAL DYNAMICS: The Portable Community in the Society......Page 122
6. BEING THERE:Constant Availability......Page 124
COMFORT AND COMPANIONSHIP......Page 125
EMERGENCIES......Page 131
ANXIETY, APPREHENSION, AND OVERLOAD......Page 135
THE IMPACT ON PRIVACY......Page 141
7. Harnessing Social Interaction: The Control of Time, Space, and People......Page 152
WHERE, WHEN, AND WHETHER WE INTERACT......Page 153
TECHNOLOGY-BASED STRATEGIES FOR INTERACTION......Page 156
SPONTANEITY AND SOCIAL INTERACTION......Page 166
8. CREATING, EXPRESSING,AND EXTENDING THE SELF(and Watching Others Do So)......Page 170
SOCIALIZATION IN A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE......Page 171
THE MAKING AND REMAKING OF THE SELF......Page 177
VOYEURISM, WATCHING, AND LURKING......Page 184
MULTITASKING AND THE “HYPERLINKING” OF IDENTITY......Page 189
9. SHAPING A SOCIAL LANDSCAPE: Equalities, Inequalities, Possibilities......Page 194
TECHNOLOGICAL DIVIDES AND POWER DIFFERENTIALS......Page 195
OLD PROBLEMS, NEW ANGLES......Page 197
AGENCY AND ACTIVISM: MOBILIZING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE......Page 202
A LOOK AHEAD......Page 208
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 214
Appendix 1. THE METHODOLOGY......Page 216
Appendix 2. PROFILES OF INTERVIEW SUBJECTS......Page 226
NOTES......Page 244
REFERENCES......Page 266
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