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Mobile Media & Communication


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Mobile Media & Communication
is a peer-reviewed forum for international, interdisciplinary academic research on the dynamic field of mobile media and communication. Mobile Media & Communication draws on a wide and continually renewed range of disciplines, engaging broadly in the concept of mobility itself.

The journal embraces both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the study of mobility in communication, but above all aims toward state-of-the-art methodology. While the center of gravity lies in social sciences and humanities, the journal is open to research with technical, economic, and design aspects, provided they help to enlighten the social dimensions of mobile communication.

Mobile Media & Communication examines the phenomenon of mobility in communication – that is, what is understood as mobile media and communication, but also emerging phenomena such as mobile and ubiquitous computing. Contributions may include, but are certainly not limited to, explorations of the following topics:

  • Mobile communication as an innovation, including the emergence of new usage forms, the negotiation of norms, and symbolic representation by producers and users
  • The interrelationship of this nearly ubiquitous technology and the users’ everyday lives
  • The embeddedness of mobile communication within social networks, and the mutual shaping of technology and social structure
  • Local cultures and forms of use of mobile communication
  • Mobile communication in developing countries
  • Cultural differences in mobile communication
  • Mobile communication and gender
  • Specific methodologies that address the mobile character of the phenomenon: ethnography, observation, network analysis, experience sampling, and other still emerging methods
  • Mobile learning and education.
  • Persuasion through mobile media in various domains
  • History of mobile media
  • Journalism and mobile media
  • Specific methodologies that address the mobile character of the phenomenon: ethnography, observation, network analysis, experience sampling, and other still emerging methods

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Mobile Media & Communication is a peer-reviewed forum for international, interdisciplinary academic research on the dynamic field of mobile media and communication. Mobile Media & Communication draws on a wide and continually renewed range of disciplines, engaging broadly in the concept of mobility itself.

The journal embraces both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the study of mobility in communication, but above all aims toward state-of-the-art methodology. While the center of gravity lies in social sciences and humanities, the journal is open to research with technical, economic, and design aspects, provided they help to enlighten the social dimensions of mobile communication.

Mobile Media & Communication ** examines the phenomenon of mobility in communication – that is, what is understood as mobile media and communication, but also emerging phenomena such as mobile and ubiquitous computing. Contributions may include, but are certainly not limited to, explorations of the following topics:

  • Mobile communication as an innovation, including the emergence of new usage forms, the negotiation of norms, and symbolic representation by producers and users
  • The interrelationship of this nearly ubiquitous technology and the users’ everyday lives
  • The embeddedness of mobile communication within social networks, and the mutual shaping of technology and social structure
  • Local cultures and forms of use of mobile communication
  • Mobile communication in developing countries
  • Cultural differences in mobile communication
  • Mobile communication and gender
  • Specific methodologies that address the mobile character of the phenomenon: ethnography, observation, network analysis, experience sampling, and other still emerging methods
  • Mobile learning and education.
  • Persuasion through mobile media in various domains
  • History of mobile media
  • Journalism and mobile media
  • Specific methodologies that address the mobile character of the phenomenon: ethnography, observation, network analysis, experience sampling, and other still emerging methods
Co-Editors
Veronika Karnowski Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Rich Ling Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Adriana de Souza e Silva Northeastern University, USA
Past Editors
Steve Jones University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Thilo von Pape University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Book Review Editor
Earvin Charles Cabalquinto Monash University, Australia
Software Review Editor
Jakob Ohme Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Social Media Editor
Nariman Sawalha LMU Munich, Germany
Editorial Board
Jason Vincent A. Cabañes De La Salle University, Philippines
Mariek Vanden Abeele Ghent University, Belgium
Naomi Baron American University, US, USA
Joseph Bayer The Ohio State University, USA
Jeffrey Boase University of Toronto, Canada
Scott Campbell University of Michigan, USA
Manuel Castells Professeur Emerite de Sociologie, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Michael Chan Chinese University Hong Kong, Hongkong
Arul Indrasen Chib Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Kathleen M. Cumiskey City University of New York, USA
Lieven de Marez Ghent University, Belgium
Adriana A. de Souza e Silva North Carolina State University, USA
Jonathan Donner Caribou Digital, USA
Jason Farman University of Maryland, USA
Mireia Fernández Ardèvol Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Leopoldina Fortunati University of Udine, Italy
Jordan Frith University of North Texas, USA
Gerard Goggin Western Sydney University, Australia
Leslie Haddon London School of Economics, UK
Jeffrey Hall University of Kansas, USA
Maren Hartmann University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin, Germany
Rasmus Helles University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Andrew Herman Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Larissa Hjorth RMIT University, Australia
Heather Horst University of Sydney, Australia
Lee Humphreys Cornell University, USA
Kenichi Ishii Bunkyo University, Japan
Klaus Bruhn Jensen University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Yong Dal Jin Simon Fraser University, Canada
James Katz Boston University, USA
Leah Komen Daystar University, Kenya
Sun Kyong Lee Korea University, Korea
Christian Licoppe Telecom Paris, and Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
Christine Linke University of Rostock, Germany
Philipp Masur University of Hohenheim, Germany
Rhonda McEwen University of Toronto, Canada
Adrian Meier Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany
Shin Mizukoshi Kansai University, Japan
Teresa Naab University of Augsburg, Germany
Didem Özkul Bilkent University, Turkey
Katy Pearce University of Washington, USA
David Phillips University of Toronto, Canada
Jessica Piotrowski University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Harrison Lee Rainie Pew Research Center, USA
Giulia Ranzini Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leonard Reinecke Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Rivka Ribak University of Haifa, Israel
Anna Schnauber-Stockmann Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Araba Sey University of Washington, US
Richard Smith Simon Fraser University, Canada
Fred Steier University of South Florida, USA
Keri Stephens University of Texas at Austin, USA
Edson Tandoc Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Cara Wallis Texas A&M University, USA
Amanda Watson The Australian National University, Australia
Ran Wei University of South Carolina, USA
Oscar Westlund Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Rowan Wilken RMIT, Australia
Tien Ee Dominic Yeo Hong Kong Baptist University, Hongkong
Guoliang Zhang Shanghai Jiao Ton University, China

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