Call for papers
Transaction books
and their series on Mobile communication
(under the general editorship of James E. Katz),
is proud to announce:
The Mobile Communication Research Series:
Volume II, Mobile Communication: Bringing Us Together or Tearing Us
Apart?
Rich Ling and Scott Campbell (eds.)
We seek the best and most interesting examples of relevant
scholarship for our second volume of a series on the topic of mobile
communication research.
Volume II’s theme will be “Mobile Communication: Bringing Us Together
or Tearing Us Apart?” The adoption and use of mobile communication
technologies gives rise to new forms of coordination and social
networking. Undoubtedly, these uses of the technology can lead to
increased cohesion within personal communities. However, some have
expressed concerns that social networks can become overly configured
through mobile communication, contributing to a “telecocooning”
effect. In addition, the highly personal nature of the technology
might also lead to increased individualization of the user. We seek
abstracts that investigate this from various perspectives and from
various levels of abstraction e.g. society (general level),
community, citizen/person. The purpose of this volume of the MCRS is
to explore ways that mobile communication can bring people together
and/or create social division, and the social consequences that come
out of these processes whether they be relational, psychological,
political, or otherwise.
The theme for Volume II of the MCRS explicitly draws from the mobile
communication pre-conference at the 2007 annual convention of the
International Communication Association. We encourage the submission
of papers presented at this event. We also strongly encourage the
submission of research that was not presented at the ICA pre-
conference. All submissions will be subject to competitive review.
Abstracts of 200 words describing the proposed papers are due by 5
September 2007 with those accepted due in final form by 15 January
2008. Submissions may be in the form of empirical research studies or
theory-building papers and should be 5 – 7000 words (in English).
Papers are preferably new work but if material from other venues is
available it will also be considered for publication. Send your
abstract to either Rich Ling or Scott Campbell.
About the editors:
Rich Ling ([log in to unmask]) is a sociologist at
Telenor's research institute located near Oslo, Norway and he is also
an Adjunct Researcher at the University of Michigan. He is the author
of the forthcoming book Mediated ritual interaction: Mobile
communication and the rise of bounded solidarity. In addition he is
the author of the recently published book on the social consequences
of mobile telephony entitled The Mobile Connection: The cell phone's
impact on society and along with Per E. Pederson the editor of the
book Mobile Communications: Renegotiation of the Social Sphere. He
received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Colorado,
Boulder in his native US. Upon completion of his doctorate, he taught
at the University of Wyoming before coming to Norway on a Marshall
Foundation grant. For the past ten years, he has worked at Telenor
R&D and has been active in researching issues associated with new
information communication technology and society with a particular
focus on mobile telephony. He has led projects in Norway and
participated in projects at the European level.
Scott Campbell ([log in to unmask]) is Assistant Professor and Pohs
Fellow of Telecommunications in the Department of Communication
Studies at the University of Michigan. His research explores the
social implications of new media, with an emphasis on mobile
communication practices. His recent studies have investigated cross-
cultural trends, mobile phone use in social networks, and use of the
technology in public settings. Scott’s research appears in
Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication Research,
Communication Education, New Media & Society, Communication Research
Reports, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, and other
scholarly venues. Prior to joining the University of Michigan in
2005, he worked in the US wireless industry, earned a Ph.D. from the
University of Kansas, and spent three years teaching and conducting
research at Hawaii Pacific University on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
About the series editor:
James E. Katz is Chair of the Communication Department and director
of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University
and author of Magic in the Air (Transaction, 2006). His edited or co-
edited books include Perpetual Contact (with Mark Aakhus), Machines
that Become Us, and Mediating the Human Body (with Leopoldina
Fortunati and Raimonda Riccini). His next edited book, titled
Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, will be published by MIT
Press.
About the publisher:
Transaction Publishers, a leading independent publisher of social
scientific books, periodicals and serials, is undertaking a new
series of books on mobile communication. Transaction's mission is
scholarly and professional inquiry into the nature of society.
Located on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New
Jersey, Transaction Publishers is dedicated to the expansion of the
social sciences and is committed to the enhancement of public,
professional and scholarly awareness by reaching the widest possible
audience for work done by researchers. http://www.transactionpub.com/
Editorial board
Ben Anderson Chimera, University of Essex, UK
Ken Anderson Intel corporation, US
Amos Anyimadu University of Ghana, Ghana
Naomi Baron American University, US
Manual Castells Annenberg Center, University of Southern
California, US/Spain
Akiba Cohen Tel Aviv University, Israel
Kathleen Cumiskey College of Staten Island – CUNY, US
Nicola Doering Ilmenau University of technology, Germany
Jonathan Donner Microsoft Research – Bangalore, India/US
Gerard Goggin University of Sydney, Australia
Nicola Green University of Surrey, UK
Leslie Haddon London School of Economics, UK
Keith Hampton Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, US
Tomita Hidenori Kansai University Faculty of Sociology Mass
Communication
Joachim Höflich Erfurt University, Germany
Mizuko Ito Annenberg Center, University of Southern
California, US/Japan
Shin Dong Kim Hallym University, Republic of Korea
Ilpo Koskinen University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Patrick Law The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Christian Licoppe Ecole Nationale Superieure des
Telecommunications, France
Sonia Livingstone London School of Economics, UK
Steve Love Brunel University, UK
Shin Mizukoshi The University of Tokyo, Japan
Kristóf Nyíri Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Leysia Palen University of Colorado, US
Raul Pertierra University of the Philippines, Philippines
Madanmohan Rao Indian Institute of Information Technology,
Bangalore, India
Ron Rice Univ. of California -Santa Barbara, US
Anxo Roibas University of Brighton, UK/Italy
Harmeet Sawhney Indiana University, US
Gitte Stald University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Hidenori Tomita Bukkyo University, Japan
Jane Vincent University of Surrey, UK
Barry Wellman University of Toronto, Canada
Peter B. White La Trobe University, Australia
Boxu Yang Peking University, China
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Leysia Palen
Assistant Professor
connectivIT Lab
Computer Science, ATLAS & ICS
University of Colorado, Boulder
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~palen/
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~palen/connectivIT/
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